@@SalemTechsperts i have one side of my pc that is glass so what he says is true but as i have hand issues i can only do so much. i have minimal rgb stuff. just got to find some one that can check my thermal paste and liquid cooling system
@@idahofur It definitely works for some people, and not for others. I like to keep my PC clean, my brother doesn't care. We both have a case with glass.
RGB was so painful. I asked 3 different people FROM CORSAIR if I had the right fan controllers for my 9 fans. They said yes and they were completely wrong. Had to wait for new fans to arrive that actually worked with the fan controllers.
But I do love the RGB. It sucks for building but works amazing as a show piece. As someone that builds one PC every 5-7 years I can say that I do love having something flashy since it’s literally the price of 3 2005~ Mazda MX-5s
ngl Corsair makes you jump through hoops its the same with MSI and Asus yet Asus has to be the worse, my 1060 never connected to Asus's stupid app was so glad to upgrade to a non rgb 3060
@@viperpit-k5j my experience was quite good after this. They accepted a return of used fans instantly and I’m sure you know that as soon as a fan is used it’s VERY clearly been used
I am and Old Man Yelling to the Clouds too, RGB is a Useless Fad, Unicorn Vomit, a PC Case Just need to have good air flow, be practical to needs of the user, and silent.
Why cant people just accept other opinions? I LOVE RGB, my pc looks like a disco ball, there's not a single thing that doesn't have rgb. I personally hate boring ugly plastic boxes.
"Useless" by an utilitarian point of view. It's not "useless" if you like it. I dunno you but i want my stuff to look nice in my home. What's wrong with that?
Maybe I'm alone here, but I actually love ARGB. I hate the default rainbow configuration that every RGB thing comes in, but I love being able to set the colors of my components and have all these cool effects syncing across your whole desk when you use something like SignalRGB (not an ad). That being said, ARGB is fucking AGGRAVATING to set up and I would never want to burden my technician with it. I'm a hobbyist builder and try to DIY as much as I can. Vanity and customization fall right into the DIY category I also would never buy a case just because it looks nice. Airflow, cost and ease of building come first, design second
I do enjoy having a synced experience w/ my monitor lights when playing a game so I understand that. It’s all opinion and I respect the decision 100%. I just don’t like how manufacturers are using RGB as a crutch to stifle innovation.
No you're the majority, that's why it sells so good. The RGB haters are mostly the extremely loud minority on the internet like ALWAYS. in real life most people love it
Answers to some common questions I'm seeing. 1. The NZXT CAM software that rotates the AIO was still downloading along with everything else on our amazing 20Mbps internet, and I had between 6pm Friday and 12pm Saturday to edit and upload the video. 2. There are 2 hidden intake fans on the bottom of this case, I was hoping to get away with having 2 intake and 4 exhaust to optimize temps, but the negative pressure would've been a gooch collector. The rear 2 fans have since been flipped to intake. 3. I appreciate you all sharing your opinion on RGB and you all bring up some great points. My concern is the industry is using RGB as a crutch instead of actually innovating designs and performance.
"Ram first, then cpu, then ssd, gpu last." -proceeds to install ram last- Do agree on the rgb. I think it's a neat thing, but once you go beyond 2 or so rainbow items (ram/gpu, a couple fans or the cpu, not all at once), it starts looking cheap. Vastly prefer either keeping the rest blank or a solid color. Also splurging on rgb out the whazoo and case, but going cheap on the ssd? Strange priority imo.
haha rgb lights go brrrr but really I think RGB is good when it is implemented with the case, but then it's usually proprietary (NZXT, Corsair) which I dislike.
Considering I keep my gaming PC in the bedroom, I prefer no lights at all and a case that doubles as a wind tunnel. If I keep my PC on at night I would like to be able to fall asleep and not experience the rainbow all night long.
@@SalemTechsperts No different here in the UK when you lump on business rates and so on. GB£2k/month will get you a hole in the wall in the outskirts of a major town.
Thank God I always choose function over form. Why spend so much money on RGB when I could get a lot of performance from parts that doesn't lite up like a Christmas tree 😅
Because i love rgb. Also rgb costs absolutely nothing. I hate dark boring plastic boxes and always wanted a very bright pc full of colors. Just accept other opinions. Most people outside of the circle jerk internet loves RGB.
OpenRGB is also a billion times easier to set up than whatever Windows software shenanigans they had to jump through. That said: no idea if there's open source control software for the case screen (yet).
The problem isn't rgb, rgb looks great and everything, the problem is that people spend their money on it while really they should spend on real parts that matter to performance, but if you can afford it and etc, you can get it its fine just if you can get way more performance to not get it, then just get it. (idk if you understood me but you get the idea)
The philosophy I used when building my PC was to get as much power for as little money possible. My case and GPU came with RGB, but I got them on sale at great prices. That's the only reason there's any lighting at all.
I understand you and I think that’s what bugs me as well. Knowing how much money someone is spending on something cosmetic vs putting it towards function.
On RGB: I despise it. Not much can be said, it just looks ugly n it's more bullsh*t you need to manage n deal with more wires n JUST GET LOST WITH THAT I SWEAR.
I personally love RGB. For me boring dark plastic boxes are mega ugly and I always wanted a bright and shiny PC. Looks so beautiful and cable management is easy if you have an IQ above 100.
I tried building an RGB free build but the discount was too tempting on an evga card. Now I have this annoying ass card with an RGB name keeping me distracted in the dark when i want to watch a movie
@@SalemTechsperts Honestly this sounds like you are being judgemental for no good reason. Nothing wrong with people wanting their stuff to look nice, don't be judgy about it. 🤷
@Azarilh It's sarcasm, you probably have heard of it. It's okay if he makes a joke. You don't have to take it personally, and try to brand him as judgemental.
Shit... RGB can look nice, but it is such a huge PITA. Tried going all out in one of my personal builds. Bought the 011 Dynamic before everyone had one and filled it up with nine Corsair LL fans. It looked incredible, but two of the fans were defective out of the box, you couldn't hook them up in the proper order or they didn't work and after about six months two more fans had stuck LEDs. I ended up selling all the fans because it was such a headache for fans that looked nice, but weren't even really all that good at being fans. As an even smaller independent shop, working on systems is flat rate for me, but I absolutely charge extra in the build fee for dealing with RGB fans and all that extra cable management.
When i built my pc a few months ago i had to get a case with glass even though i didnt get any sort of RGB. At least there was a lot of room inside so my gorilla fingers could get inside easier.
The ones that seem like they're backwards could be reverse-flow fans, and a lot of case manufacturers love using them for cosmetic reasons these days. They still do the same job but just run the air in the opposite direction of normal fans.
There are 2 hidden fans on the bottom acting as intakes. I cut a whole 20 minutes of me debating whether to mount those rear fans as exhaust or intake. You see exhaust here but I ended up going intake before delivery as it’s quite clear the case is designed for airflow in that direction.
@@SalemTechspertsthey basically moved the front intake to the side oddly enough, too bad the top fans would suck it back out. Honestly with such a negative pressure setup I'd forego the bottom fans and let the exhaust fans draw air from the bottom.
Ok but have you tried COSMIC Alpha? I know it sounds like a new strain from your favorite dispensary, but it's honestly the coolest "normie" desktop I've seen in decades.
I recently went back to Linux. I built an android retro emulator for the games I like playing, but everything else is Linux now. Windows constant updates, windows accounts for everything, as well as the constant need to be connected to the internet to work drove me away. The data collection and clear abuse of our privacy didn’t help either. I miss windows XP. It worked, and you could game and work on it without subscriptions and accounts with a hundred websites.
Is that waterblock mounted sideways? Wasn't there a way to adjust the display so the owner won't have to turn head sideways to read it?😂 I blame the RGB.
Yeah I was surprised when I saw that. It's a rookie mistake that first time builders make. I'm sure they fixed it before sending it out to the customer though.
I rotate it using the NZXT CAM software which was one of the things we were setting up. The “final product” shot was actually taken when I was still downloading 69GB of bullshit software and drivers on our 20mbps internet.
I built a friend a fully packed Phanteks NV5 and after dealing with the wiring of 12 RGB fans I didn’t even want to deal with the software side of things. Raunchy Gooch Box in 5 months, guaranteed.
@SalemTechsperts Hey jsut a little qustion... My brther says he knows How t ofix Pcs, instead he fired the gpu and lost the charging port, can you guss what pc it was?????? (Hint, A gaming Laptop).
Built my 14yr old son a gaming pc, was cabling the rgb a pain, not really... does it look cool... yes... can I get the rgb software to work... can I fuck...😂
That seems like a very easy build, with a full modular system. Estimating by the 450 dollar CPU that system is at least 2 grand. If you want to have a fancy system and don't want to build it yourself, at least get a custom water loop to really show off.
My laptop came with RGB but I could care less about it. Cool looking software sucks can’t get it to change colors lol. So I don’t even use it. Laptop works so that’s all I really care about
I do think that RGB motifs are here to stay...unfortunately. I don't have a computer repair shop, but I've built PCs for myself, some family members and friends (not for free). Enough for me to know that people would be willing to spend hundreds of dollars more just to have lights in their computer, that within a few months live underneath their desks. It's a weird trend and I do my best to explain to them that things are getting more expensive and inefficient due to RGB, but they demand it to be included in their build. I hate having to deal with ARGB headers, and hubs. The pins are so fragile and easy to break. The hubs can break due to over voltage from the SATA connections. The ARGB software from the manufacturers takes ages to load before I can do anything with the colors. Tech TH-camrs or a Techtubers' purpose is primarily to sell a product. Sometimes the product is themselves, other times it's whatever item they are reviewing.
Im still okay with my windowless be quiet case that doesn't let out any light at all. I have my pc running 24/7 and want to have a nice dark room at night.
I’ve never really understood the tech industry’s obsession with RGB, especially within these past five years or so. When I was 14, I was excited to get a case with a single red LED-lit fan being the Corsair Carbide SPEC-02, and I still use that case with my daily driver to this day! Though I did switch out the LED fan for dual Arctic P14’s, and the only lighting I have aside from the obligatory status LED’s comes from my EVGA 2080 Super with its white glow. Honestly half the reason I’m still using the same case eight years later is because I still need my 5.25” drive bays, one for the disc drive when I need to burn or rip discs and another for my card reader. Would rather have it built into my computer instead of having a mess of USB peripherals. Not only that, but modern cases are so expensive and a lot of them below $100 either have worse airflow, worse construction, both, and don’t have much expandability compared to the average case from 10 to 15 years ago. The need for the “three decade old HDD cage” as zach’s tech tips calls it or 5.25” bays could very well just be a me problem, but as a data hoarder I don’t find modern cases very workable. The only argument I can really make for modern cases is that they’re usually easier to build in and have much better cable management (the SPEC-02 wasn’t that good in that regard even for 2014 standards), and are more suited to fit the freakishly big GPU’s of the 2020s. Though for the last point I blame GPU makers for their wasteful triple slot designs being normalized at the midrange, when a 250W card can run just fine with an appropriately well built dual slot, dual fan cooler. I think this comment turned more into a rant about modern cases than RGB, but they honestly go very hand in hand. Quite frankly I’m okay with RGB in moderation since accent lighting is pretty cool, I just hate the industry’s obsession with rainbow puke to the point that it just becomes obnoxious; just like I hate the enshittification of modern cases. When I built my first computer in 2016, it felt like you had to go out of your way to add RGB to your system and/or find a case with tempered glass, no optical drive bays, and a single 3.5” hard drive bay underneath the motherboard tray - but the opposite is true now. If airflow is such a concern, then there are several examples of high end Antec and Cooler Master cases from the late 00’s that show you can have upwards of nine 5.25” bays and fill the unused ones with front intake fans which are protected by the mesh bay covers.
The last time I installed that NZXT AIO and turned on the computer after putting the build together the hub began to smoke. I do like RGB if done nicely inside of a build but the majority look atrocious and also like you said putting together builds that are heavy on the RGB is more time consuming and depending on the manufacturer can be a pain in the ass to put together.
Holy shit 😂 I’ve never had that happen thankfully. Yeah it’s the assembling that’s a killer. Especially when every minute of my day is stressing on how to pay rent and I’m stuck with 20 wires.
@@SalemTechsperts I miss the days when AIO's weren't a thing and all you needed was a beefy air cooler like my Noctua NHD-14 I have cooling my i7 3770k build that's 11 years old. All my mony goes towards bills and rent right now.
Never been a fan of RGB and personally think its already starting to look outdated and cringe but tasters choice! I can understand wanting a cool looking computer its like wanting ground effects on your tricked out car but I personally think its a waste of resources and just one more thing to worry about maintaining or fixing! But all that being said that is a pretty sweet looking beast of a PC but white everything is going to get dirty looking really quick but I guess it forces you to keep a clean machine....
Never been a fan of RGB and personally think its already starting to look outdated and cringe but tasters choice! I can understand wanted a cool looking computer its like wanting ground effects on you tricked out car but I personally think its a waste of resources and just one more thing to worry about maintaining or fixing! But all that being said that is a pretty sweet looking beast of a PC but white everything is going to get dirty looking really quick but I guess it forces you to keep a clean machine....
I've Built Hundreds of System, and to be honest I still Love Building. Sure Builds are getting more Cables and wires and Such, But I still enjoy the challenge ! RGB Yes is becoming a Problem, Corsair has done With there new stuff. But its Pricey. If Everyone followed suit perhaps it would be better in the long run, But that I don't think that will happen. RGB is here to stay. Its not going anywhere in my opinion. Great Video!
I love hearing you haven’t lost your passion! Indeed, if the industry innovated and made it easier and less complicated, it wouldn’t be such a big deal. Thanks for watching and being a member!
There was genuinely nothing wrong with even just rgb fairy light strips, lol. It's just a unicorn vomit cashgrab for adhd tiktok watching teenagers. The red glow of the motherboard was the rgb of my childhood. My build is all black and it doesn't distract me at night or fuck up my eyes with more manufactured light.
I like RGB, it does look nice. An unfortunate side effect of RGB is that all modern components are monotone. Black, white, gray, and nearly nothing else.
Great vid as always ❤ I do like the acrylic cases to see the guts of the build, but rgb is just too much and a lot of people is prioritizing it over the specs
To me, the only benefit of RGB lighting is that you can see when you need give your rig a good dusting. Otherwise it's all pointless, unless you really want your PC to match the mood lighting in your room. Now if the RGB actually meant something, like the color of the fans being a visual indicator of how hot your system is running, then hell yeah.
I'm still using a 10 year old Corsair case with front expansion bays and no windows, so I don't even bother with RGB. Instead my PC is air cooled with Noctua fans.
Re : RGB, Its now become the normal for me, As in, My wifes PC i built is a big ol unit ( For Air flow ), Its highly visible in our living room, So rather than have a noisy box in the corner we have a ''nice'' to look at noisy box... XD, My PC came with no choice as the Phanteks case had them installed, So i just make all the RGB white.. Both systems running 5800X3d with 7900XTX so cooking the componts in a smaller form factor wasnt an option, I have tuned both with IQUE to have a ''Game mode'' Fully cooled ect ect, Then a ''quiet mode'' for general use.. Its the best use case i could get for us =) It would have cost a fortune to pay some one to set them up.... Awesome video as per =)
@@SalemTechsperts I worked on them for years. The struts were an issue. As they got older, they would lock up when we put them on a lift. Pretty common occurrence.
@@SalemTechsperts Andy, I wish I was aware of your shop when I lived in MA. We were stationed on the Cape for 5 years. Been doing microsoldering on Macs and wish we could have met.
I may be a little older man than you shouting at the clouds, but I looked for a good while trying to find a noLED setup. The started to trying to custom buy everything, to which searching and finding parts were awful. I despise having to send DM/email to tech shops and simply just ask them, please do a no-led with X cpu and Y gpu. So I gave up and bought a notebook. Today's PC market is awful.
That's so depressing man. There's gotta be a no-RGB build on PCpartpicker.com, no? I haven't checked in a while but if this is the case, I'm going to have a rough time with my new build next month...
Ah yes war thunder
Where classified military documents get leaked on a daily basis
all in the hopes of getting the vehicle a buff
@@LeonSteelpawor just trying to win an argument
The greatest War Thunder technician that's ever lived.
@@ReepsWasteOfTime or trying to get the maps remodeled to be more accurate lol
they should do marketing around this :D
I think the only real upside of transparent PC case with RGB eye candy is that one remembers to clean it from gooch once in a while?
This is a good point
@@SalemTechsperts i have one side of my pc that is glass so what he says is true but as i have hand issues i can only do so much. i have minimal rgb stuff. just got to find some one that can check my thermal paste and liquid cooling system
100%
You would think. I see tons of finger prints and just as dusty from before the glass panel days.
@@idahofur It definitely works for some people, and not for others. I like to keep my PC clean, my brother doesn't care. We both have a case with glass.
RGB: Rancid Gooch Box
RGB was so painful. I asked 3 different people FROM CORSAIR if I had the right fan controllers for my 9 fans. They said yes and they were completely wrong. Had to wait for new fans to arrive that actually worked with the fan controllers.
But I do love the RGB. It sucks for building but works amazing as a show piece.
As someone that builds one PC every 5-7 years I can say that I do love having something flashy since it’s literally the price of 3 2005~ Mazda MX-5s
Corsair has horrible customer service, i needed new keys for my k95 keyboard and they even sent me the wrong ones.
ngl Corsair makes you jump through hoops its the same with MSI and Asus yet Asus has to be the worse, my 1060 never connected to Asus's stupid app was so glad to upgrade to a non rgb 3060
@@xxdesertstorm ASUS refuses to work with Icue. My GPU ignores everything but the stupid ASUS malware
@@viperpit-k5j my experience was quite good after this. They accepted a return of used fans instantly and I’m sure you know that as soon as a fan is used it’s VERY clearly been used
I am and Old Man Yelling to the Clouds too, RGB is a Useless Fad, Unicorn Vomit, a PC Case Just need to have good air flow, be practical to needs of the user, and silent.
Well said!
There was a time where I didn't even know where my case was. It was just a chassis that made it easy to swap things in/out
I don't get the whole lightning, in general.
Why cant people just accept other opinions?
I LOVE RGB, my pc looks like a disco ball, there's not a single thing that doesn't have rgb.
I personally hate boring ugly plastic boxes.
"Useless" by an utilitarian point of view. It's not "useless" if you like it. I dunno you but i want my stuff to look nice in my home. What's wrong with that?
Maybe I'm alone here, but I actually love ARGB. I hate the default rainbow configuration that every RGB thing comes in, but I love being able to set the colors of my components and have all these cool effects syncing across your whole desk when you use something like SignalRGB (not an ad). That being said, ARGB is fucking AGGRAVATING to set up and I would never want to burden my technician with it. I'm a hobbyist builder and try to DIY as much as I can. Vanity and customization fall right into the DIY category
I also would never buy a case just because it looks nice. Airflow, cost and ease of building come first, design second
I do enjoy having a synced experience w/ my monitor lights when playing a game so I understand that. It’s all opinion and I respect the decision 100%. I just don’t like how manufacturers are using RGB as a crutch to stifle innovation.
nah you aint alone, i really like rgb, just not rainbow rgb
i agree, i love rgb it looks cool
No you're the majority, that's why it sells so good.
The RGB haters are mostly the extremely loud minority on the internet like ALWAYS.
in real life most people love it
@ExtremeHardcoreGamer Like what you want, but as a builder, that's not true. I get RGB requested for about 1 out of 10 gaming PCs.
“Women don’t exist on the internet”
Me, a woman, watching this: 👁️👄👁️
Why are you lying?
Nice try, Kevin.
Answers to some common questions I'm seeing.
1. The NZXT CAM software that rotates the AIO was still downloading along with everything else on our amazing 20Mbps internet, and I had between 6pm Friday and 12pm Saturday to edit and upload the video.
2. There are 2 hidden intake fans on the bottom of this case, I was hoping to get away with having 2 intake and 4 exhaust to optimize temps, but the negative pressure would've been a gooch collector. The rear 2 fans have since been flipped to intake.
3. I appreciate you all sharing your opinion on RGB and you all bring up some great points. My concern is the industry is using RGB as a crutch instead of actually innovating designs and performance.
oh lawd. you dared desecrate the AhrJeeBee gods and every aiden and steve came out of the woodwork 😂
@@santa1563 Aiden and Steve 😭😭😭
1900 a month and you still don't get a front door
Or a bathroom that I feel comfortable shitting in
@@SalemTechsperts just ask subway if you can use theres
@@wolf3515"sorry, customers only" - subway, probably
12:44 The greatest technician that's ever lived.
Such a hilarious moment tho! happens to the best of us
"Ram first, then cpu, then ssd, gpu last."
-proceeds to install ram last-
Do agree on the rgb. I think it's a neat thing, but once you go beyond 2 or so rainbow items (ram/gpu, a couple fans or the cpu, not all at once), it starts looking cheap. Vastly prefer either keeping the rest blank or a solid color.
Also splurging on rgb out the whazoo and case, but going cheap on the ssd? Strange priority imo.
I always start off with a plan that never goes according to plan 😅
haha rgb lights go brrrr
but really I think RGB is good when it is implemented with the case, but then it's usually proprietary (NZXT, Corsair) which I dislike.
Considering I keep my gaming PC in the bedroom, I prefer no lights at all and a case that doubles as a wind tunnel. If I keep my PC on at night I would like to be able to fall asleep and not experience the rainbow all night long.
But you know you can just turn them off right?
@@Walduh949 For me it's literally a button. lmao
$1900 jeez my mortgage is $1,700 a month in Colorado.
Yep. Boston’s great (for landlords)
@@SalemTechsperts No different here in the UK when you lump on business rates and so on. GB£2k/month will get you a hole in the wall in the outskirts of a major town.
Yeah, I dont need and dont like RGB. I prefer a minimalist stealth build.
Thank God I always choose function over form. Why spend so much money on RGB when I could get a lot of performance from parts that doesn't lite up like a Christmas tree 😅
Because i love rgb.
Also rgb costs absolutely nothing.
I hate dark boring plastic boxes and always wanted a very bright pc full of colors.
Just accept other opinions.
Most people outside of the circle jerk internet loves RGB.
amd gpu, and no windows license, pure linux user indeed
OpenRGB is also a billion times easier to set up than whatever Windows software shenanigans they had to jump through. That said: no idea if there's open source control software for the case screen (yet).
So did you ever change the AIO screen orientation? lol
Yes, you do it through NZXT CAM which was downloading during the final shot
The greatest comment that ever lived
The problem isn't rgb, rgb looks great and everything, the problem is that people spend their money on it while really they should spend on real parts that matter to performance, but if you can afford it and etc, you can get it its fine just if you can get way more performance to not get it, then just get it. (idk if you understood me but you get the idea)
The philosophy I used when building my PC was to get as much power for as little money possible. My case and GPU came with RGB, but I got them on sale at great prices. That's the only reason there's any lighting at all.
I understand you and I think that’s what bugs me as well. Knowing how much money someone is spending on something cosmetic vs putting it towards function.
@@joshdillon9637 I like spending money on my PC and I love spending more on RGB because it's so beautiful
I got RGB ram kits because for whatever reason it easier to find RGB 3600C16 RAM kits (the fastest kits I bothered to work with) than non-RGB.
5:22 I use arch btw
That was really very informative, it's really important for us to know that
(I also do btw)
Sad that the Nix crew hasn't yet infiltrated the Gooch Collector space. Those nerds are lovely.
On RGB:
I despise it. Not much can be said, it just looks ugly n it's more bullsh*t you need to manage n deal with more wires n JUST GET LOST WITH THAT I SWEAR.
I personally love RGB.
For me boring dark plastic boxes are mega ugly and I always wanted a bright and shiny PC.
Looks so beautiful and cable management is easy if you have an IQ above 100.
I tried building an RGB free build but the discount was too tempting on an evga card. Now I have this annoying ass card with an RGB name keeping me distracted in the dark when i want to watch a movie
As a Tech in a Micro Center, RGB is absolutely the worst. Especially now that fans have fricking LCDs in them.
But how will anyone ever know they’re a quirky PC Gamer if they can’t show their waifu on their aio pump?
@@SalemTechsperts Honestly this sounds like you are being judgemental for no good reason. Nothing wrong with people wanting their stuff to look nice, don't be judgy about it. 🤷
@Azarilh It's sarcasm, you probably have heard of it. It's okay if he makes a joke. You don't have to take it personally, and try to brand him as judgemental.
1:57 oh my god, he’s figured out our secret😅
GREAT job on the build and the vid! Thanks for uploading.
Shit... RGB can look nice, but it is such a huge PITA. Tried going all out in one of my personal builds. Bought the 011 Dynamic before everyone had one and filled it up with nine Corsair LL fans. It looked incredible, but two of the fans were defective out of the box, you couldn't hook them up in the proper order or they didn't work and after about six months two more fans had stuck LEDs. I ended up selling all the fans because it was such a headache for fans that looked nice, but weren't even really all that good at being fans.
As an even smaller independent shop, working on systems is flat rate for me, but I absolutely charge extra in the build fee for dealing with RGB fans and all that extra cable management.
No Tux No Bucks Baby!
🐧 🐧 🐧
Weird Al for the Super Bowl, I have been saying this for years. (Great minds think alike)
The longform videos on this channel feel like the good parts of a sitcom combined the best tech expert tips and tricks. Love it♥
I hate RGB, I hate that you cant get many decent cases without glass panels because of it
My HAF932 is getting passed down to my eventual grandkids.
@@GSBarlev Ahhh, a Fellow Cooler Master HAF 932 enjoyer.
@@GSBarlevthe greatest case that’s ever lived
When i built my pc a few months ago i had to get a case with glass even though i didnt get any sort of RGB. At least there was a lot of room inside so my gorilla fingers could get inside easier.
Yeah that sucks, unless you go SFF.
All fans going exhaust? 🤨
Negative pressure inside tha case, will be a dust collector magnet.
The ones that seem like they're backwards could be reverse-flow fans, and a lot of case manufacturers love using them for cosmetic reasons these days. They still do the same job but just run the air in the opposite direction of normal fans.
@@smallbutdeadly931 you can see the blade direction and it's not
There are 2 hidden fans on the bottom acting as intakes. I cut a whole 20 minutes of me debating whether to mount those rear fans as exhaust or intake. You see exhaust here but I ended up going intake before delivery as it’s quite clear the case is designed for airflow in that direction.
@@SalemTechspertsthey basically moved the front intake to the side oddly enough, too bad the top fans would suck it back out. Honestly with such a negative pressure setup I'd forego the bottom fans and let the exhaust fans draw air from the bottom.
Pcs are aquariums with rainbow puke in them.
Im one of those 3 guys.
Yes im going crazy
5:13 maybe they want to use linux
I use Debian btw
OOOOOBUNTOOOOOOOOO
@@SalemTechsperts lmao what
5:23 One of those three guys here, other two guys where you at?
Checking in. This build would have gone sick with a clean elementaryOS install.
I knew it! 2024 is the year of the Linux desktop 🤣
Ok but have you tried COSMIC Alpha? I know it sounds like a new strain from your favorite dispensary, but it's honestly the coolest "normie" desktop I've seen in decades.
No for me I hate Linux and most games don’t support it yet
I recently went back to Linux. I built an android retro emulator for the games I like playing, but everything else is Linux now. Windows constant updates, windows accounts for everything, as well as the constant need to be connected to the internet to work drove me away. The data collection and clear abuse of our privacy didn’t help either.
I miss windows XP. It worked, and you could game and work on it without subscriptions and accounts with a hundred websites.
UBUNTUUUUUUU!!!!!!
@@SalemTechsperts Yeah, not great for gaming. Great for Techsperts though
Is that waterblock mounted sideways? Wasn't there a way to adjust the display so the owner won't have to turn head sideways to read it?😂 I blame the RGB.
Yeah I was surprised when I saw that. It's a rookie mistake that first time builders make. I'm sure they fixed it before sending it out to the customer though.
If you can't read numbers that are on their side you probably have to wear a padded helmet at all times...
You can turn the display in the software =)
I rotate it using the NZXT CAM software which was one of the things we were setting up. The “final product” shot was actually taken when I was still downloading 69GB of bullshit software and drivers on our 20mbps internet.
I built a friend a fully packed Phanteks NV5 and after dealing with the wiring of 12 RGB fans I didn’t even want to deal with the software side of things. Raunchy Gooch Box in 5 months, guaranteed.
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"what are these kids going to get ampted to now?"
"fentanyl" 💀💀
@SalemTechsperts Hey jsut a little qustion... My brther says he knows How t ofix Pcs, instead he fired the gpu and lost the charging port, can you guss what pc it was?????? (Hint, A gaming Laptop).
gt super nova = Grand Turismo Massive explosion
bro uploading videos like is christmas every day
Built my 14yr old son a gaming pc, was cabling the rgb a pain, not really... does it look cool... yes... can I get the rgb software to work... can I fuck...😂
That seems like a very easy build, with a full modular system. Estimating by the 450 dollar CPU that system is at least 2 grand. If you want to have a fancy system and don't want to build it yourself, at least get a custom water loop to really show off.
yet another wonderful (terrible) video, i really loved (hated) watching this video
RGB sells. Its sad but true. The people who hates RGB are the ones who actually have to assemble that 💩
My laptop came with RGB but I could care less about it. Cool looking software sucks can’t get it to change colors lol. So I don’t even use it. Laptop works so that’s all I really care about
Agreed on RGB, waste of resources for absolutely no return.
After doing your first RGB PC you never do it again.
PSA: Go to Kraken Screen Rotation options to fix the temp display, in the NZXT software.
I do think that RGB motifs are here to stay...unfortunately. I don't have a computer repair shop, but I've built PCs for myself, some family members and friends (not for free). Enough for me to know that people would be willing to spend hundreds of dollars more just to have lights in their computer, that within a few months live underneath their desks. It's a weird trend and I do my best to explain to them that things are getting more expensive and inefficient due to RGB, but they demand it to be included in their build. I hate having to deal with ARGB headers, and hubs. The pins are so fragile and easy to break. The hubs can break due to over voltage from the SATA connections. The ARGB software from the manufacturers takes ages to load before I can do anything with the colors.
Tech TH-camrs or a Techtubers' purpose is primarily to sell a product. Sometimes the product is themselves, other times it's whatever item they are reviewing.
Im still okay with my windowless be quiet case that doesn't let out any light at all. I have my pc running 24/7 and want to have a nice dark room at night.
I don't care about RGB at all.
Give me a Cooler Master HAF 932 any time.
As someone who has zero experience with building computers I say RGB is worth it because it makes my eyes go into a trance and then I pass out 👊
Rancid gooch box had me 😂
I’ve never really understood the tech industry’s obsession with RGB, especially within these past five years or so. When I was 14, I was excited to get a case with a single red LED-lit fan being the Corsair Carbide SPEC-02, and I still use that case with my daily driver to this day! Though I did switch out the LED fan for dual Arctic P14’s, and the only lighting I have aside from the obligatory status LED’s comes from my EVGA 2080 Super with its white glow.
Honestly half the reason I’m still using the same case eight years later is because I still need my 5.25” drive bays, one for the disc drive when I need to burn or rip discs and another for my card reader. Would rather have it built into my computer instead of having a mess of USB peripherals.
Not only that, but modern cases are so expensive and a lot of them below $100 either have worse airflow, worse construction, both, and don’t have much expandability compared to the average case from 10 to 15 years ago. The need for the “three decade old HDD cage” as zach’s tech tips calls it or 5.25” bays could very well just be a me problem, but as a data hoarder I don’t find modern cases very workable.
The only argument I can really make for modern cases is that they’re usually easier to build in and have much better cable management (the SPEC-02 wasn’t that good in that regard even for 2014 standards), and are more suited to fit the freakishly big GPU’s of the 2020s. Though for the last point I blame GPU makers for their wasteful triple slot designs being normalized at the midrange, when a 250W card can run just fine with an appropriately well built dual slot, dual fan cooler.
I think this comment turned more into a rant about modern cases than RGB, but they honestly go very hand in hand. Quite frankly I’m okay with RGB in moderation since accent lighting is pretty cool, I just hate the industry’s obsession with rainbow puke to the point that it just becomes obnoxious; just like I hate the enshittification of modern cases.
When I built my first computer in 2016, it felt like you had to go out of your way to add RGB to your system and/or find a case with tempered glass, no optical drive bays, and a single 3.5” hard drive bay underneath the motherboard tray - but the opposite is true now. If airflow is such a concern, then there are several examples of high end Antec and Cooler Master cases from the late 00’s that show you can have upwards of nine 5.25” bays and fill the unused ones with front intake fans which are protected by the mesh bay covers.
i love ur vids bro keep em up ill try to get a pc when they get some Gooch i give it to ya for some Gooch collection
As a conusmer of technology your RGB PC input was good.
The moment you all waiting for unzip his pants and pull the GPU out of his Pants
i have a laptop hdd strapped by cable ties in my desktop no screws just cable ties
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Commenting for the algorithm. Keep it up!!
The last time I installed that NZXT AIO and turned on the computer after putting the build together the hub began to smoke.
I do like RGB if done nicely inside of a build but the majority look atrocious and also like you said putting together builds that are heavy on the RGB is more time consuming and depending on the manufacturer can be a pain in the ass to put together.
Holy shit 😂 I’ve never had that happen thankfully. Yeah it’s the assembling that’s a killer. Especially when every minute of my day is stressing on how to pay rent and I’m stuck with 20 wires.
@@SalemTechsperts I miss the days when AIO's weren't a thing and all you needed was a beefy air cooler like my Noctua NHD-14 I have cooling my i7 3770k build that's 11 years old. All my mony goes towards bills and rent right now.
The greatest shit that ever lived
Never been a fan of RGB and personally think its already starting to look outdated and cringe but tasters choice! I can understand wanting a cool looking computer its like wanting ground effects on your tricked out car but I personally think its a waste of resources and just one more thing to worry about maintaining or fixing! But all that being said that is a pretty sweet looking beast of a PC but white everything is going to get dirty looking really quick but I guess it forces you to keep a clean machine....
Never been a fan of RGB and personally think its already starting to look outdated and cringe but tasters choice! I can understand wanted a cool looking computer its like wanting ground effects on you tricked out car but I personally think its a waste of resources and just one more thing to worry about maintaining or fixing! But all that being said that is a pretty sweet looking beast of a PC but white everything is going to get dirty looking really quick but I guess it forces you to keep a clean machine....
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I've Built Hundreds of System, and to be honest I still Love Building. Sure Builds are getting more Cables and wires and Such, But I still enjoy the challenge ! RGB Yes is becoming a Problem, Corsair has done With there new stuff. But its Pricey. If Everyone followed suit perhaps it would be better in the long run, But that I don't think that will happen. RGB is here to stay. Its not going anywhere in my opinion. Great Video!
I love hearing you haven’t lost your passion! Indeed, if the industry innovated and made it easier and less complicated, it wouldn’t be such a big deal. Thanks for watching and being a member!
“Complaining about tourists” …aren’t you guys in Salem??
Yes, and every September-October the streets become swarmed with brain dead morons that buy trinkets made in China
There was genuinely nothing wrong with even just rgb fairy light strips, lol. It's just a unicorn vomit cashgrab for adhd tiktok watching teenagers.
The red glow of the motherboard was the rgb of my childhood. My build is all black and it doesn't distract me at night or fuck up my eyes with more manufactured light.
I like RGB, it does look nice. An unfortunate side effect of RGB is that all modern components are monotone. Black, white, gray, and nearly nothing else.
Great vid as always ❤ I do like the acrylic cases to see the guts of the build, but rgb is just too much and a lot of people is prioritizing it over the specs
I love seeing the guts as well! I just don’t like being blinded and killing the airflow just to see rainbows
To me, the only benefit of RGB lighting is that you can see when you need give your rig a good dusting. Otherwise it's all pointless, unless you really want your PC to match the mood lighting in your room. Now if the RGB actually meant something, like the color of the fans being a visual indicator of how hot your system is running, then hell yeah.
turn the AIO 90 degree's clockwise on the CPU RIGHT FRIGGIN NOW
I'm still using a 10 year old Corsair case with front expansion bays and no windows, so I don't even bother with RGB. Instead my PC is air cooled with Noctua fans.
Bro. You read all you members at the end of every video?! Wow man. That's a lot of work. Kudos man. Also, thanks for the shoutout.
Weird Al IS the greatest artist that's ever lived
Hell yeah brother
Thanks for an almighty upload on this glorious Sunday. Godspeed brother!!!
The discord link aint workin for me :(
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That’s why I prefer Corsair ICUE Link for RGB
11:06 the power of editing!
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My first pc I’m building is gunna have zero rgb seems way too complicated I’ll mess something up
Re : RGB, Its now become the normal for me, As in, My wifes PC i built is a big ol unit ( For Air flow ), Its highly visible in our living room, So rather than have a noisy box in the corner we have a ''nice'' to look at noisy box... XD, My PC came with no choice as the Phanteks case had them installed, So i just make all the RGB white.. Both systems running 5800X3d with 7900XTX so cooking the componts in a smaller form factor wasnt an option, I have tuned both with IQUE to have a ''Game mode'' Fully cooled ect ect, Then a ''quiet mode'' for general use.. Its the best use case i could get for us =) It would have cost a fortune to pay some one to set them up.... Awesome video as per =)
as if the tower was supposed to be looked at not the monitor
Why do you wear the black nitrile gloves?
Wow.I liked that pc i love your hard work man i love that pc.😊
And thats why, when i do pc build, i never put RGB Parts (gpu and ram excepted)
rgb sucks, my next pc will not have any
Remember UV/cathode lighting in PCs? ahh good times
The greatest War Thunder technician that's ever lived.
Nothing grind my gears more then that GPU getting in the way of the main event > : \
The Greatest Technician Thats Ever Lived
Future cases will be made out of screens
Should the AIO's screen have been turned 90° clockwise?
There is software that changes the orientation of that screen. He set up the tubes to be to the right, which is ideal.
You do this through NZXT CAM software which I was downloading during the “final product” shot
1900 a month 😢
For a back-office of a Subway. Boston rents are ridiculous.
I see Lupe I click
As one tech to another, your facial expression when he said, "Hoping to get outta here before 6pm" made me literally laugh out loud haha.
I'm happy someone feels my pain!! 🤣
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@@ExtremeHardcoreGamer Go lick microsoft's feet.
Love the love for the RL here. Dead reliable car as long as you don’t lift it up.
Most reliable car I’ve ever owned. Damn rust is getting to her though.
@@SalemTechsperts I worked on them for years. The struts were an issue. As they got older, they would lock up when we put them on a lift. Pretty common occurrence.
@@SalemTechsperts Andy, I wish I was aware of your shop when I lived in MA. We were stationed on the Cape for 5 years. Been doing microsoldering on Macs and wish we could have met.
I may be a little older man than you shouting at the clouds, but I looked for a good while trying to find a noLED setup.
The started to trying to custom buy everything, to which searching and finding parts were awful.
I despise having to send DM/email to tech shops and simply just ask them, please do a no-led with X cpu and Y gpu.
So I gave up and bought a notebook. Today's PC market is awful.
That's so depressing man. There's gotta be a no-RGB build on PCpartpicker.com, no? I haven't checked in a while but if this is the case, I'm going to have a rough time with my new build next month...
noctua RGB is the best RGB
They just mix the colors together really well. That's how they ended up with their brown.
I like how the display on the cooler is just sideways
Was still installing NZXT CAM when I took the picture and did the final shot. Literally last minute video down to the wire