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[–] 121 points 2 years ago (17 children)

That's a gamer, not a software engineer

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (10 children)

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

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (6 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.

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    [–] 59 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (12 children)

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

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

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    [–] 36 points 2 years 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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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (6 children)

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

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    [–] 31 points 2 years ago (11 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. 🤦

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (5 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.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years 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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    [–] 22 points 2 years 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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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago

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

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years 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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    [–] 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Wtf is a rainbow computer?

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    [–] 14 points 2 years 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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    [–] 14 points 2 years 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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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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    [+] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ericah Bachman isa fat and stupid.

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    [–] 9 points 2 years 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

    mmmaaadddeee wwwiiittthhh mmmeeemmmaaatttiiiccc

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (10 children)

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

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

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