RGB Software Dilemma

[MechPilot524]

I already have an Asus ROG-Strix X470-F motherboard on my Ryzen 5 2600 rebuild, plus 16GB Trident Z RGB RAM.

 

There's a bit of a predicament. It's a super first world problem, but I am concerned about RGB software and how bloated I've heard it can be. Here's the dilemma:

 

- Asus Aura-Sync will not work with non-Asus peripherals.

- I prefer Corsair peripherals, had a K70 that I loved, but I hear iCue is pretty bloated and hogs system resources.

- I'm not really willing to pay a ROG tax - why pay $150 for a ROG keyboard when I can get a K70 that I like for $110, since Corsair RGB won't match with Aura-Sync anyway? Similar story with mice.

 

 

I don't care too much about functionality or extra features, it's just for the PC and peripherals gracing my dorm room. I just don't want bloated software that takes up significantly more system resources than they should. If I can get RGB to work properly that's fine, otherwise I'd have to get maybe just plain LED stuff. The horror, I know.

[mikedrewsmy]

10 minutes ago, MechPilot524 said:

I already have an Asus ROG-Strix X470-F motherboard on my Ryzen 5 2600 rebuild, plus 16GB Trident Z RGB RAM.

 

There's a bit of a predicament. It's a super first world problem, but I am concerned about RGB software and how bloated I've heard it can be. Here's the dilemma:

 

- Asus Aura-Sync will not work with non-Asus peripherals.

- I prefer Corsair peripherals, had a K70 that I loved, but I hear iCue is pretty bloated and hogs system resources.

- I'm not really willing to pay a ROG tax - why pay $150 for a ROG keyboard when I can get a K70 that I like for $110, since Corsair RGB won't match with Aura-Sync anyway? Similar story with mice.

 

 

I don't care too much about functionality or extra features, it's just for the PC and peripherals gracing my dorm room. I just don't want bloated software that takes up significantly more system resources than they should. If I can get RGB to work properly that's fine, otherwise I'd have to get maybe just plain LED stuff. The horror, I know.

I'm running Icue with tons of corsair producsts and i dont find them bloated or hogs system resources.

Maybe 90MB of ram and 2% cpu at most.

I did not install aura on my pc and just let the motherboard's led run away with it's color shift all the time.

[Guest]

ASUS Aura is absolute ass anyway so I would try to avoid it. Never had it work flawlessly.