Red LEDs or White LEDs?

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Will be making a red and black hardware colored scheme build. Now the thing is should I get interior Red LEDs or White LEDs? Wasn't sure so I'm asking the community to choose for me

[TheSLSAMG]

White! And don't do a red and black rig, they're so common

 

Yellow and black, now that's where it's at. An MPOWER board and some MPOWER RAM. Mmmmmm *incoherent gargling*.

[d33g33]

White. You can run Red LED's and fans and stuff but for rig lighting use white.

[nelodiavolo]

White for sure! Red will just be too much IMO. 

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

White! And don't do a red and black rig, they're so common

 

Yellow and black, now that's where it's at. An MPOWER board and some MPOWER RAM. Mmmmmm *incoherent gargling*.

 

 

White. You can run Red LED's and fans and stuff but for rig lighting use white.

 

If I use the Bitfenix Alchemy strips, any way to turn them off in the day without unplugging em?

[TheRuke]

soft white lighting

[chaozbandit]

Go for white (cathodes if you can fit them, for softer lighting).

 

Red leds in a black/red build will end up washing out the colours and decrease a build's visual appeal, especially if used for interior lighting. Trust me, I've been there.

[KamiKatze]

I have a red and black color scheme with mostly MSI gaming components and other red stuff (aslo spray painted some interioir) And i used Red Phobya LED strips. As @chaozbandit said, the colors get washed out. It looks nice and sharp but too red overall. I am looking to change my lighting to white with red accents. I'd use a really rbight white or maybe a bit warmer white kathode for smooth lighting and then just red accents.

Maybe a little red strip at the edge behind the mobo plate.

[BigD1970]

Why not go with nzxt hue and then u can change up the led colors when u want.

[SirReallySam]

White

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Why not go with nzxt hue and then u can change up the led colors when u want.

 

First idea, but getting a NZXT HUE on a Corsair 350D will be ugly because of how works the optical bay covers.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Anyway to turn off Bitfenix Strips?

[ObeseWalrus]

White LED's is the way to go for almost any build.

[mgsstar]

Anyway to turn off Bitfenix Strips?

Unplug them? I would go with White because they are more unique than Red leds imo.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Unplug them? I would go with White because they are more unique than Red leds imo.

 

I see. Do people unplug em or keep them on the day?

[MPX309]

White. You can run Red LED's and fans and stuff but for rig lighting use white.

 

this.

[mgsstar]

I see. Do people unplug em or keep them on the day?

I think people keep them all day since LEDs have a pretty long lifetime.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

I think people keep them all day since LEDs have a pretty long lifetime.

 

Ok, I suppose 1 strip of 30cm is enough?

[MPX309]

try go round the bottom, rear and top 

[mgsstar]

Ok, I suppose 1 strip of 30cm is enough?

A 30cm strip should be enough imo but never used LED strips in my pc before. I think the best way in lighting your PC is either putting it from the top or the side (correct me if I am wrong about this).

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

A 30cm strip should be enough imo but never used LED strips in my pc before. I think the best way in lighting your PC is either putting it from the top or the side (correct me if I am wrong about this).

 

I don't know, I suppose I'm gonna test it everyway before sticking it

[Arshdeep]

white and red? for red theme? white is pretty good shade for red, red may be overdone, really depends on the leds themselves.

[CyBaNeTiiKz]

White lights definitely! The white lights will make all of the colour in your build stand out from the darker colours!