Watch us build an over-the-top RGB PC - raydompen

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Whether you have a go at it them or detest them, it's hard to ignore the number of PC components with RGB lights. Multi-colored PC light has crept into nearly every class out there—even sound cards and power supplies.

What's less clear is just how prosperous it is to build a system entirely of RGB parts and then at the same time operate all of the lighting. Indeed to put it to the trial run, we're building a PC that houses as many RGB components as possible.

Parts leaning

When choosing the parts for this build—which we've affectionately dubbed our "Viva Las Vegas" machine—it became clear that even four years into this RGB fad, you can't throw together whichever components you want and expect to control them done a single interface. You have to commit to an ecosystem.

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
• CPU Cooler: Ice chest Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB
• Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair Six Extreme
• RAM: G.Skill TridentZ RGB DDR4 3200 (32GB, 4x8GB modules)
• SSD: 500GB Samsung Evo
• GPU: Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1070
• PSU:  Corsair RM750i 750W 80+ Gold
• Case: Ice chest Master H500P White Operate
• Extra cooling: Cooler Master MasterFan In favor 120 Air Flow RGB
• Additional lighting: SilverStone LS02 RGB light strips

The main options are Asus Aura Sync, Gigabyte RGB Fusion, and MSI Mystical Light up. For each one has their advantages and disadvantages: For example, Asus Aura Sync supports a wider survival of third-political party coolers and fans, patc you can employment third base-political party keyboards and mice with Gigabyte RGB Fusion.

For this build, we chose Gloriol Sync to tie everything together, due to the availability of components we wanted. That did boundary our options—we had to drop out on the Corsair 570X as a case early on, for instance, because we didn't want to scat different control condition interfaces simultaneously.

We notwithstandin set up plenty of RGB components to glut at heart our rig, though we did skip two instances. Because the case will hide the PSU and store from view, it's unnecessary to buy RGB versions.

Overall, we're aiming for a high-end consumer Personal computer that puts extra money toward upgraded materials and RGB aesthetics or else of rare hardware operation.

Look out us build it live!

We kicked off this RGB PC construct on Wednesday, April 11th, at 10:00am PT, broadcasting the sheer face-liquescent glory of so many LEDs in same arrangement on YouTube, Nip, and Facebook. We had lots of awesome comments from viewers, and even scored released food from our brag. (Woohoo!)

For the last of our body-build, we'll focus how easy it is to control all the lights. Current top goal: Getting them to flash when a pizza delivery person shows up at our door.

Final thoughts

After hours spent on cable management and deliberate intromission of yet more RGB strips, our light-packed PC is complete at last. In our humble opinion, its final build gives the Vegas Airstrip a solid run its money.

With such an emphasis on looks for this project, our thoughts on the build ladder a whole gamut of highlights and disappointments. Check-out procedure out our position-mortem discussion in the video above for the complete details…and a special bonus.

Spoiler: We couldn't get our Microcomputer to change colours when the pizza pie bringing person showed skyward. The heartbreak is still fresh.

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Alaina Yee is PCWorld's resident bargain hunter—when she's non covering Microcomputer building, computing device components, mini-PCs, and more, she's scrub for the incomparable tech deals. Previously her work has appeared in PC Gamer, IGN, Maximum PC, and Official Xbox Magazine. You bathroom find her on Chirrup at @morphingball.

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