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2 minutes ago, BDev said:

So, i bought a new case and sold the older one that had some LED fans on it, but i decided not to use LED fans on this new case bcs... as far as my experience went, they aren't exactly that bright anyway. So i was wondering, how do people achieve that glowing case appearance? Someone told me to use LED strips, but i couldn't find anything that was shorter than 3 Meters and theorically i would have to buy some kind of plug, cut my led strip, put it all over my case, then plug it on the plug i bought, cut the extra cables, and somehow weld OR use some kind of duct tape on the plug to make sure it didn't fall or something.

 

That actually sounds like a horrible and laughable option. Any ideas of how am i supposed to make my case look like a blue christmas tree that doesn't include almost half an hour of time, duct tape or welding machine and some weird PSU cables and plugs? Thanks. :D

If you want a plug and go solution Cable mod has a lot of good options, no need for soldering or cutting to length. 

https://cablemod.com/product-category/led-strips/magnetic/

 

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So, i bought a new case and sold the older one that had some LED fans on it, but i decided not to use LED fans on this new case bcs... as far as my experience went, they aren't exactly that bright anyway. So i was wondering, how do people achieve that glowing case appearance? Someone told me to use LED strips, but i couldn't find anything that was shorter than 3 Meters and theorically i would have to buy some kind of plug, cut my led strip, put it all over my case, then plug it on the plug i bought, cut the extra cables, and somehow weld OR use some kind of duct tape on the plug to make sure it didn't fall or something.

 

That actually sounds like a horrible and laughable option. Any ideas of how am i supposed to make my case look like a blue christmas tree that doesn't include almost half an hour of time, duct tape or welding machine and some weird PSU cables and plugs? Thanks. :D

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duct tape or welding machine and some weird PSU cables and plugs? Thanks. :D

Modern Led strips are either adhesive or magnetic and you just plug them onto your mobo or through a usually included adapter to a sata connector 

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2 minutes ago, BDev said:

So, i bought a new case and sold the older one that had some LED fans on it, but i decided not to use LED fans on this new case bcs... as far as my experience went, they aren't exactly that bright anyway. So i was wondering, how do people achieve that glowing case appearance? Someone told me to use LED strips, but i couldn't find anything that was shorter than 3 Meters and theorically i would have to buy some kind of plug, cut my led strip, put it all over my case, then plug it on the plug i bought, cut the extra cables, and somehow weld OR use some kind of duct tape on the plug to make sure it didn't fall or something.

 

That actually sounds like a horrible and laughable option. Any ideas of how am i supposed to make my case look like a blue christmas tree that doesn't include almost half an hour of time, duct tape or welding machine and some weird PSU cables and plugs? Thanks. :D

If you want a plug and go solution Cable mod has a lot of good options, no need for soldering or cutting to length. 

https://cablemod.com/product-category/led-strips/magnetic/

 

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Modern Led strips are either adhesive or magnetic and you just plug them onto your mobo or through a usually included adapter to a sata connector 

sometimes through Molex as well I believe

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Just now, Himommies said:

Modern Led strips are either adhesive or magnetic and you just plug them onto your mobo or through a usually included adapter to a sata connector 

Yeah but i couldn't find anything that included an adapter specifically for PC. Mostly for other things

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39 minutes ago, Himommies said:

no one does that anymore

We do. :) as our kits are made to order (wired and sleeved by hard to the customer's specifications)  we can fit any connector the customer wants.

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24 minutes ago, Himommies said:

Do pepole still buy that?

Yes they do. Not everyone has last gen higher end motherboards with rgb headers and there aren't much alternatives that are programmable through software other than the corsair lightning node. The hue+ is still very popular, especially now with people also adding rgb fans to their lightshow. 

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54 minutes ago, AddonCustoms said:

We do. :) as our kits are made to order (wired and sleeved by hard to the customer's specifications)  we can fit any connector the customer wants.

Holy crap custom led's.My dream come true

51 minutes ago, MkaiL said:

Yes they do. Not everyone has last gen higher end motherboards with rgb headers and there aren't much alternatives that are programmable through software other than the corsair lightning node. The hue+ is still very popular, especially now with people also adding rgb fans to their lightshow. 

I Imagine most pepole would use cablemod at this point because of the massive price diffrence 

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14 minutes ago, BDev said:

OK thanks for the answers, yall! Just a noob question... What specific slot do the led strip go? I mean, where do i plug it on the power supply?

It will be either molex or sata, sata being the more common option I see theses days on the PSU. 

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