I’m in the process of designing a new PC and I want to add RGB lighting but I’m struggling to understand how it all fits together.
I will have a mixture of components from Asus, Corsair, and others but I don't want to have to install all their different software like Armoury Core, iCue, etc. I've been looking at apps like Signal RGB and Open RGB but some of the components I'm looking at aren't on the list of supported hardware. I've also read about problems when things aren't connected to ARGB headers, problems with hardware controllers, and other things that has led me down a rabbit hole.
Really I just want to set everything to one colour and forget about it. Do I need to set it in the software every time or will it be remembered after a reboot? Does the software have to be running all the time? Do I need a hardware controller like iCue? I noticed the Corsair AIO coolers have options both with and without iCue so I'm unsure which one to buy. Please ELI5 because I'm struggling with this for some reason.
I will have a mixture of components from Asus, Corsair, and others but I don't want to have to install all their different software like Armoury Core, iCue, etc. I've been looking at apps like Signal RGB and Open RGB but some of the components I'm looking at aren't on the list of supported hardware. I've also read about problems when things aren't connected to ARGB headers, problems with hardware controllers, and other things that has led me down a rabbit hole.
Really I just want to set everything to one colour and forget about it. Do I need to set it in the software every time or will it be remembered after a reboot? Does the software have to be running all the time? Do I need a hardware controller like iCue? I noticed the Corsair AIO coolers have options both with and without iCue so I'm unsure which one to buy. Please ELI5 because I'm struggling with this for some reason.