How popular is RGB, really?

EsaT · 4 Nov 2020 at 20:33

RGB stands mostly for Ridiculously Grossly Bloated overprices.
Because it seems to cause fatal crash of higher logical brain functions and make people pay ridiculous prices.
(though I'm propably too generous in assuming that average consumer can think in the first place)

Gray2233 · 4 Nov 2020 at 20:35

EsaT said:
RGB stands mostly for Ridiculously Grossly Bloated overprices.
Because it seems to cause fatal crash of higher logical brain functions and make people pay ridiculous prices.
(though I'm propably too generous in assuming that average consumer can think in the first place)

I love you EsaT.

Never change.

Dg834man · 4 Nov 2020 at 21:15

Dont mind a few lights in a single colour but would prefer my case didn't look like a LGBT parade

lee32uk · 4 Nov 2020 at 22:12

Not a fan of RGB. My current case has a solid side panel, and my next case will also have one. I get why people like it, but it is not for me.

HangTime · 5 Nov 2020 at 01:24

Mine is all turned off where possible i.e. keyboard lighting and motherboard lighting, cpu fan and gfx card have it though for some reason (not out of choice). My case doesn't have any windows though thankfully.
Would rather they ditched this to save money.

IvanDobskey · 5 Nov 2020 at 13:18

I think people who cover their pc's with rgb are akin to those boy racer types who stick lights under their cars

liquidphantom · 5 Nov 2020 at 13:19

My keyboard (Corsair K70) and mouse (Logitech G502) both have the same static colour. As for my case, it doesn't have a window and I never look at it while it's on. I'd rather have components do exactly what I want them to do rather than pay a premium for RGB, unfortunately every component seems to have RGB these days.

samcat · 5 Nov 2020 at 15:38

RGB, nah...

UV however....

Gray2233 · 5 Nov 2020 at 17:14

samcat said:
RGB, nah...

UV however....

See, that's kinda artistic.

RGB is unicorn vomit.

Spookyprint · 5 Nov 2020 at 21:31

All down to individual preference .. i have 9 RGb fans giving a real subtle cool shade of blue through a glass TT View 91 case and any visitors to my house usually think its wonderfully cool. I think if i changed that to rainbow effects it would look absolutely terrible to be honest.... but theres gonna be somebody who will love it. If i switch them all off someones going to like that better too. But who really cares what anyone else thinks... one persons vomit is anothers eye candy i guess.

crazy8s · 5 Nov 2020 at 21:39

andy_mk3 · 5 Nov 2020 at 21:41

I like RGB. No need for full on rainbow puke. Just adds life to a system.

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Quartz · 5 Nov 2020 at 21:46

no idea what said:
I like RGB. No need for full on rainbow puke. Just adds life to a system.

That cabling really detracts from the look. At least get yourself an angle bracket for the ATX connector.

andy_mk3 · 5 Nov 2020 at 21:48

Quartz said:
That cabling really detracts from the look. At least get yourself an angle bracket for the ATX connector.

I know, been meaning to do it for 18 months now haha. It's barely visible from normal view though, doesn't bother me too much. But I do want some custom cables.

kevbiss1 · 6 Nov 2020 at 13:23

Well I'm 56 and I love it, I'd get it all
synced together in rainbow but I can't
work out how to do it, so I have everything
pulsing blue and it looks good

ttaskmaster · 6 Nov 2020 at 15:07

liquidphantom said:
I'd rather have components do exactly what I want them to do rather than pay a premium for RGB, unfortunately every component seems to have RGB these days.

I'd rather have compnents do what I want too, but I have to pay a premium for all the S/PDIFs and Thunderbolts and Turbo-Boost Overclocking Gamerz modes that I'll never use...

adrichardson81 · 6 Nov 2020 at 15:11

Personally I hate rgb bling and turn it off the first chance I get. That said, my gpu is set to light up when temps hit a certain point and my pump is set to a solid colour just so I know it's getting power.

Pij · 7 Nov 2020 at 19:57

I have none what so ever turned on, my case has no window, and its turned off on the back of my monitor and keyboard. I just find it a pointless and distracting

Digital X · 7 Nov 2020 at 20:11

I'm not a huge fan of it, I am more than happy with a basic white glow.

Blue160 · 7 Nov 2020 at 20:57

I like a bit of RGB but I wouldn’t choose components based on it. My PC usually has a subtle red glow through the side window but sometimes I set it to unicorn vomit just because.

My big issue is how you need umpteen programs to control it all if you don’t buy everything from the same manufacturer. I’ve an NZXT case, MSI motherboard, Palit graphics card, and Logitech peripherals all with RGB and I wish I could control the lighting for them from the same place. I’ve got some Teamgroup RAM incoming which also has RGB so I’ll probably need yet another program to manage that.