Just because you can!

[KillerMeatloaf]

Has anyone purchased a computer part just because you think it would look cool in your build?

[themctipers]

Not for me. No disposable income and can't legally get a job. 

 

if its not functional I'm not buying 

[ImNotThere]

vega 56 kappa

[Hiitchy]

If you have a theme then that's usually where people will look. I was going to buy an LED strip but the specific color of purple I'm looking for is so hard to come by and I've exhausted all leads.

 

I've come to the conclusion that I Don't need it unless it does something good for my build that doesn't include aesthetics.

[ApolloX75]

I don't normally purchase things based on whether or not it'll look right, but my InWin 303 was definitely a "this looks good" purchase. I ended up regretting it because functionality-wise it is a dud.

 

Still looks good though.

[LienusLateTips]

I has no income

 

 

I has no job

 

 

I in Canada

 

 

Ryzen 5 1600 cost $300

 

Do you think I can still affford the RGB and the case I wants?

[AshleyAshes]

38 minutes ago, KillerMeatloaf said:

Has anyone purchased a computer part just because you think it would look cool in your build?

My entire 'Recycled Laptop Parts Build' is pretty much only to 'Prove I Can Do It'.  I have no real use for the machine.

 

[Zodiark1593]

Running Skyrim on an Intel Atom system because I can...

[MadModder]

All of my mods/builds have been purely for function. Couldn't care less about how they look. I'm rather OCD about cable management, but that's for improved air flow. I use my computers, I don't sit around staring at them. I do appreciate the artistic mods that really are works of art, but as I said ... I build mine purely for function.

[BingoFishy]

Yeah I bought a couple UV CCTs and they look pretty cool. Attached them to the back of my case, now it's like a space rocket.

https://www.amazon.com/Logisys-CLK12-Cathode-3-0mm-Diameter/product-reviews/B000JQ17WK/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews#reviews-filter-bar (this is the one I have, I bought it from micro center)

[Lord Sephington]

I cant justify buying something for my pc just so it looks good or flashy, hell i could barely afford my rig in the 1st place. all bought on an extremely tight budget and it still needs more things to make it more productive, but alas my motherboard choice has left me at a dead end.

 

I already have basically the best chip it can handle and its still not enough for what i need it for, plus the idea of buying upgrades just makes me weep as everything is so damned expensive

[Dabombinable]

That'd be my Cooler Master Eclipse, a unique and rather odd cooler. All it needs now is to have the heatpipes soldered to the base and a proper LGA1150 mount devised (I currently have 2 screws removed from it and the brackets set askew so it fits).

[Clyne]

Would have gone a KPE but my dream was always having a Lightning card, and now I have one.. 

[QuantumBit]

No, but I was on the verge of getting a Cryorig C7 ($30) just because it looked nice, I might get that later though.

[shadowbyte]

to a certain extent

all the 'flashy' parts of my build were found used for a fraction of the original price, such as cable extensions and a Hue+

[Dash Lambda]

At first I thought I had one, but I just can't think of anything.

I mean, I have RGB RAM, but that's because Microcenter didn't have any non-RGB 16GB kits of Trident Z when I bought my other parts.

[themctipers]

20 hours ago, CUDA_Cores said:

no.

 

I buy for function, not for form. 

 

This is why my computer looks like a NAS with a rats nest of wires full of various PCIe expansion cards and SSDs I have found from the scrapyard. 

 

I did not need my computer lit up like a Christmas tree full of RGB LEDs and other gaudy, flashy add-ons that do nothing for performance. 

 

My computer is in a fractal define R5 case under my desk where nobody will see it. It sits there quietly being productive, rather then blinding me from the LEDs.

 

No, I do not care about how it looks. If I did, I would buy a mac.

 

do i win ? 

[Mr.Meerkat]

Well I have a custom watercooling, which both makes it looks nicer, run cooler and quieter so...yes and no?