LED noob

[the gremlin]

I just purchased all the components for my first build!! Realized the last part I have to pick are the LEDs.

My mobo has a LED plug on it, so I want to take advantage of that. 

 

I have no idea where to look for for LEDs, every brand I see looks like a knockoff brand...

needs to have multiple colors, or at least white and green.

 

I think it might be cool to connect these to another strip in the future that go along my desk? would that be possible?

thanks for the advice!

 

Here's my build btw

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/thegremlin/saved/6CPVnQ

 

[Stevoisboss]

Cablemod magnetic strips are good

[Swordtiny]

5 minutes ago, the gremlin said:

I just purchased all the components for my first build!! Realized the last part I have to pick are the LEDs.

My mobo has a LED plug on it, so I want to take advantage of that. 

 

I have no idea where to look for for LEDs, every brand I see looks like a knockoff brand...

needs to have multiple colors, or at least white and green.

 

I think it might be cool to connect these to another strip in the future that go along my desk? would that be possible?

thanks for the advice!

 

Here's my build btw

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/thegremlin/saved/6CPVnQ

 

just buy one from ebay its like $13 for 5 metres

[stealth80]

5 minutes ago, the gremlin said:

I just purchased all the components for my first build!! Realized the last part I have to pick are the LEDs.

My mobo has a LED plug on it, so I want to take advantage of that. 

 

I have no idea where to look for for LEDs, every brand I see looks like a knockoff brand...

needs to have multiple colors, or at least white and green.

 

I think it might be cool to connect these to another strip in the future that go along my desk? would that be possible?

thanks for the advice!

 

Here's my build btw

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/thegremlin/saved/6CPVnQ

 

Casemods, and Phobya are fine, I'm using Phobya at the moment. Also switch out that 2x 16gb to 4x 8gb for quad channel bandwidth

[Swordtiny]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Casemods, and Phobya are fine, I'm using Phobya at the moment. Also switch out that 2x 16gb to 4x 8gb for quad channel bandwidth

id rather stay dual channel, you could upgrade it down the road

[kirby99_2016]

Cablemod is pretty good if you live in the US or Canada  but in the UK you have to pay a bunch more for shipping

[stealth80]

Just now, Swordtiny said:

id rather stay dual channel, you could upgrade it down the road

Why? Theres another 4 slots .....

[Swordtiny]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

Why? Theres another 4 slots .....

so you could upgrade it to 64 gigs with the other 2 slots

[stealth80]

1 minute ago, Swordtiny said:

so you could upgrade it to 64 gigs with the other 2 slots

theres 8 slots on X99 (most of them)

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nW4NnQ/asus-motherboard-x99aii

[Swordtiny]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

theres 8 slots on X99 (most of them)

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nW4NnQ/asus-motherboard-x99aii

ooppss, didnt see that picture first. i assume it has 4 dim slot

[stealth80]

2 minutes ago, Swordtiny said:

ooppss, didnt see that picture first. i assume it has 4 dim slot

The majority of X99 boards have 8 dim slots, because the CPU's run quad channel bandwidth, meaning they need 4 sticks to take advantage of it. that still leaves 4 slots 9in most cases) for future upgrades. In the case of Z97/Z170 you would be correct

[the gremlin]

6 hours ago, stealth80 said:

The majority of X99 boards have 8 dim slots, because the CPU's run quad channel bandwidth, meaning they need 4 sticks to take advantage of it. that still leaves 4 slots 9in most cases) for future upgrades. In the case of Z97/Z170 you would be correct

 

Planning on buying another 2 X 16 sticks next year. I want the ability to get to 128 gb down the road, but I only need 32 right now.