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I want some blue LED strip

  • Canadian Dollars, as cheap as possible (though I would pay little more just for some extra quality)
  • Color: blue (obviously). Multi color is nice but I will have no use in other color. 
  • Length: around 2m to connect from the power source. I have a 21.5" (16:9) monitor (spec wise it's 513mm wide so the stip itself should be around that size too, I want kind of underglow to my monitor)
  • Preferably to the power outlet not via PC molex
  • Bonus if it can be turned on and off so that I can sleep in peace (don't want to unplug the cable just for that)
  • Another bonus if it's a local store where I can pick up (Toronto area)
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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

Are you willing to wait for it to come from china? dirt-cheap Blue LED strips can be found from china.

On a scale from not at all to 80+% in the first year, how likely are those to fail and burn your house down when they do?

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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

Are you willing to wait for it to come from china? dirt-cheap Blue LED strips can be found from china.

If the shipping isn't ridiculously high

And if I can trust Made In China stuff that has no warranty, no reviews 

(There is an app called Geek I have on Android that sells that kind of cheap stuff but I am skeptical about them)

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1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

On a scale from not at all to 80+% in the first year, how likely are those to fail and burn your house down when they do?

My RX 480 Red Dragon is doing a perfect simulation of that

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3 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

My RX 480 Red Dragon is doing a perfect simulation of that

Whatever led strip you get, try to get something better than the little sticky they have on them. When i got mine from amazon the sticky thing came off with the thing protecting it. Not only that but a few days later the led strips came off. 

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11 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

I want some blue LED strip

  • Canadian Dollars, as cheap as possible (though I would pay little more just for some extra quality)
  • Color: blue (obviously). Multi color is nice but I will have no use in other color. 
  • Length: around 2m to connect from the power source. I have a 21.5" (16:9) monitor (spec wise it's 513mm wide so the stip itself should be around that size too, I want kind of underglow to my monitor)
  • Preferably to the power outlet not via PC molex
  • Bonus if it can be turned on and off so that I can sleep in peace (don't want to unplug the cable just for that)
  • Another bonus if it's a local store where I can pick up (Toronto area)

I love how this was posted after i said i would put blue led's on my pc whenever i got it and send you a pic in priv. msg lol

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Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

$3.39 for 5M of Blue LED strips. But you will have to solder ron your own molex connector:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Wholesale-1m-2m-3m-4m-5m-0-5m-2835-SMD-Led-Strip-Light-DC12V-60-Leds/32798544182.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.18.iHXNQ2&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10065_10130_10068_433_434_10136_10137_10138_10060_10062_10141_10056_10140_10055_10054_10059_9912_10099_129_10103_10102_10096_10052_10053_10050_10107_10142_10051_10106_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_10037_10078_10079_10077_10073_10070_10122_10123_10124-9912,searchweb201603_4,afswitch_1,ppcSwitch_5,single_sort_0_price_asc&btsid=7a0d69dd-ad06-4558-83ff-82bd850a0f32&algo_expid=cbc3adfc-ea8c-4f7f-bc3c-5a673401d73d-2&algo_pvid=cbc3adfc-ea8c-4f7f-bc3c-5a673401d73d

That's the longest link I ve ever witnessed 

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@CUDA_Cores Anything less sketchy with at least reviews on aliexpress and that doesn't require much work? 

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6 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

@CUDA_Cores Anything less sketchy with at least reviews on aliexpress and that doesn't require much work? 

how's this(and a 5v to molex adaptor)? 60 yuan, although i'm not too sure of weight and shipping cost.

https://world.taobao.com/item/524143344213.htm?fromSite=main&ali_refid=a3_430620_1006:1122006753:N:5050led灯带:66c38ba408f68b66572927676a0d47e7&ali_trackid=1_66c38ba408f68b66572927676a0d47e7&spm=a312a.7700714.0.0.KSYRO6

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2 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

how's this(and a 5v to molex adaptor)? 60 yuan, although i'm not too sure of weight and shipping cost.

https://world.taobao.com/item/524143344213.htm?fromSite=main&ali_refid=a3_430620_1006:1122006753:N:5050led灯带:66c38ba408f68b66572927676a0d47e7&ali_trackid=1_66c38ba408f68b66572927676a0d47e7&spm=a312a.7700714.0.0.KSYRO6

Can you screenshot it or smt. it leads to a chinese page asking to login. im on phone btw

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5 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Can you screenshot it or smt. it leads to a chinese page asking to login. im on phone btw

sure

 

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1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

sure

 

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I thinl I will look at Ali express. Hoped people would link some amazon or smt. Guess I will go with Chinese stuff

Taobao is cool but i don't understand anything so I would rather do something without needing of Google Translate 

 

If what @CUDA_Cores Said is true I shouldn't worry with it being dead anytime soon

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Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

I thinl I will look at Ali express. Hoped people would link some amazon or smt. Guess I will go with Chinese stuff

Taobao is cool but i don't understand anything so I would rather do something without needing of Google Translate 

 

If what @CUDA_Cores Said is true I shouldn't worry with it being dead anytime soon

@CUDA_Cores is probably saying the truth, the deepcool rgb kit i had had the exact same remote and RGB controller as the random china ones, just that mine came with the molex adaptor and the remote had a deepcool logo.

well if you're gonna buy something from taobao i guess you can try asking me, i got B for chinese national exams(and fail for everything else :P)

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4 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

I buy from aliexpress all the time. As long as your seller has okay feedback score (the one I linked does) you will be fine. Keep in mind you are going to have to solder on molex connectors with these. There's a reason they are so cheap.

I might have figured a way to solder to the monitor itself though I have no equipment at home to do so. Thanks

4 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

@CUDA_Cores is probably saying the truth, the deepcool rgb kit i had had the exact same remote and RGB controller as the random china ones, just that mine came with the molex adaptor and the remote had a deepcool logo.

well if you're gonna buy something from taobao i guess you can try asking me, i got B for chinese national exams(and fail for everything else :P)

Wow a B in Chinese...  Man I heard it was hard. 

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8 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Wow a B in Chinese...  Man I heard it was hard. 

if i can believe my math tutor, our singapore-cambridge o-levels are much harder than IGCSE(even though o-levels are generally easier than our school exams). apparently he claims that if you get As in IGCSE you'll probably end up flunking ours.

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