This video should be embedded on every site that sells RGB hardware - fighting the good fight D! 👌🏼

The lack of compatibility between brands got me into Electronic Engineering. Now I mod devices to use iCUE as well as designed a RGB 5v Digital to 12v Analog Converter to allow me to control many analog devices independently as virtual addressable LEDs.

I bought some RGB laptop ram, but it was defective... It was so dimm....

I remember sitting back, looking at my PC and going "This is getting out of hand" after installing some more RGB goodness

?I was expecting a April Fools video but I'm surprised. It was a proper and detailed video on RGB management.

Me with my potato pc: “rGb dOeSn’T iNcrEaSe fPs”

Legend has it that he's still giving bonus tips till this very second

How to properly add rgb to your PC: Spent thousands of dollars buying every product that has rgb in its name

Finally a proper guide thank you and God bless .

Bonus Drinking Game: Down a bottle of prechosen drink every time he says: "Bonus Tip".

Very good video And I definitely agree, a standardization of rgb between manufacturers would really be nice

Hardware canucks : "how do you proper your rgb lights?" Me at Walmart : this one has rgb? Yea? I will take it sir.

"Less is more" so true! i love the flexibility of RGB lighting, but i really hate the rainbow puke unicorn fairytale RGB marketing. Tomorrow i'll be recieving my new case. O11 Dynamic White (it was actually your case review of the O11 that made me pick it), and i got a shitload of RGB fans im gonna install. and maybe a few RGB strips aswell. going for a subtle White/Black component colour scheme, and cyan or blue lighting. Side note: Your chanel is my fav. for case reviews, and in general one of my fav for any pc related content. :) Keep it up!

You just taught me how to configure my RGB when I switch off iCue. I owe you one.

I’ve used RGB in the past and I have decided to avoid it now a days. I do marvel at people that are able to build clean machines with RGB. It does look stellar. (:

"if your system looks like rainbow puke ..." no, its just dark ... just like my life

Thank You Starlord ❤️ It's like ocean of knowledge in a Coffee Mug !!

Was planning to build my first PC and was wondering how to jazz it up. This is a huge help! Big ups!

Took your advice and bought everything you suggested in this video. Needless to say my PC now runs faster than the speed of sound and I've tripled the fps on every game in my steam library

I chose to keep it simple for my first RGB project. I went with Corsair Vengeance Pro RAM, Corsair LL120 Series Case fans & the Corsair H100i V2 AIO 240 water cooler. I connected it all through the Corsair Lighting Node Pro & Commander Pro. Then I put all of that into a Corsair iCUE 465X RGB Mid-Tower ATX Smart Case(Black). I didn't bother with any RGB strips because in my case less IS more. My system looks like it belongs in a showcase. It's awesome.

I've been using iCUE with an Asus Motherboard. I really appreciate that Asus and Corsair played nice enough so that by downloading a beta plugin you can control the RGB on the motherboard and the addressable header on the motherboard through iCUE. Before that, I used JackNet RGB to try to sync the motherboard and RGB connected to the motherboard with the Corsair Stuff. It was not ideal.

Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro has better RGB lighting. I can make a gradient from red (edges) to yellow (center) and make it look like fire or incandescent metal. And that looks really awesome.

Thank you for this detailed walkthrough. Only just looking into RGB for the first time and I was quite overwhelmed!

"if your system looks like rainbow puke" That line killed me lol

Please put on the English subtitles option! fine work here.

Me: (done watching the video and really want to go buy some) Coronavirus and wallet: *N* *O*

Careful purchasing: Power LED = R HDD activity = G Optical drive activity = B Case = solid Job done.

This is a good vid. I specifically went RGB-less when i found out the iCUE profile doesn't hold in the lockscreen, and since my PC was in my bedroom it was hard to sleep to disco lights when my computer was locked. So i took all the RGB out and went full non-RGB components. Then i found out about hardware profiles...🤦‍♂️

I definitely recommend trying Signal RGB. It takes a couple mins to get used to the layout and how to customize it. Nevertheless, l was able to sync Asus Mobo, g skill ram, corsair aio, and fractal rgb fans. The only caveat I encountered was that not all GPU's rgb control is currently supported.

Love it :) but that small part of my brain kinda wants thos RGB strips to be straight Haha love your videos 🙌🙌🙌

One tip that I thought was really COOL - is that you can control ASUS motherboards in iCue now, supported by Corsair. I did a video on how to set it up a while back when it got announced at CES 2020.

Dude you helped me buy the perfect case for me which is Phanteks 719 and all info about syncing rgb was so clear. Subscribed bro keep it up!

This is going to help me out in the future, thanks

The problem I have is I want the Rgb to actually send some information to you, so you just look in your PC window and don't have to scatter your screen with hardware infos. Aquacomputer with its rgbpx controller is the only one I know so far that can show some systems stats. Like temps or rpm or usage. I want RAM or HDD rgb to show bandwidth or capacity. Fans to run color wheel with rpm synced. Etc

My first system with any RGB basically was soft tube watercooled with an LED strip and a breathing effect on the RAM about 5 years ago. My next setup had full on rainbow puke on RAM and fans and NZXT AIO's for CPU and GPU and I didn't even mess about with iCue to orient the fans or syncronise the patterns. I rebuilt the system now with hard tubing and a vaporwave colour scheme, with Lian Li unifans, Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM and an EKWB front mounted distro plate and CPU block, and some white cable extensions for the board and GPU power, and it actually looks amazing. I've manged to tie in the theme with the RGB lighting on my Dygma Raise and Drop Alt keyboards as well, and I'm totally happy with the results. It's been really expensive but well worth it.

I have profiles for different games. Like RDR2 is in Red and green colors, The witcher 3 is red, green and blue, Cyberpunk 2077 will be a yellow color scheme and so on. Setting the mood for the game I play is just good fun and add a tiny bit of atmosphere to the experience.

Drinking game: take a drink every time he says "bonus tip!" lol, great video

5:28 "less is more" Me: "none is most!"

All that cool lighting and aesthetics paired with a BEIGE Noctua cooler. Absolute madlads.

I handled the compatibility problem by setting up each software (ASUS, Gigabyte & NZXT) after another, always deinstalled each software after setup. I can't change the colors on the fly now, but everything boots up perfectly with the right colors and effects, no errors or crashes and no "bloatware" installed on my system. If you know what your rig should look like, thats the easiest approach imho...

Tip: You can buy a cheap adapter so that you can plug in the Phanteks Neon strips into Corsair Commander Pro or Lighting node. This is because basically all RGB LED strips are w2812b, including the Phanteks neon and Corsair's own.

I wanted to rgb my system but when I bought it I was on a tight budget but I got the performance, issue now is I can't get rgb on my gpu, ram etc feels bad

I bought the NZXT kit. I LOVE it!!! I have a 2 light strips sort out on the first gen model. I contacted NZXT and they send me a full new set, 4 light strips. They are still going perfect to this day.

I decided to get A-RGB accessories for the versatility and options they provide. I wanted to create the affect of my PC being an aquarium, as though the components were submerged in ocean water. So I set the fans and AIO pump to a nice cyan/teal slow wave pattern and the motherboard and RAM to a slow-breathing red for a nice contrasting pop of color. I even managed to rig up a solution to mimic a subtle version of Cooler Master's 'Mirage' lighting effect on my Deepcool CF120 fans. My only complaint is that the LED's on the Enermax Liqfusion AIO block (I wanted a flow meter, so sue me, lol) aren't super well-diffused to the slow 'water' pattern I have it set to doesn't provide the cleanest effect on the block itself, but the light spill from it onto the rest of the system is exactly what I was looking for. It's a lot of work to get RGB right, but when you figure out the ecosystem and take the time to learn the nuance, you can accomplish some really great things with it.

TYTYTYTY for making this video!! 95% of the PCs I see that have rgb components are on rainbow mode, which is such a waste ... you can get soooo much nicer builds when you pick a good colour combination like blue and orange

personally got tired of that rainbow puked pc. I went with an a two color theme, Really love blue and red so i went with a combination of both! Awesome video D!

the video is great, i was undecided on the rgb theme. i have the cooler master td500 and not a big RGB fan. i was willing to go artic non-RGB PWM fans and just replace the included fans on the case. after seeing this it helped me reevaluate the aesthetics for my upcoming build, i specifically liked the complementary RGB suggestions when "same RGB colors" dont match. As usual great content from you guys!!!

P400a digital with 3 default fans + 1 exhaust fan from phanteks + neon led kit all daisy chained together and controlled from the case controller. Ram controlled from gskill's software.

that thumbnail looks amazing

*I have a Dream, that one day RGB software, will be intercompatible.* -Martin Luther King RGB

The only Corsair component I use is my RAM, but I still use iCUE to control everything. It controls my ASUS motherboard, my Cooler Master AIO, and even my EVGA 2080 Super. lol. It's an incredible piece of software, and you can even take it a step further with JackNet RGB (software is free, and there's a video on here showing how to set it up)

When I read the title, I thought this was a Linus Tech Tips video and said to myself "Those people from LTT will make a mess out of this" but when I saw that it was from Hardware Canucks, I'm sure this will be on point. And it is.

I have trident Z royal and a MSI motherboard with lights on the back. I can control my ram with mystic light but the gskill software has more colors and modes. MSI mystic light drives me nuts because every time I open it to change my mobo lights it corrupts the lighting on my ram making it this weird glitch of half illuminated leds that only goes away after like 6 reboots. Corsair is the only one who does a good job with their software and rgb product integration I've never had a problem with my H100i pro xt, RGB fans, or lighting node pro strips.

Bought into the RGB ram thing and boy do I regret it. Ever tried having your PC in your bedroom and putting it into standby? Yep. Your memory will keep your PC lit up like a Christmas tree on crack even when put in standby. There are some workarounds but they don't work reliably.

There are some real good points here. Thanks for the video Dimitri.

I plan on building a new system for myself very soon and I definitely kept in mind about how many RGB software I use. Right now this is my plan. Keyboard and mouse - Razer PC Fans / CPU AIO - NZXT Motherboard / GPU / RAM - ASUS Aura Trying to keep it as simple as possible. Hopefully it all works out in my favor :)

I'm from an era when PC was a beige color and only you see a few LED indicators now PC look like a sci-fi adaptation movie set

Video came out 11 seconds ago and I clicked on it. Don't think I can beat that personal best :D

I love my Halo Lux Frames! I bought one then a week later bought more! They are great!

RGB is subjective. There is no wrong way to do it as long as you like the end result. I am using the Phantek strips. They are not completely flexable, they only flex sideways. Careful on the RGB fan frames. They add quite a bit of thickness to fans. RGB cable extensions are also available now. The brand name version is quite pricy but there is at least one Chinese version that looks quite good for both the 24 pin and the PCIe cables. Lol on your ryme. The poet who didn't know it. Note, my ASUS Aura main board, using a 5v aRGB hub, is working perfectly with every accessory I have tried. ( there are some blurry videos on my channel, the final version is running Antek Ring RGB fans). I dumped the Corsair stuff as soon as I found out it doesn't play nice with Aura, and because the HD varient I was using was too harsh. When I try to sync the Corsair RAM with Aura iCUE freezes everything. I had to disassociate my Corsair Vengence RAM from Aura (I like the Vengence RAM best because it is diffuse, like the Phantek strips). The Antek fans work great, look awesome and have standard ASUS-type aRGB 3-pin connectors and standard 4-pin PWM fan connectors so no controllers of any type are needed. Did I mention how inexpensive they are? I got a kit of five 120mm fans plus a controller for about $65 US ($80 Canadian). The 140mm verson is harder to find and more expensive but I managed to find them at a decent price from Isreal through eBay. The rgb hub I use was about $15 US and has 12 ports plus a SATA power port. It will run a lot of RGB without any issues. ( note, the 1m Phantek strips failed to light the last 1/3 of the second strip when plugged direct into the Aura header while daisy chained, but worked perfectly when plugged into the rgb hub). My advice is to skip the proprietary controllers and any parts that need them, purchase a hub and find standard parts that work with your motherboard, and let that motherboard control everything, including the fans. I only wish ASUS made RGB RAM so I could dump the Corsair RAM.

bro.. i wanna ask u something.. can hue+ manage the lighting effect using phantek neon LED strip without phantek LED controller? pls give me answer..

I miss the old Hardware Canucks logo :(

thank you so much for having that little bit with the halo on the rgb fan. i wanted to know how it would look before i bought it and now im definitely doing it!

Thanks for all the bonus tips! Awesome as always!

I love you Star Lord

watched the whole thing true 100%

I put a LED strip between DIMM#2 and DIMM#3 (non-RGB-Dominator).

I bought the Phantek LED frames 5 total and used Artic Cooler Case Fans (White Blades) mounted into a P350X. I used the RGB Header adapter from Phantek to hook into the MSI Mortar B450 motherboard RGB Header and it works well. I could not integrate with the onboard Phantek controller in the P350x case. Overall, love the frames and I used PWN PST Fans that daisy chain together a nice feature from Artic Cooler. Love the RGB advice, yes the ICUE software has come along way with their newer gear really working well and behaving in a civilized manner :). Be Safe, my friends at Hardware Canucks from Cape Cod, MA!

Your eyes have RGB... They are amazing

Hey Buddy! YOU'RE THE MAN! I have learned so much from you. Amazing system BTW. you have motivated me so much. I have started my own journey to help people with what i know. Its not much but it is something. Hopefully someday i get to make a difference. Support is appreciated. :)

I'm going for an all Corsair build myself. Bought the 680X and I'm loving it!

just saying the thumbnail on this video is amazing, the orange background specially

2:43: best rgb illumination on ANY memory *laughs in trident z royal*

Damn, I expecet april fools video, like how to set rainbow puke the best

For people that are having problems with MSI Mystic Light RGB program, read this: The new "Dragon Center" program from MSI has now a new version of Mystic Light inside it that now has a cog icon where you can disable the overwriting of ML over other RGB programs. Just click that, keep Dragon Center open on tray bar, open your preferred RGB program and set the RAM RGB to your liking. That's it! Done. Just don't mess up with the performance "scenarios" on Dragon Center, or they will lock your CPU on a certain clock speed or raise the fans speed to max.

Ideal setup for sync and easy control: RAM, cooler, fans, light strips: Corsair (+ lighting node pro for the fans) Mobo, gpu: Asus (because most modern Asus motherboards can be controlled by Corsair's iCue software, GPU control will probably come in the future). For external light strips (outside your case, on your desk etc.) you can buy the same Corsair neon light strips and they also connect to iCue, so you can control EVERYTHING from a single program. iCue is also the best choice because of 1. Unlimited customization, 2. Very good stability, and 3. Hardware lighting profiles. If you configure things like this, the only thing you can't control through iCue (yet) is your GPU, but I would choose Asus not just because in the future it will be compatible with iCue, but also because they make reputable, silent and great coolers for their GPUs. + you can just set the GPU through aura sync to white and forget about it. Which means you control everything through iCue (1 program instead of 3-4) which is great.

expected April Fools' Day joke

This is a best April Fools Joke.

to me, the whole point of rgb isn't to go for rainbow puke, but so you can tailor it to the one perfect color to fit your preferences, or maybe color code based on something such as when a new notification is in or based on cpu/gpu temp/utilization, fan speed, memory use, etc. I actually regret getting a mobo with lighting, but only went with it cause it was the best price when I was making the jump from my old bulldozer to ryzen. Only using linux, any of the built in lighting is best left off, or it stays in demo mode. I just got a $15 usb powered rgb light strip, set it to my chosen color, and attached it around the edge of my plexi window facing in. I just needed to chop it into appropriate lengths and used clip on extenders so i could make the corners.

I was really annoyed by the diffrent RGB Software provided by diffrent companies which even interfered with Easy Anticheat. Cam didn't work for me. It was just all a mess. So i wired up my own kit and controlled it via Arduino. If you are planing a simple color scheme which is not supposed to interact with any software you are currently running it is a great option. You can Power it via a Sata Port if you split up a Sata Molex Connector Or even have it powered by the Stand-by Power if you are willing to fool around with your 24 Pin connector. It might not be the first thing you do if you build your first PC. But it is definetly do able without prior programming knowledge within maybe 5 hours if you are already capable of soldering. Cost would be around 20 bucks with an offbrand arduino Nano and 5m RGB Digital Strip (Ebay WS2812B). It is a supereasy starter project if you want to get started with something like that. I can only highly recommend this!

I didn’t know 100 people could be first?!!

I'm color blind. i dont care about the color scheme in my PC. they are all the same for me xD

I have a long 12V strip around the sides and back of my desk, and one hidden behind a wooden beam above the desk, lighting the white wall and ceiling. The desk and ceiling strips are connected to the motherboard through a RGB repeater with its own power supply, so that i can control the color with iCue (using the ASUS plugin), but the mobo doesn't have to provide power for that, only color information. I usually stick to warm tones, currently orange with some yellow animation. feels cozy, and really easy to manage with only one software for the room and PC.

Just a tip for people with RGB products from different companies, openrgb exists and while its ui isnt as clean as icue or cam, it lets you control almost everything regardless of the manufacture

if you think rainbow in your computer looks nice... you're 12

step 1. don't

I use icue to controll all my lighting. having 6 SP120RGB and 4 QL120 allong with corsair vengeance RGB ram as well as 2 corsair node pro's and a commander pro and a bunch of custom cables for the A-rgb on my EK GPU waterblock, customised A-RGB alphacool CPU block and the EK distro plate as well as custom adapter made for the RGB strip in the lian li 011D X i can light everything up like a christmas tree or tone it down to whatever level i want. normally its set to static blue with a little bit of pink and purple moving around in it.

you can use signal rgb and it will work with every brand and sync everything together

if you want rgb to be more effective get a white case for instance if you put red rgb lights on, the case will look red a black case it wont and a colored case will just create rainbow puke a white case gives you more options a red interior one day or a blue then next etc. look at a white case as a blank canvas.

This video is really great, too many times do I see otherwise sexy builds ruined by a lack of knowledge on what makes something look great. Your reference to the colour wheel is good but you forget to mention that you don't just have to use complementary colours and there are many other colour profiles that look outstanding. All in all a great video discussing how to add/improve lighting in a build.

I personally prefer to have RGB only from LED bands and control them without any software... If you choose wisely, it looks awesome.

There are RGB fittings now, and RGB radiator. And or course RGB 24 pin and RGB 8pin. It's unstoppable!

As case fans, I really do like Corsair LL (which I own) or the new QL - BUT I really don't like that iCue is using between 3% and 10% gpu for simple static effects. Software is really important in these instance, please Corsair work on that. For my next build, I'm thinking about buying all Noctua black chromax, and maybe using the Phanteks Halos rgb frame.

Thank you. This is exactly the video I was looking for. That RGB looks 😍😯

I HAVE GOT 7 QUESTIONS: 1- Whats the difference between 12V RGB ports and 5V RGB? Can’t a 12V port be used as « adressable » in anyway ? 2- Do RGB controlers all have 5V adressable RGB ports? (as in are they only made out of these types of ports and no 12V ports?) 3- How many RGB controllers can you install in your desktop configuration? Will it create any sort of problem if too many are plugged in? 4- Can you plug an RGB controler to another one, therefore creating a whole chain? 5- How easy are they to install? Do you stick it on an interior or exterior side of your case, or do you just leave it dangling down inside or outside the case? 6- Does it only control RGB and how actually sofisticated is it for controlling the lighting with it? 7- Is their anything that could make me dislike Phanteks’ RGB controller (for its own existence or compared to another brand’s RGB controller)? Anyway, I vote for phanteks, I’m mounting my very first PC this summer and I’m a little bit lost with RGB (although it’s essential for good performance, everyone knows that). I’m pretty convinced to buy Phanteks’ Eclipse P600S case (I think it has an integrated fans hub/controller, not actually really sure what it is and if it only controls fans) and I think I’ll go with Phanteks Halos RGB thingies and Phanteks RGB controller(s). If you need any other information about what components I’m going to put into my desktop PC with which you think you could answer one of my questions better, feel free to ask me (for instants, I will be buying Asus RIG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX Motherboard which I think has got 2x 5V addressable RGB headers and 2x 12V RGB headers), I kind of have nothing else to do but to answer back which therefore I will do often within a few minutes. (edit: except at night like right now, that can actually be day time for you because I live in France) I try to put many details in my questions because I often find it frustrating when I’m trying myself to answer someone’s question but am blocked by the lack of information over that person’s situation... I GIVE ENORMOUS THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE MOTIVATED ENOUGH TO ANSWER ME!!! 🙏👌👍💪❤️

I prefer color combination instead of Rgb. White + Purple looks great

Can you use an AIO waterblock like the Kraken in a watercooled build with rigid tubing and stuff (separate pump and rads)? because the regular water blocks currently used in water cooled builds are really ugly compared to AIO ones

Nice video. I mostly use Corsair parts (fans, RGB strips, keyboard, mousepad and headset) with a sidekick of Asus (mainboard, GPU, Phanteks neon strips and Gskill ram). The iCue software is just the best as I can configure so many different profiles, it's insane. There are so many cool lighting settings and themes you can do, I got around 10-12 ice or winter themed setups alone. Sadly the asus aura software is the worst thing I've seen so far, one time it killed itself after trying out the software for the Gskill ram and even after 2 days of trouble shooting would not work. I could only reinstall windows to get it back to work again and now I'm daring to update it. As for backlight I got some philips hue lightbars on the back of my main monitor and some cheap 20 EUR led strips from Amazon that still work fine. I can get a decent white for most parts but I got a really bad gripe with yellow: There is no real goldish yellow possible, either it's more looking like a light green (or lime) or an orange. The worst part however is the GPU (Asus GTX 1070 TI), the white always looks like purple and some other colours are not well met either (light blue, yellow etc).

You can never go wrong with Cyan and Red combo.

this is cool but instead of getting fan cases, adapter and the rgb fans seperately i got the GM RGB fan kit off of amazon for about $30 and it works great for me with everything included.