Awesome RGB LED Case Mod Tutorial - Cheap!!

So let me start off by saying, howdy!!!

This is my first PC mod Thread, and i hope you enjoy it. Make sure to like it and show me pictures if you go ahead and try and install this.

Difficulty 6/10

since your viewing my post i gather your looking to mod your pc case with some lighting but don’t want to spend a lot of money... well this build will cost you less than £10 and a little DIY! The outcome is way better than the £40+ light panels you can buy, which in my opinion are a rip off. I have included a guide below showing you how i did it and what i used..

You will require a soldering iron, some shrink-wrap, wire cutters and a Molex connector

Step 1: Purchase this Light Kit! the 5050 LEDs are brill, they are super bright and the controller STORES colour settings....

Link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3528-505...hash=item2a88f778c9:m:mJf2Detgjax_ZohXqzlBsQw

Step 2: you will need to remove the 12v cable, and solder the some new cable to the + and - pins on the light panel, this took me no less than 30 seconds and used a mutli meter to check the continuity i advice doing this just to make sure everything is working fine.







Step 3: make sure you use the 12V on the Molex connector and not the 5V, do some cable tidying, i brayed the cable to make it look nicer and added heat shrink wrap around the board to stop any electrical serge.





Step 4: Install inside your case, (if you have a spare power supply, you can hotwire it and test the light strip before installing in your computer) i did this to make sure it wasn’t going to blow my computer up i advice you do the same.

Step 5: Turn on and enjoy!!














Thanks for looking guys!

UPDATED POST 10/11/2017

Good job dude, it's looking good

Indeed, good work mate

Comrade Woody said:

Good job dude, it's looking good

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Cheers guys, Thanks Comrade Woody for helping me do this! can't wait to see your machine with the LEDs fitted

great tip dude

ive got one of these sets but the cheap chinese power adapter blew up so this would be a great way of getting it working again

give it a try Panyan, so simple to install

I did a custom led job but was using one led colour
Shame i no longer have a window in my case, i would defo do this

Sweet guide!

Fantastic guide, might wire myself up some blue led's for my case now

Great little guide PsychoShaft, used the 12v and 5v on a molex plug a few times for various things powering an tiny arduino board for instance.

Nice one mate, although you might get wrapped for the link you put in your OP

i don't think i will get in trouble, i am only recommending the light kit, its not like Overclockers sell this.. and i also don't no the seller of the light kit by all means if you want to get the product from someone else it doesn't effect me

I'm always wary after having had a warning previously, but like you said if it's not offered here then it's for the greater good of the forum members for sure.

Nicely done.

Those RGB sets are an absolute steal at £10. So bright as well. You can even get a pretty decent orange with them. I shoe-horned one of them into my keyboard some time back and also, like you, power it off a Molex.

Thanks Guys, would be awesome to see a few people try this and let me know what they think.. the controller is awesome! so much customization!

After helping PsychoShaft with this mod he was kind enough to give me the rest of his 5050 strip. I ordered a controller from China (for about £2.60 delivered) to go with it and my PC now has decent lighting again.

As requested here are a few pics

The modified controller:


And a close up, I kept the sticker from the original wrap and reapplied it:


I tied the IR receiver to the inside of an empty drive bay, it's not visible when the front's on but it works fine through the mesh:


Red:


Green:


Blue:

Looks awesome

Cheers Gripen It could use a clean, if you look at the top of the PSU in that last pic you can see a darker area where I wiped my fingers through the dust on it, lol.

i totally agree! them pictures on your camera came out better then the ones i took with my camera hahaah! nice job dude, very clean i wish some other people would try my tutorial

Thats my plan! Got 2 sets on the way.

Out of interest, where did you buy additional power connectors? Can't seem to find them like that on there own.