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Using RGB light strips to light up your PC is an easy way to add personality to your gear without wasting money. It is as simple as attaching an LED light bar to a tower, choosing the right product for the right hardware is actually a more complicated process than expected. 

RGB lighting is a luxury for PC construction, and it may be an unruly area. Since RGB-focused construction is a relatively new trend and has only become popular in the past ten years, this fact exacerbates this problem, which makes consumers have almost no precedent to refer to when researching products. Simply understanding the marketing terminology of some of these products can be a chore, let alone trying to draw conclusions about their quality and reliability.

When looking for RGB light strips on the market, knowing the number of pins required by the light strip connector, whether it is addressable, and whether it supports motherboard control are some of the more technical considerations. Here are some of the best RGB products and their respective motherboard requirements and features.

If you are new to RGB and want a simple setup process, Alitove can meet your needs. This product has four 15.7-inch RGB light strips, which are specially designed for the 12-volt four-pin connector on the main board. These strips support common RGB compatible motherboard technologies such as Aura Sync, RGB Fusion and Mystic Light, while allowing daisy chain connection for ease of use, and the price is less than $20. 

Although not the most popular or most convenient light strip, the Alitove RGB light strip offers affordable lighting options that can be easily assembled for those who have made some plans in advance. 

Please pay attention to a few things before buying; first, the difference between non-addressable RGB light strips and addressable RGB (ARGB) light strips is that each LED light cannot be controlled independently of each other. Secondly, try to insert the RGB light strip into the ARGB connector, and vice versa, it may damage your motherboard and definitely damage your light strip. Make sure that your motherboard has the connectors required for the RGB or ARGB strip you selected. 

These five-volt three-pin addressable RGB light strips provide an attractive option for people who like the price range of Alitove light strips but want more customization in their devices for less than $25. As mentioned earlier, the difference between ARGB and traditional RGB is that a single LED can be set to different colors. Compared with RGB light bars, it can achieve more personalization in equipment lighting.  

These strips are compatible with Gigabyte RGB Fusion, Asus Aura and ASRock RGB. Check to make sure your motherboard has one of these programs; otherwise, you may need to choose a compatible RGB controller to power and manage your strips. Although any motherboard with appropriate connectors can be used with any corresponding RGB light bar, if there is no designated RGB software or one of the appropriate controllers, the ability to customize the color scheme of the light bar will be lost, which will Add a huge cost to the RGB light bar. 

For those who want as much money as possible, the Airgoo RGB Strip Kit is a shiny offer for less than $20. It comes with two compatible with ASUS Aura, MSI Mystic Light, ASRock Aura RGB LED and Gigabyte RGB fusion of the 12-inch RGB light bar. 

These strips are connected via a four-pin 12-volt connector and are equipped with a 20-inch extension cord. The strip is also magnetic and has an adhesive coating on the back for easy installation. The strips are not particularly long, and only two accesses seem to be a limiting factor. When trying to illuminate a large area with a few lights, these budget bars are the perfect tool for the job.  

Airgoo also produces ARBG strips with similar quality and price to its RGB version. Except for the addressable version installed on the three-pin five-volt connector, almost everything that can be talked about its RGB light strips can be said to be about its ARGB light strips. In addition, the strip is 13.8 inches long instead of 12 inches, but still maintains a low price of less than $20. 

When it comes to recommending the best RGB light strips available, there is no alternative but Corsair products. The quality is not much better than the products made by the peers, and their prices are not low, but there is a caveat that makes Corsair RGB light strips great value for money: Lighting Node Pro. 

The same is true for all Corsair RGB products, but their RGB controller avoids the trouble of finding RGB products compatible with your motherboard by directly localizing all power and connector requirements to one location. 

Just plug the Lighting Node Pro into any USB 2.0 port, and suddenly all Corsair RGB light strips are powered, installed and controlled via the free iCUE software. 

The light strip itself cannot be addressed from LED to LED, but they can be addressed from light strip to light strip, which means that color changes can still be achieved through Node Pro. Each strip is 16.5 inches, has a magnetic backing, and is equipped with ten extension cords to ensure that your PC is professionally customized. 

The huge disadvantage of all of this is that the price is slightly less than $70, and when placed side by side with some other options, the convenience it brings to many people is not worth it. 

The quality, price, and compatibility included with each product vary greatly, so be sure to refer to this list when planning to upgrade a PC with the aesthetics provided by RGB LEDs. Doing so may help decide what kind of lighting you want and what other products you might need to make lighting possible. In fields like PC construction, planning ahead is the key to doing a good job. Happy building. 

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