Austringer

I'll check that out when the new parts arrive, I should be ordering tomorrow

Thanks, I've been buying machines instead of building them for about 10 years, during that time RGB really came into its own, so I appreciate the explanation

What do you mean by artificial? I won't be too unhappy if I don't have RGB after the upgrade. It would be nice if I did but its not a big deal.

Yeah, or could I just bypass the controller, and use the controller in the ASUS TUF board.

I'm giving my Alienware Aurora R4 a much needed upgrade tomorrow. This is what it has now: i7-3820 3.6Ghz CPU Alienware Water cooler 16GB RAM 2x 256 SATA SSDs 2x 1TB 7200RPM HDDs GTX 1080 (added later, originally came with 2x ATI 7950's) Upgrading to: Ryzen 9 3900X New Corsair water cooler ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PLUS (WI-FI) Motherboard G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB (2x16) DDR4 3600 Crucial P1 1TB NVME M.2 SSD I will re-use the 1KW PSU, 4HDD's and 1080 Ive been a system builder for a very long time, about 30 years, so Im not afraid of some modding of the case, and I'm extremely handy with tools. My question is about the RGB. Its not a huge issue if the RGB doesn't work, but it would be nice if it did. I know that the mobo has an RGB controller and leads on it, but I dont know about the compatibility of the RGB from the Alienware case to the controller. Wondering if anyone has ever done this build or not? I'd prefer not to buy a new case at the moment.