Aesthetics vs functionality

[Mudgee1994]

What's everyone's opinion on computer parts when it comes to flashy heat spreaders or RGB colouring seemingly on everything these days?

 

Do you actually care how your system looks or do you just want a system that runs games for you?

 

I subscribe to the if it looks good and performs well then get it (given you can afford it) but that's not the case for everyone, as cost can be a huge factor when building a system. I like to take pride in my system so that when I go to LAN's I get to show off and some of my friends have taken to doing the same.

 

 

[QueenDemetria]

Here, let me answer that for you:

My personal PC <3

[Glenwing]

IMO things being functional makes them look better inherently. Things that are obviously just there to look "cool" usually just end up looking silly because of it.

[Trey222]

I like my PCs like like I like my girls. Whats inside comes first but the outside helps. 

[ZexenPro]

Here, let me answer that for you:

My personal PC <3

what is the A-card thing??

[dcb-z]

I like my things to look good, but functionality is more important.

 

what is the A-card thing??

Looks like a reader for CF.

[QueenDemetria]

what is the A-card thing??

RAM Disk: http://www.acard.com/english/fb0101.jsp?type1_title=SATA%20RAM%20Disk%20&ino=28

there are some cool images here: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Acard+ANS-9010&FORM=HDRSC2

[Mudgee1994]

Here, let me answer that for you:

My personal PC <3

Ah yes good case, considered it because you could close the front to hide all the optical drives and such.

[ZexenPro]

RAM Disk: http://www.acard.com/english/fb0101.jsp?type1_title=SATA%20RAM%20Disk%20&ino=28

there are some cool images here: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Acard+ANS-9010&FORM=HDRSC2

what's the point? just a really fast SSD??

[dcb-z]

Ah yes good case, considered it because you could close the front to hide all the optical drives and such.

Mine also has that feature. I use it to hide all my case badges.

[Mudgee1994]

I would like to also apply this to peripherals as a lot of them have gone RGB now.

[Mudgee1994]

Mine also has that feature. I use it to hide all my case badges.

So you use it like a pokemon trainer who collects gym badges?

[Slyhawk]

i like a bit of both but functionality is first but i prefer nice clean sensible look over flashy stuff.

[QueenDemetria]

Ah yes good case, considered it because you could close the front to hide all the optical drives and such.

Yep , although I just love the way the Phantom looks.

 

 

what's the point? just a really fast SSD??

It was fast back in the day when SSD's sucked, but now I just use it as pagefile since I can write to it basically infinitely without worrying about wearing it out. I have 8GB of RAM in it currently, although I have 32GB in another one.

[Clanscorpia]

I like something that looks nice but functions. But I dont want a tan box so I'm forking out a little extra for an S340

[LiamardoHD]

I am an extremely lazy human being and would no doubt choose performance over aesthetics. I see my beauty in performance. Plus a few LED fans is enough to aesthetically satisfy me. However, aesthetics are appealing to me. If there were 2 GPUs, same everything but one looked better, I'd go for the better looking one (who wouldn't). I wouldn't make my PC ugly for the sake of it - I'll only make it ugly for performance or budget reasons (or maybe even procrastination). 

[dcb-z]

So you use it like a pokemon trainer who collects gym badges?

Something like that.

[Maximoose]

That's what people fall for with the iPhone, the flashy, classy look of an overpiced, unfunctional, piece of trash.

[AsrielDreemurr]

Aesthetics to an extent. Don't take it too far now 8)

[carguy86]

A good balanced build is what i prefer.

[Yoinkerman]

I have enough money to do both now, though I've been getting into modding a bit which tosses price/performance out the window

[Mudgee1994]

I have enough money to do both now, though I've been getting into modding a bit which tosses price/performance out the window

Yeah, that's the problem most of the time with making things look good is that you just end up spending money for no performance gain

[Dredgy]

I don't see why you have to compromise either. It annoys me to no end when companies will make a poor design choice to make something work.

I very much think Apple, Blackmagic etc has the right line of thinking most of the time - a functional product can be beautiful, and a beautiful product can be functional.

Sometimes functionality is the beauty - Noctua is a good example, their fans look better than nearly everyone else's, even with the unflattering colours. Because the quality can easily be seen from any angle and at a distance.

[Mudgee1994]

I don't see why you have to compromise either. It annoys me to no end when companies will make a poor design choice to make something work.

I very much think Apple, Blackmagic etc has the right line of thinking most of the time - a functional product can be beautiful, and a beautiful product can be functional.

Sometimes functionality is the beauty - Noctua is a good example, their fans look better than nearly everyone else's, even with the unflattering colours. Because the quality can easily be seen from any angle and at a distance.

I really like the Noctua LTT edition fans over their regular brown ones. Changing to a black fan with interchangeable accents was defs a smart move on their behalf.

[Dredgy]

I really like the Noctua LTT edition fans over their regular brown ones. Changing to a black fan with interchangeable accents was defs a smart move on their behalf.

Wasn't their move, was LTTs move.

You could have a white and blue Noctua fan if you simply order 4000 of them.

I dislike the black though, it makes it very difficult to see lots of the little indentations and features that make the fan perform as well as it does. Noctua fans remain the only thing in my build that is complimented by "normal" people (non-techies).