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shponglefan:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 13, 2020, 04:11:41 pm ---I got the cheapest 3000mhz 16gb pair of ram that didn't look ugly

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You mean you didn't go for the super-fancy Rainbow Brite themed LED gaming RAM? :D

Howard_Casto:
My motherboard won't control argb ram, so if I do something like that I'd have to use those bolt-on heatsinks with external controllers. Eh it just wasn't worth it.

pbj: I have one of those in the shed. :)

Howard_Casto:
Ugh, so after another night of search the interwebs for fans I finally settled upon this no-name brand:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0872H2XYQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The best I can tell apevia is this company that rebrands Chinese merch for western sales... sort of like how Radio Shack did back in the day. This fan set and controller are based upon the coolmoon dual ring rgb fans and controller which get surprisingly good reviews on the interwebs. The proprietary connectors worried me but I looked into it and it's just all the standard voltage and data inputs (plus a data out for each led strip for daisy chaining) combined into one connector. The fans are not controllable due to this but I started thinking... the 12v is the only thing the fans are using and the controller certainly isn't powered by 12v, it uses 5. So the solution would be to just remove those pins and attach them to a standard 4 pin connector fed into a speed controller. Hell I might be able to just remove the 12v pin on the main molex connector going into the controller and do it there to save wiring. Also someone has already made a custom controller for the leds and the interface is stupidly simple to build.

https://blog.ja-ke.tech/2019/06/11/re-coolmoon-rgb-controller.html

So if I don't like the effects I'll just throw a spare arduino in there and roll my own controller. The led strips are just a nice bonus that only cost a couple of bucks more. If I don't like the single color strip on the front of the case I might switch it out for one of the strips.

Now I'm taking a break for a few days and then I'll start searching for a new monitor.

Grasshopper:
I guess I'm swimming against the tide here, but what irritates me about modern PC cases (apart from the chintzy build quality) is the lack of external drive bays. I realise not everyone wants an optical drive anymore, but they're still useful for things like trayless hard drive racks, and for adding extra USB ports, card readers etc.

That's one reason why you'll have to prise my beige case from my cold dead hands.

fallacy:
I have a Phanteks Enthoo as my primary case https://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-PH-ES518XTG_DGS01-Tempered-Windows-Digital/dp/B07GY26TZJ/ref=psdc_572238_t1_B01803RRLI?th=1

It is not cheep the the case is made of steel you just have to spend more than $60 for a case. AS far as front IO you are doing it wrong, every once and a wile I am annoyed at not heaving an optical drive in the same way I am annoyed that the iphone got rid of the audio jack; ya I hardly use it and there are ways around it but it would be more convenient if it was just there.

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