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[–] [email protected] 123 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's a gamer, not a software engineer

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, I do have RGB lights but it's not because I'm a software engineer. I'm just a dork.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Lol thank you for making that, I had that meme in mind while I was writing that reply.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I specifically built my computer to have as much RGB as possible. Also because I'm a dork.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am a software engineer and I also have a PC with RGB vomit. But not because I'm a software engineer. Because I'm also a dork, and the icy blue color keeps my cpu cold.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I switch to red when I'm gaming for the extra power.

[–] Shareni 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, as a software engineer I have 3 monitors if you include the one built into my laptop

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When forced to have rgb components.. I disabled them. If nothing else it's yet another point of failure and extra waste heat.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

How bright were those LEDs?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Speaking of heat, I ended up turning my stupid stinky rgb on to display the temperatures of various components. Blue to red the hotter it gets. RAM shows ram temp, water block shows cpu package, radiator fans for coolant/core max, gpu does gpu, etc. Actually pretty useful.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Yep, I have an fully enclosed case. Only RGB is my water cooling block on my cpu that I left the rgb header unplugged. Even though I would never see it, I am a person of principle, damn it!

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Hah, jokes on you, I have an ultra wide.

Which is basically two monitors without any separator in the middle.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Ooh, the thinest of bezels: none.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

once you go two ultrawides you will enter a new realm of existence.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I go out of my way to find components that don't have RGB lighting on them. When I use my computer, I want to be looking at the screens (the two-monitor part is true,) not the case.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Only 2 monitors? Them be rookie numbers, need to get them up

[–] BurningTurtle 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (5 children)

No, I don't have useless LEDs in my computer. My gaming rig is actually in a flat black case that blends in with the furniture.

Except my employer shipped me a dev box with a big polycarbonate window and an unnecessarily beefy GPU with RGB LEDs that dance by default. 🤦

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wonder if anyone has studied the rate of cosmic ray-induced bit flips in a PC with a side window case vs. an all metal one.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's an interesting question, but realistically inconsequential.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Flashing RGB light are legit the most annoying shit ever. I just have a black box for a case and my peripherals glow a dim solid color (so I can see them in the dark) if at all.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Nobody puts their RGB into flashing rainbow except for displays in shops.

Who only do it to show what kinds of colours you can choose.

It is so you can match the colour of every part to whatever you like. Without the manufacturer having to determine colours beforehand.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

People absolutely "do". Mostly because they cannot be bothered to change the default setting or because they are teenagers and actually like it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Oh you sweet summer child.

gestures at my entire uni classroom, in which nearly all the people I know have RGB peripherals and computers at home

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think I'm up to 5 spread across two different workstations, but no rgb that shits annoying to me.

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[–] Muffi 22 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Guys, I think age is making us boring. I also personally prefer black rectangles and soft neutral lights, but I think we're the bories.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I do have 2 monitors. But I have an opaque side panel. Case closed. Pun intended.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Yeah I hate that it seems now you have to pay a premium to NOT have RGB

I stray away from it as much as possible

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wtf is a rainbow computer?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I don't know how to make my RAM be not a rainbow and I'm too lazy to look it up

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Monitors – hell yes! RGB – can't stand it. My keyborad has a plain white backlight and that's it. It's purely functional.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Stereotypes exists so that I can be the 5% that doesn't fall into them.

Two monitors but a solid case side panel (in fact it's a case that's so old that at the time TG side panels were not common). If I could be at liberty to choose parts purely based on looks, I'd go with something black, minimalistic and with no RGB.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ericah Bachman isa fat and stupid.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

It's a shame some of the better components have baby-sensory RGB lights tacked on. I'd have bought my parts plain if that was a convenient choice.

Oh also

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I only have one monitor... It's an ultra wide.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The blinky lights make it compile faster!

I'm getting older but nah, fuck it, I like RGB lighting in my build. I have a cool mostly open case with a glass front that you can wall mount Pretty sure it's an older version of this thing. if not it's a very similar setup and making all my components glisten red or react to explosions in an FPS just feels cool to me.

I turn down the brightness though cuz holy shit they come set to 2x the sun by default

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I have a rainbow computer with only one monitor. Am I not a software engineer?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

34+ inch ultra wide screens get a pass.

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