I have so much RGB in my Corsair 1000D that I slapped a radioactive sticker inside the case. I kind of wish I had a sign inside the case that says "WARNING! EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE RGB MAY CAUSE RADIATION POISONING!"
I don't like them in flashing/scanning modes but a solid static colour that isn't set at maximum brightness could add an ambient esthetic if done correctly/subtly enough
so true but i think theres some economy in it some ppl might think omg how cool RGB light and getting it without thinking if it is usefull or nessesary but yes i do agree XD
I did a full build last year. All Lian Li. O11, infinifans and strimer. I love it. You can adjust the brightness down so it's not obnoxious. It's easy to change the theme of the computer. If you use colored cables you are locked into 1 theme. If you go neutral color theme and use rgb the possibilities are greatly expanded.
Same here. I have an all lian li case and fans. I have the v2's but for my 2080 super. It looks great. I've left mine on at night and it lit my whole computer room. Lol
@@kevingreen2245 For the price of that case, those fans and the strimer cables, you could have upgraded to a 3080 instead. I will never understand people going for looks over function. Only if you have the highest end system, should you start spending extra on looks.
There are RGB LED's that use a serial link to send the color data down the line of LED's. To do animation correctly it needs to know how many LED's are in the line. That is probably why the connectors are different on the controller.
I have a set for the GPU and 24-pin. It is cheesy, but I have it pretty basic for lighting. I got them mainly to help fill out some of the empty space in my case. They are definitely overkill, but if you set them on the slower speed in one 2 two colors, they do look kind neet.
RGB = Gaming, Gaming = more Performance, more Performance = higher FPS, higher FPS = Player happy, Player happy = willing to spend even more money for RGB... Casual tech knowledge.......
I have both of these in my current build, full white, silver and rainbow puke in an O11D mini. It even has a screen mod and a tiny little astronaut chilling in it. Why? For over ten years I've only built PCs for efficiency and no show - no RGB, only closed cases. This is my first RGB/overkill build and I admittedly love it.
I have the Gen 1 Strimer plus, and they did come with the extension cable. But when I changed my GPU to vertical mount, there was no way to run the cable that didn't block other components, so I just took it off and 3d-printed a stand for it, so now it sits in front of the GPU and hides the PCIe extender. I also converted them to use micro arduino boards that emulate Corsair lighting node pros so I could integrate fully with SignalRGB. It was a bit of extra work, but worth the outcome.
My strimmer cost me an extra $10 so I could I get converter cables to Corsairs lighting nodes. It axes the ability to adjust each cable (treating the whole thing a single row of LEDs), but I only have one software to run and it’s fully synced with everything else. Completely worth the trade off.
@charlesharrington4279 I want to talk you bro... you did what with arduino boards and rgb cables? I've been looking for someone who understands j standard and 5v and 12v rgb and variations of software due to conflictions in different motherboards vs different manufacturers of rgb products... any help you could provide would be great thanks
They're actually pretty awesome. If your pc is boring with a clear case but no rgb or anything these can really change the esthetics without changing components or costing loads of $$. I plan on doing an overboard rgb build for my daughter. Everything as much rgb as possible lol. I'm definitely getting her some
I picked these up for my build with a little misunderstanding about them. I wanted to eliminate excess cables coming from the PSU and thought that's what they were for but they are just extensions that still use those base cables. So I still had to cable manage everything and I considered not using them but once I got them setup I was like yeaaaah this is dope I love em. Super clean looking in and just a little extra cable management on the back side of the case.
Hard pass on the unicorn poop! Won’t buy into the 40 series cards until they make it with a connector that won’t separate just from a wire getting a slight tug. If 50 series cards have a 12vhp, again I will pass. Just because you shrink the board size, you don’t shrink the conductor size when it comes to power delivery. I will stick with 30 series until mfgr’s get their heads out of their keesters.
Actually I think that’s a pretty tasteful addition to pc lighting, I don’t think I’ve seen many decent options for cables with this depth of rgb meaning it looks like neon fluid traveling through the cable, it’s why I’ve been on the hunt for rgbw neon strips but since this one appears to have software control I’ll give it a shot
Yeah, you could easily use something like this in something that's meant to look like an old wurlitzer jukebox. There's definitely scope for tasteful uses
The regular 3x pci-e and 24 pin atx ones look ok but converting the new tiny power connector into a fake ultra wide pci-e connector is just so stupid and fugly.
I have the early version of 24pin strimer. I got it when they first time showcased it. Got is for 100$ on Amazon. And after all this year it's still working without any issues. The only problem is this doesn't bend properly.
Actually one thing that surprised me when I was building my current rig is that the old little cathodes you could use for lighting are gone. I ended up getting an LED strip but it didn't quite work as well and just sits off in the case these days
I'm doing it for my system. I have lian li lighting up everything else, and the cables I have look sort of meh now that everything else is so pretty. Glad you put the video out there, that 24 pin trick in the box will help my OCD once I install the stuff. Thanks!
I actually have both of those strimmers. One for my 4090 and one for my mobo. I also have the infinity fans too and the galahad AIO and it is actually really nice and all works together really well. I do turn down the brightness a bit and you can make your own colors and paterns to match pretty much any theme. I also have it in a v3000 plus case which is giant and fills in all the extra space nice. I wouldn't change them at all! I would even say they might do your new build a little justice since it kinda looks dull Jay!
I feel like a lot of hate comes from the fact that people forget you can adjust brightness and color (most of the time). That bright vomit of blinding rainbow patterns is showcase settings. I have a lot of rgb, but my lights are always dimmer than my monitor and no more than 2-colors. (3 if I want to add an accent to a specific component.)
So...as a relatively cheapie last generation builder (3080 12gb used 13600k), I wouldn't buy it. BUT as something to blow random tip/paycheck/treat yourself money depending on income level l, why not? To me it's at that sports fan level when you already have tix and jerseys and decide to buy a poster or signed ball. Priorities first, but if things are right, why not? Bills paid, pension contributed, monthly stock/mutuals added into, 60~100 bucks of "me" money lying around? Why not?
Come into the Light Jay. Streamers are cool and all the different modes work great. Dim them just enough to match other RGB in the case, then adjust the speed and it really is cool to look at. Definitely an attention getter. 😊😊
I bought an iFixit kit because of the sponsor spot Jay did for them... which came about as a joke because he was using their stuff before they sponsored him. Brands take note... this is how you reach people.
the separation part from the cable to the gpu can kind of be fixed, you can pull the actual light part of it down closer to the gpu, works perfect for mine because my gpus vertical so it doesn’t effect a bend in anyway😊
I have them both gor my GPU and MB and It looks great. I think it would've been good if you showed the different effects it can have through L-Connect 3. The standard rainbow puke is pretty meh, but you can do a lot of cool effects with it. I use it to have a drizzeling effect towards my gpu/mb to make it look like the cables actually deliver power.
Get one that goes from power supply to GPU, Thats what I did and it seems fine. Running a 4080 Strix in a NZXT H5 Flow and it fits nice and tight. "Cables from Cablemod"
For whatever it's worth-- 1- Lian Li's site says they did something in the design of their cable to prevent it; no idea what they did. I wish a youtuber tested that claim. 2- Before buying it for my 4090, I googled to find people who used it having melting issues; I found none way back then (I haven't refreshed that research)
It seems that you need the control box because the LEDS in these are more than the 120 that are normally supported. So the lian li controller enables full control of the non standard count. If you plug them into the 5v header, it just turns into a serial led device and you dont have full control over everything. Experience: buying all the wrong things until i got to the right one 😅
To be honest with myself... I have these and love them. The software is kind of garbage, but I like computer rgb cuz it looks cool. Also, surprisingly, no connector issues where 12pins melt with that cable
A few years ago I built a PC with my niece, and she got all excited about the older style of the Strimer cables... She's 26 years old and a giant kid at heart! They made her smile ear-to-ear, and she even picked out the 011 Dynamic to tie it all together. She still hasn't upgraded her fans to their Uni Fans though...
have you ever taken a full blown rgb pc build (every type of rgb accessory available) and had it all running to see how much more power and heat is generated inside the case from all of these extras?
Been using these for quite some time now. With aura, I run a static red with a layer of slow pink waves on top and really enjoy em. The largest problems with the strips are they are easily damaged causing some leds to get stuck in a shade. White also becomes more yellow over time.
The switch is for a different variation of the GPU cable. That 12V high power cable is fairly new. Originally they had a 2x 8 pin or 3x 8 pin GPU cable. They each had their own connectors with different numbers of pins because they each have different numbers of LEDs. Those correspond to the 2 connectors on the GPU side of the control box. The control box can only support one GPU cable and you use the switch to set the control box to which version of the cable you're using. The 12V high power cable has the same number of LEDs as the 3x 8 pin cable so you use that connector on the controller. The reason the GPU cable only lit up part way when you connected it to the connector for the 24 pin ATX power cable is because the 24 pin cable has fewer LEDs in it than the GPU cable and the software is set to only light up the correct number of LEDs for the 24 pin cable on that channel.
To me this is the same as buying cable extensions except that you can change the color of these at will. And $60 doesn't seem that unreasonable in the current $35 a fan market.
The reason you need to plug it into a certain port is because you have to set the strip length in the program. The buffer size of the incoming bytes matches the size of the strip. Reference: Arduino FastLED, Adafruit Neopixel, etc.
So funny thing about this for me, I like RGB in a system and I bought these exact two units thinking "Hey I got a fancy new case that will be able to show off a lot of my hardware, might as well add rainbow puke to it" and that was after the 4090's seemingly stopped melting. Now that they're still melting around a year later, this impulse "MOAR LIGHTS!" purchase I made terrifies me to install on my upcoming new system build. Thanks for making a video on this Jay, once I saw this thumbnail I instantly worried I had bought something awful that you were going to absolutely review bomb. Glad it was more of a mild "Ehh...." at worst.
Extension cables can be so much trouble. In my 3080 system i had a set connected and they would trigger the port lights indicating an issue with power. It would work fine 99% of the time but would occasionally crash. It was crazy figuring out it was 1 extension cable.
I had this issue with the v1 but it happened over time. Contacted support and Got the v2 now and I think over time again it has been giving me problems.
The reason for that difference is that they are using addressable rgb leds on that cable to be able to do effects, but wanted to save on a return cable. This means there’s no way of automatically counting how many LEDs a strip has. The low-tech solution: just hardcode the LED count according to the connector.
I wanted these pretty badly for a while when I was doing my last build but they were so pricey. After I looked at them in more builds I realized they really overshadowed almost everything else in the case. I ended up getting some cheap RGB cable combs that bring in a nice glow! Plus I got to use normal paracord extension cables that are way more flexible and easy to use.
i like the rgb schemes for my games. i used to be all razer, but quickly realized razer is the expensive cheap brand. so now i am all corsair, and i love my rgb to match what i am playing. it's not for everyone but i like it.
Actually as an owner of one of those LianLi Strimmer v2, you can designate per strand a different color and also different color effect unlike the v1 which when you adjust the effects you don't have freedom to assign per strand.
The different channels specify the number of LED pixels to control them. That's why the that section wasn't illuminated, that channel is specifically addressing the amount of LED pixels that are present in the shorter cable.
I've been looking to put this in my new build. You are right this is not cheap just for some lights but I am still tempted. I've always wanted more color in my PC. When all we had were red, green and blue fans I put them all in one case. Even back then people said they didn't like it but it also wasn't their PC. I'm glad to see new gimmicks to push innovation and also that this isn't for everyone. If every PC had the same aesthetic it would be boring.
Where can i get an RGB signal cable for the RGB 12v high power cable? Also any signal cable for that cable must be RGB, and the signal cable for that signal cable must be RGB and....
The LEDs not lighting up when plugged into the wrong socket is because each one has a fixed LED count per strand, plugging the longer cable into the shorter cable socket it only going to be sending signal to an array of say 24 pixels of LEDs, whereas the longer cable has 36 pixels, so the last 12 pixels don't get a data signal to fire. If you switched over and put the short cable into the long cable socket, you'll see a delay in patterns "restarting" due to it sending data to 12 pixels that don't exist on the shorter cable, before sending the signal to the starting pixels to repeat the pattern.
I mean.... the GPU cable not lighting up the entire way when plugged into the 24-pin header makes sense. They probably have that control box set up so that it lights up x amount of LED's for each individual header to match the number of LEDs in each cable. Same as when you try to make your own custom length LED strip and use a little controller for it with wLED or something of the sort. Have to specify not only the power available, but the number of LED's in the strip you're using.
I am confident bringing-up the bit about 5V LED and 12V LED difference between the two: nearly identical, BUT 5V LED headers on motherboards today uses the three-wire cable, Ground, Data, 5V. Each SMD color-changing LED the 5050 portion of this dynamic duo has the WS2812B Addressable Red Green Blue LED Controller chip, literally the tiny speck of Silicon with its custom circuitry designed to be powered by the Ground & 5Volt lines, with the Data line using some mildly complicated, but readily understandable shift registers which enables the one-wire data communiaction methodology, while the shift registers job is is stack one bit after the previous into an 8-bit or 16bit or 32bit wide chunk of parallel data, which then gets turned into the individual Voltage level feeding Red at its Intensity, Blue at its, and the humyn eye's most sensitivity is Green. The contrast between which color has what level, like 100% Green plus 100% Green gives Yellow IIRC anyway Just Don't Release The Magic Smoke
I picked up the XPG branded 24 pin version of this at a local second hand store….brand new sealed in the box. Sat on it for awhile and finally decided to use it on a entry level gaming rig I built to sell. I never got so many clicks on a sell advert before. I had so many people wanting to buy it. Needless to say it sold early fast. The system was a 8th gen Core i7 with a RX 580 4GB graphics card and 16 GB of ram…..nothing too special. I would suggest to anyone who flips a PC now and again to keep one of these on hand. You don’t need a expensive fancy one. These things get the clicks and there are a lot of buyers out there who are genuinely attracted to RGB like a mosquito to a bug zapper. Just a suggestion…
I had these, used the L-connect 3+ with my V2, only issue is, when I reboot or start from a cold boot, it goes full on rainbow vomit mode until it hits the windows login to show my color scheme. It was pretty annoying. I ended up using the old V1 box since I didn't find a solution to the issue and stuck to the default solid color... It might have changed now though.
I personally love the strimer plus v2 cables and have been using them since they came out (including the new 12vhpwr cable for my 4090, which I've had zero issues with). They are one of the best-looking RGB components imo. Sure, they're unnecessary, but RGB in general is unnecessary but a nice option for people who like it.
Yes, I also find that the 24pin looks better than the 12v GPU one because of the space but It still looks good over all. Tip, use the 12v cable that came with your PSU to plug into your GPU. The RGB lights can be uncliped and be moved to another cable.
I don't build "Display" cases. I build for function and performance. So any sort of LED crap only ever gets turned off. The sole exception is my keyboard. So if I wanna turn the lights out, I can still see my keyboard clearly.
I did take the lights off the cables and attached them with double sided tape. It looks VERY cool especially matching the theme of the lighting in the PC.
The reason, most likely, that the cables go to specific channels in due to the addressing of the leds. For example, in WLED, it will only light up the total number of LEDs that are set in the software. I believe it's save to assume that they have a firm limit of LEDs per port.
I googled as yes rgb would look better than my original nvidia 3to1 cables adapter so additional information if you're interested 3 models available 1) 3xpcie8->12vhpwr (8 lines wide) 2) 12hvpwr >12vhpwr (12 lines the ultra large one in this video) 3) 12hvpwr >12vhpwr (8 lines which is noticeabley smaller and easier to integrate into a case) no 4xpcie8 cables I believe but check to make sure
I have both the Strimer Plus V2s in my build for the CPU and PCI-E cables. Love using them with the Lian Li app to control the modes/lighting and adjust the brightness as its standard mode is quite bright. Well worth it!
The GPU can be adjusted to cover one end with the other more than likely being tucked away. In comparison, the MOBO ribbon is cleaner. I suppose it's due to accounting for the two 8-pin connectors which could be better.
There must be about two things left to do for RGB. RGB cables with a resolution that allows one to play videos. The second thing would be to RGB the last thing that doesn't have it: the screws. Unless they come out with PCI slot fillers that are RGB bling.
Yes, necessary but... I completed my newest build at the beginning of the year. First time i could afford everything i wanted at one time. I decided to spoil myself and I installed the strimer v2 24 pin power and 8 pin gpu extensions just because i could. I set them them to static blue and it looks great. Cant imagine a build without them now. However, It was a wiring nightmare integrating into a lian li 216 with three additional rgb fans on top. Steep learning curve since i've never installed rgb. Apparently just because things are made by the same company doesn't mean it works well together out of the box. After alot of frustration, i now have two control boxes installed. It was a pain to do but looks great now. Not looking forward to redoing it after my next upgrade but i will.
I thought about getting those a few months back for my new build but I agree that the way it looked with the GPU cable with the gap, that was not gonna fly, esp in a midsizecase where half the cable would be hidden, and the glass is so tight to the GPU anyway. If they had their RGB go directly into a 90 degree plug for low-profile install, then they'd maybe have something real interesting. I just ended up with some braided cablemod stuff that matched my build and it looks much better at the end of the day.
I personally like the 24 pin version because, as you pointed out, it bends back into the case in a way that makes it look less intrusive. I like to use the data stream effect as a way of visualizing power flowing into the system, or occasionally I'll connect it to external software like SignalRGB and use custom effects on it. It's definitely a niche product though, and the price alone probably puts it pretty squarely in the "enthusiast" category as far as PC parts go.
I have an ATX strimmer going to my motherboard and it looks pretty cool. It serves no purpose other than making me smile every time I turn my rig on to game.
I honestly love this cable I’ve been running it with a ROG STRIX 4090 no heating or melting issues whatsoever. I think it’s all about if the users and idiot and doesn’t plug it in all the way.🤷🏻♂️ I have it connected to the native high-powered 16 pin cable that came with my ROG Thor power supply
I spent decades in the box printing industry, and I can telly you, the boxes the product came in, isn't cheap.. at all. Between the ink coverage, foil label of some kind, the UV coating, and in today's costs, it's quite a pricey box just for that.
Major props to the editor for that "deploying flashbang" insert... Effing legend!
I died when I heard that! Hahahaha Great editing!
That's Phil for ya.
Loved it! 😅
That's big man Phil himself.
I rewinded it about 5 times haha 😂
I have so much RGB in my Corsair 1000D that I slapped a radioactive sticker inside the case. I kind of wish I had a sign inside the case that says "WARNING! EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE RGB MAY CAUSE RADIATION POISONING!"
Oh, and for the lulz add "in the state of California"
I don't like them in flashing/scanning modes but a solid static colour that isn't set at maximum brightness could add an ambient esthetic if done correctly/subtly enough
iCue rain effect , MSI slow visor , image capture ram with soft colours
Are you able to do this with these?
These cables scream "maximum brightness!!!"
Same. One color, static, not too bright. It's a PC, not a Vegas act.
Please don’t encourage subtlety or restraint on this channel. Thank you.
RGB engineers were so preoccupied with if they could, without thinking if they should. RGB finds a way.
Take your damn like.
Like this comment if you understood the reference 🦕
so true but i think theres some economy in it some ppl might think omg how cool RGB light and getting it without thinking if it is usefull or nessesary but yes i do agree XD
I did a full build last year. All Lian Li. O11, infinifans and strimer. I love it. You can adjust the brightness down so it's not obnoxious. It's easy to change the theme of the computer. If you use colored cables you are locked into 1 theme. If you go neutral color theme and use rgb the possibilities are greatly expanded.
Same here. I have an all lian li case and fans. I have the v2's but for my 2080 super. It looks great. I've left mine on at night and it lit my whole computer room. Lol
Agree and 25% brightness looks awesome with certain static colors creates much more depth and doesn’t look all washed out
... or I could just look into my monitor and actually use the computer?
@@kevingreen2245 For the price of that case, those fans and the strimer cables, you could have upgraded to a 3080 instead.
I will never understand people going for looks over function. Only if you have the highest end system, should you start spending extra on looks.
@@EcoAcid I agree
Can't wait to see you inevitably use these in a build 4 to 6 months from now!
yeah, that will be cool when he does that.
“Throwing flashbang”. That was dead on! 😂
I lost it at that part. Perfect editing!
@@lambdafn1776 Right?!
4:45, the extra header is for other kinds of gpu connectors (2x8pin). the switch is a toggle between the 2 gpu headers.
It exists for people that want more RGB in their case 👍
After analyzing your answer very deeply, you may have solved the mystery.
@@bdifferentb💀💀💀
No shit.
🤔 Indeed
It's for people who have too much money.
There are RGB LED's that use a serial link to send the color data down the line of LED's. To do animation correctly it needs to know how many LED's are in the line. That is probably why the connectors are different on the controller.
I have a set for the GPU and 24-pin. It is cheesy, but I have it pretty basic for lighting. I got them mainly to help fill out some of the empty space in my case. They are definitely overkill, but if you set them on the slower speed in one 2 two colors, they do look kind neet.
Embrace that “cheesy”. It’s your rig and it should appeal to you. Why have a viewing window if there’s no light to “view” what’s behind it?
RGB = Gaming, Gaming = more Performance, more Performance = higher FPS, higher FPS = Player happy, Player happy = willing to spend even more money for RGB...
Casual tech knowledge.......
I have both of these in my current build, full white, silver and rainbow puke in an O11D mini. It even has a screen mod and a tiny little astronaut chilling in it. Why? For over ten years I've only built PCs for efficiency and no show - no RGB, only closed cases. This is my first RGB/overkill build and I admittedly love it.
-How many RGB do you want in your case ?
-Yes...
I'm so so so fed-up with every cable having its own software you have to bloat your OS with >
These are amazing. When you get an adapter cable and can control it with iCUE you are looking at some pure POWER for RGB effects!
I have the Gen 1 Strimer plus, and they did come with the extension cable. But when I changed my GPU to vertical mount, there was no way to run the cable that didn't block other components, so I just took it off and 3d-printed a stand for it, so now it sits in front of the GPU and hides the PCIe extender. I also converted them to use micro arduino boards that emulate Corsair lighting node pros so I could integrate fully with SignalRGB. It was a bit of extra work, but worth the outcome.
Darn.
My strimmer cost me an extra $10 so I could I get converter cables to Corsairs lighting nodes. It axes the ability to adjust each cable (treating the whole thing a single row of LEDs), but I only have one software to run and it’s fully synced with everything else. Completely worth the trade off.
I have the plus v2 and they work great with signal , I use L connect switches over to mb sync and voila
@charlesharrington4279 I want to talk you bro... you did what with arduino boards and rgb cables? I've been looking for someone who understands j standard and 5v and 12v rgb and variations of software due to conflictions in different motherboards vs different manufacturers of rgb products... any help you could provide would be great thanks
i mean you can just buy a converter cable to make it work with a lighting node for like, £4.
They're actually pretty awesome. If your pc is boring with a clear case but no rgb or anything these can really change the esthetics without changing components or costing loads of $$.
I plan on doing an overboard rgb build for my daughter. Everything as much rgb as possible lol. I'm definitely getting her some
I have a video it's a PC with lots of RGB
If you have a simple build, wouldn't it make more sense to spend on better components than lots of expensive RGB?
@@4.0.4 I said boring, not simple. You can have the fastest newest everything with zero rgb.
I picked these up for my build with a little misunderstanding about them. I wanted to eliminate excess cables coming from the PSU and thought that's what they were for but they are just extensions that still use those base cables. So I still had to cable manage everything and I considered not using them but once I got them setup I was like yeaaaah this is dope I love em. Super clean looking in and just a little extra cable management on the back side of the case.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years of watching pc heads on RUclips is there’s never enough rgb
I have 3x Strimers in my build currently. There is no such thing as too much RGB. Done well they look good.
These have been out for a while now, really neat. The 16 high voltage pin are solid too.
When your cables need cables moment.
I actually own these and they've been in my rig for over a year. I think they look really cool and they get lots of compliments!
Ahh, a fellow man of culture.
@@xavierfranco5800 You know it!
Hard pass on the unicorn poop! Won’t buy into the 40 series cards until they make it with a connector that won’t separate just from a wire getting a slight tug. If 50 series cards have a 12vhp, again I will pass. Just because you shrink the board size, you don’t shrink the conductor size when it comes to power delivery. I will stick with 30 series until mfgr’s get their heads out of their keesters.
Actually I think that’s a pretty tasteful addition to pc lighting, I don’t think I’ve seen many decent options for cables with this depth of rgb meaning it looks like neon fluid traveling through the cable, it’s why I’ve been on the hunt for rgbw neon strips but since this one appears to have software control I’ll give it a shot
Yeah, you could easily use something like this in something that's meant to look like an old wurlitzer jukebox. There's definitely scope for tasteful uses
The regular 3x pci-e and 24 pin atx ones look ok but converting the new tiny power connector into a fake ultra wide pci-e connector is just so stupid and fugly.
I have the early version of 24pin strimer. I got it when they first time showcased it. Got is for 100$ on Amazon. And after all this year it's still working without any issues. The only problem is this doesn't bend properly.
I got the one for the GPU and I can say it was worth the money, could use more clear brackets to keep the cables straighter
Actually one thing that surprised me when I was building my current rig is that the old little cathodes you could use for lighting are gone. I ended up getting an LED strip but it didn't quite work as well and just sits off in the case these days
Personalisation options are always great. Doesn't matter if other people do or do not like it, do your build how you want to.
I'm doing it for my system. I have lian li lighting up everything else, and the cables I have look sort of meh now that everything else is so pretty. Glad you put the video out there, that 24 pin trick in the box will help my OCD once I install the stuff. Thanks!
I actually have both of those strimmers. One for my 4090 and one for my mobo. I also have the infinity fans too and the galahad AIO and it is actually really nice and all works together really well. I do turn down the brightness a bit and you can make your own colors and paterns to match pretty much any theme. I also have it in a v3000 plus case which is giant and fills in all the extra space nice. I wouldn't change them at all! I would even say they might do your new build a little justice since it kinda looks dull Jay!
I feel like a lot of hate comes from the fact that people forget you can adjust brightness and color (most of the time). That bright vomit of blinding rainbow patterns is showcase settings. I have a lot of rgb, but my lights are always dimmer than my monitor and no more than 2-colors. (3 if I want to add an accent to a specific component.)
So...as a relatively cheapie last generation builder (3080 12gb used 13600k), I wouldn't buy it. BUT as something to blow random tip/paycheck/treat yourself money depending on income level l, why not? To me it's at that sports fan level when you already have tix and jerseys and decide to buy a poster or signed ball. Priorities first, but if things are right, why not? Bills paid, pension contributed, monthly stock/mutuals added into, 60~100 bucks of "me" money lying around? Why not?
Come into the Light Jay. Streamers are cool and all the different modes work great. Dim them just enough to match other RGB in the case, then adjust the speed and it really is cool to look at. Definitely an attention getter. 😊😊
I bought an iFixit kit because of the sponsor spot Jay did for them... which came about as a joke because he was using their stuff before they sponsored him. Brands take note... this is how you reach people.
the separation part from the cable to the gpu can kind of be fixed, you can pull the actual light part of it down closer to the gpu, works perfect for mine because my gpus vertical so it doesn’t effect a bend in anyway😊
To each his own. But Rgb is never going to die...................
I have them both gor my GPU and MB and It looks great. I think it would've been good if you showed the different effects it can have through L-Connect 3. The standard rainbow puke is pretty meh, but you can do a lot of cool effects with it. I use it to have a drizzeling effect towards my gpu/mb to make it look like the cables actually deliver power.
Until every mm is covered in rgb, it's never enough
I’ve been wanting to get the 12vhp extension, but I’ve been too concerned about the melting issues with the connectors to pull the trigger
Get one that goes from power supply to GPU, Thats what I did and it seems fine. Running a 4080 Strix in a NZXT H5 Flow and it fits nice and tight. "Cables from Cablemod"
I have it on my 4090 and it works flawlessly. Love my Streamers.
For whatever it's worth--
1- Lian Li's site says they did something in the design of their cable to prevent it; no idea what they did. I wish a youtuber tested that claim.
2- Before buying it for my 4090, I googled to find people who used it having melting issues; I found none way back then (I haven't refreshed that research)
It's kind of: Prepare your PC to the Xmas. You don't need a tree
It seems that you need the control box because the LEDS in these are more than the 120 that are normally supported. So the lian li controller enables full control of the non standard count. If you plug them into the 5v header, it just turns into a serial led device and you dont have full control over everything.
Experience: buying all the wrong things until i got to the right one 😅
To be honest with myself... I have these and love them. The software is kind of garbage, but I like computer rgb cuz it looks cool.
Also, surprisingly, no connector issues where 12pins melt with that cable
No such thing as too much RGB lighting, no, such, thing, Jay! >=0
It’s never enough…add more RGB!!!!
A few years ago I built a PC with my niece, and she got all excited about the older style of the Strimer cables... She's 26 years old and a giant kid at heart! They made her smile ear-to-ear, and she even picked out the 011 Dynamic to tie it all together. She still hasn't upgraded her fans to their Uni Fans though...
have you ever taken a full blown rgb pc build (every type of rgb accessory available) and had it all running to see how much more power and heat is generated inside the case from all of these extras?
Been using these for quite some time now. With aura, I run a static red with a layer of slow pink waves on top and really enjoy em. The largest problems with the strips are they are easily damaged causing some leds to get stuck in a shade. White also becomes more yellow over time.
The switch is for a different variation of the GPU cable. That 12V high power cable is fairly new. Originally they had a 2x 8 pin or 3x 8 pin GPU cable. They each had their own connectors with different numbers of pins because they each have different numbers of LEDs. Those correspond to the 2 connectors on the GPU side of the control box. The control box can only support one GPU cable and you use the switch to set the control box to which version of the cable you're using. The 12V high power cable has the same number of LEDs as the 3x 8 pin cable so you use that connector on the controller. The reason the GPU cable only lit up part way when you connected it to the connector for the 24 pin ATX power cable is because the 24 pin cable has fewer LEDs in it than the GPU cable and the software is set to only light up the correct number of LEDs for the 24 pin cable on that channel.
More RGB = more performance. Everybody knows that.
To me this is the same as buying cable extensions except that you can change the color of these at will. And $60 doesn't seem that unreasonable in the current $35 a fan market.
I’ve been using these extensions for awhile now. I little excessive but it does help with my fps 😅
The reason you need to plug it into a certain port is because you have to set the strip length in the program. The buffer size of the incoming bytes matches the size of the strip.
Reference: Arduino FastLED, Adafruit Neopixel, etc.
U can move the light strip closer to the cable plugs to decrease the gap between connector and light strip to make it look better
So funny thing about this for me, I like RGB in a system and I bought these exact two units thinking "Hey I got a fancy new case that will be able to show off a lot of my hardware, might as well add rainbow puke to it" and that was after the 4090's seemingly stopped melting. Now that they're still melting around a year later, this impulse "MOAR LIGHTS!" purchase I made terrifies me to install on my upcoming new system build. Thanks for making a video on this Jay, once I saw this thumbnail I instantly worried I had bought something awful that you were going to absolutely review bomb. Glad it was more of a mild "Ehh...." at worst.
1:40- them pulling the "throwing flash-bang" line from what im guessing is COD is the perfect touch to what we got.
All the rules went out the window when we started installing UV reactive cables back in the IDE days.
Extension cables can be so much trouble. In my 3080 system i had a set connected and they would trigger the port lights indicating an issue with power. It would work fine 99% of the time but would occasionally crash. It was crazy figuring out it was 1 extension cable.
I had this issue with the v1 but it happened over time. Contacted support and Got the v2 now and I think over time again it has been giving me problems.
I'm waiting for illuminated RGB screws and rivets in the cases before I get this far into it.
it's not turning off, it is switching between the left and right inputs on the controller at about 4:55
The reason for that difference is that they are using addressable rgb leds on that cable to be able to do effects, but wanted to save on a return cable. This means there’s no way of automatically counting how many LEDs a strip has.
The low-tech solution: just hardcode the LED count according to the connector.
I wanted these pretty badly for a while when I was doing my last build but they were so pricey. After I looked at them in more builds I realized they really overshadowed almost everything else in the case. I ended up getting some cheap RGB cable combs that bring in a nice glow! Plus I got to use normal paracord extension cables that are way more flexible and easy to use.
i like the rgb schemes for my games. i used to be all razer, but quickly realized razer is the expensive cheap brand. so now i am all corsair, and i love my rgb to match what i am playing. it's not for everyone but i like it.
Actually as an owner of one of those LianLi Strimmer v2, you can designate per strand a different color and also different color effect unlike the v1 which when you adjust the effects you don't have freedom to assign per strand.
The different channels specify the number of LED pixels to control them. That's why the that section wasn't illuminated, that channel is specifically addressing the amount of LED pixels that are present in the shorter cable.
I've been looking to put this in my new build. You are right this is not cheap just for some lights but I am still tempted. I've always wanted more color in my PC. When all we had were red, green and blue fans I put them all in one case. Even back then people said they didn't like it but it also wasn't their PC. I'm glad to see new gimmicks to push innovation and also that this isn't for everyone. If every PC had the same aesthetic it would be boring.
This is for the people who haven't learnt there's a whole Family of movies after 2 Fast, 2 Furious.
Where can i get an RGB signal cable for the RGB 12v high power cable?
Also any signal cable for that cable must be RGB, and the signal cable for that signal cable must be RGB and....
You had me at RGB
The LEDs not lighting up when plugged into the wrong socket is because each one has a fixed LED count per strand, plugging the longer cable into the shorter cable socket it only going to be sending signal to an array of say 24 pixels of LEDs, whereas the longer cable has 36 pixels, so the last 12 pixels don't get a data signal to fire. If you switched over and put the short cable into the long cable socket, you'll see a delay in patterns "restarting" due to it sending data to 12 pixels that don't exist on the shorter cable, before sending the signal to the starting pixels to repeat the pattern.
I mean.... the GPU cable not lighting up the entire way when plugged into the 24-pin header makes sense. They probably have that control box set up so that it lights up x amount of LED's for each individual header to match the number of LEDs in each cable. Same as when you try to make your own custom length LED strip and use a little controller for it with wLED or something of the sort. Have to specify not only the power available, but the number of LED's in the strip you're using.
I am confident bringing-up the bit about 5V LED and 12V LED difference between the two:
nearly identical, BUT
5V LED headers on motherboards today uses the three-wire cable, Ground, Data, 5V. Each SMD color-changing LED the 5050 portion of this dynamic duo has the WS2812B Addressable Red Green Blue LED Controller chip, literally the tiny speck of Silicon with its custom circuitry designed to be powered by the Ground & 5Volt lines, with the Data line using some mildly complicated, but readily understandable shift registers which enables the one-wire data communiaction methodology, while the shift registers job is is stack one bit after the previous into an 8-bit or 16bit or 32bit wide chunk of parallel data, which then gets turned into the individual Voltage level feeding Red at its Intensity, Blue at its, and the humyn eye's most sensitivity is Green. The contrast between which color has what level, like 100% Green plus 100% Green gives Yellow IIRC anyway
Just Don't Release The Magic Smoke
I picked up the XPG branded 24 pin version of this at a local second hand store….brand new sealed in the box. Sat on it for awhile and finally decided to use it on a entry level gaming rig I built to sell. I never got so many clicks on a sell advert before. I had so many people wanting to buy it. Needless to say it sold early fast. The system was a 8th gen Core i7 with a RX 580 4GB graphics card and 16 GB of ram…..nothing too special. I would suggest to anyone who flips a PC now and again to keep one of these on hand. You don’t need a expensive fancy one. These things get the clicks and there are a lot of buyers out there who are genuinely attracted to RGB like a mosquito to a bug zapper. Just a suggestion…
There's no such thing as too much RGB! If looking at your computer case doesn't make you go blind, you're not doing it right 😂.
I had these, used the L-connect 3+ with my V2, only issue is, when I reboot or start from a cold boot, it goes full on rainbow vomit mode until it hits the windows login to show my color scheme. It was pretty annoying. I ended up using the old V1 box since I didn't find a solution to the issue and stuck to the default solid color... It might have changed now though.
"THROWING FLASHBANG" was far more funnier than it needs to.
Jay u trippin - these are the greatest things ever made.
I personally think just having the 24-pin is awesome. Adds a little extra detail to the center of your build instead of just having wires there
If they can sell you RGB UNDERWEAR they will sell it and call it "Gaming Shorts"
I personally love the strimer plus v2 cables and have been using them since they came out (including the new 12vhpwr cable for my 4090, which I've had zero issues with). They are one of the best-looking RGB components imo. Sure, they're unnecessary, but RGB in general is unnecessary but a nice option for people who like it.
Yes, I also find that the 24pin looks better than the 12v GPU one because of the space but It still looks good over all. Tip, use the 12v cable that came with your PSU to plug into your GPU. The RGB lights can be uncliped and be moved to another cable.
Phil NAILED that "flashbang deployed" sound effect PERFECTLY!!
I don't build "Display" cases.
I build for function and performance.
So any sort of LED crap only ever gets turned off.
The sole exception is my keyboard. So if I wanna turn the lights out, I can still see my keyboard clearly.
When Jay plugged it in .. All that was missing was him screaming MY EYES MY EYES !!! ... lol
I have wanted these litterally for years but not been able to allocate the money for them, they are stupid but such a cool product!
I did take the lights off the cables and attached them with double sided tape. It looks VERY cool especially matching the theme of the lighting in the PC.
I just wanna say. These ads got me to buy a Morray ifixit kit a while ago. One of the best purchases I ever made. It's so good.
The reason, most likely, that the cables go to specific channels in due to the addressing of the leds. For example, in WLED, it will only light up the total number of LEDs that are set in the software. I believe it's save to assume that they have a firm limit of LEDs per port.
Lian Li's scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
I googled as yes rgb would look better than my original nvidia 3to1 cables adapter so additional information if you're interested 3 models available 1) 3xpcie8->12vhpwr (8 lines wide) 2) 12hvpwr >12vhpwr (12 lines the ultra large one in this video) 3) 12hvpwr >12vhpwr (8 lines which is noticeabley smaller and easier to integrate into a case) no 4xpcie8 cables I believe but check to make sure
I have both the Strimer Plus V2s in my build for the CPU and PCI-E cables.
Love using them with the Lian Li app to control the modes/lighting and adjust the brightness as its standard mode is quite bright.
Well worth it!
The GPU can be adjusted to cover one end with the other more than likely being tucked away. In comparison, the MOBO ribbon is cleaner. I suppose it's due to accounting for the two 8-pin connectors which could be better.
There must be about two things left to do for RGB. RGB cables with a resolution that allows one to play videos. The second thing would be to RGB the last thing that doesn't have it: the screws. Unless they come out with PCI slot fillers that are RGB bling.
Yes, necessary but... I completed my newest build at the beginning of the year. First time i could afford everything i wanted at one time. I decided to spoil myself and I installed the strimer v2 24 pin power and 8 pin gpu extensions just because i could. I set them them to static blue and it looks great. Cant imagine a build without them now. However, It was a wiring nightmare integrating into a lian li 216 with three additional rgb fans on top. Steep learning curve since i've never installed rgb. Apparently just because things are made by the same company doesn't mean it works well together out of the box. After alot of frustration, i now have two control boxes installed. It was a pain to do but looks great now. Not looking forward to redoing it after my next upgrade but i will.
I thought about getting those a few months back for my new build but I agree that the way it looked with the GPU cable with the gap, that was not gonna fly, esp in a midsizecase where half the cable would be hidden, and the glass is so tight to the GPU anyway. If they had their RGB go directly into a 90 degree plug for low-profile install, then they'd maybe have something real interesting.
I just ended up with some braided cablemod stuff that matched my build and it looks much better at the end of the day.
Not many people know this, but you could move the cable up to close the gap more.
I adore these. I would use them in an all RGB build with low end specs for a laugh.
I personally like the 24 pin version because, as you pointed out, it bends back into the case in a way that makes it look less intrusive. I like to use the data stream effect as a way of visualizing power flowing into the system, or occasionally I'll connect it to external software like SignalRGB and use custom effects on it. It's definitely a niche product though, and the price alone probably puts it pretty squarely in the "enthusiast" category as far as PC parts go.
I have an ATX strimmer going to my motherboard and it looks pretty cool.
It serves no purpose other than making me smile every time I turn my rig on to game.
I honestly love this cable I’ve been running it with a ROG STRIX 4090 no heating or melting issues whatsoever. I think it’s all about if the users and idiot and doesn’t plug it in all the way.🤷🏻♂️ I have it connected to the native high-powered 16 pin cable that came with my ROG Thor power supply
I spent decades in the box printing industry, and I can telly you, the boxes the product came in, isn't cheap.. at all. Between the ink coverage, foil label of some kind, the UV coating, and in today's costs, it's quite a pricey box just for that.