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Well, I'm going to be building my first PC in the following months and I'm going for a red and black theme.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Vt6Pbv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/Vt6Pbv/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£159.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H170A Gaming Pro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£95.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£39.05 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£68.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.85 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card  (£174.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For £56.00) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£62.00) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit)  (£22.00) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM 120mm  Fans  (£21.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Monitor: Acer G246HLAbd 60Hz 24.0" Monitor  (Purchased For £118.00) 
Total: £858.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-08 12:25 BST+0100

 

As you can see i have chosen parts based of this color scheme but I think that LED's might make it look even better.

At first I was thinking of LED corsair fans but I'm not sure if they would light up the case sufficiently and or look tacky(not sure), so I was thinking i couldn't go wrong with their standard fans with the red ring around it. If you think/know if they will look good(led fans) please tell me.

 

People have told me that LED strips are much better then the fans and if so could any of you recommend some nice-looking decently-bright affordable strips(Non-RGB)(UK) So far i have seen 2 on Amazon These NZXT strips that come in both 1 and 2m

 

and these These

 

I'm not entirely sure how big the strips should be but my case is 432(L) and 445(H).

 

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22 minutes ago, ppppppp said:

 

just get whivhever floats your boat lol

if you're like me, you'll end up turning off the LED and only turn it on occasionally to marvel at your pc, then turn it back off xD

 

i suggest getting an NZXT Hue+, just because u have one extra 2.5inch bay thats not used at the psu shroud :P

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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