RGB lighting

[_tucker_]

hi people I’m looking to build a integrated desk pc and I want to put rgb lights inside and around the desk.
I want to be able to control everything separate including and pump lights and waterblock leds ect.
What do you guys use to control your lighting?
In my current pc I have a aqua computer aquero 6 and faberwok however I believe this will only show block colours that you can change, I’ve seen all the new rgb ram modules and motherboards and they have special lighting effects so I’d like something similar for the desk.
I’ve seen an asus rgb light controller for around £100 and it has 4 assignable ports but does this do what I’m after? Also I’d probably need a couple so it’s expensive.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks

 

[LuckyBenski]

The basic difference is that plain RGB is all wired up together, so you can only set one colour at any moment. It still can have colour change effects etc, bit all the LEDs will do it at the same time.

Address RGB LEDs can send a different colour to every LED which is how you get the sweeping colours, regional colours etc. Addressable LEDs daisy chain within certain limits. So if you get the right parts, you will be able to coordinate differential areas onto different channels.

It would be worth planning out the desk a bit so you know how many individual channels you might need, or at least how many parts need connecting.

 

[_tucker_]

The basic difference is that plain RGB is all wired up together, so you can only set one colour at any moment. It still can have colour change effects etc, bit all the LEDs will do it at the same time.

Address RGB LEDs can send a different colour to every LED which is how you get the sweeping colours, regional colours etc. Addressable LEDs daisy chain within certain limits. So if you get the right parts, you will be able to coordinate differential areas onto different channels.

It would be worth planning out the desk a bit so you know how many individual channels you might need, or at least how many parts need connecting.

Yeah I deffo want some addressable rgb strips for sure, at first I’ll probably have around 5 different strips around the desk and then I’ll add one to GPUs and 1 to res and 1 to the pumps, 1 to the cpu block ect so probably around 20 total max, most I’ve found handle only around 4? I’d like each to be able to be changed separately as well rather than all together to add to the effect,
Most of the time it will all be the same colour and dimmed down but I just would like to also make it a spectical and plus I like the build more than the end product .

I’ve had a look at the Corsair ones but I think there just like a hub to plug them into but not sure they can handle that many lights or if they can act as the controller if that makes sense