Sometimes I wonder what the thought process behind the gaming aesthetic was. RGB (*if tunable) itself is fine and adds a nice opportunity for personalization, but are those tacky fonts, crystal-facet enclosures, and overall showiness just tasteless or do any gamers actually prefer that look?
No, RGB is annoying and gets disabled if I have no other choice. It’s cheap and tacky looking. Basically anything marketed as ‘gaming’ in my eyes is sub tier garbage.
My overall view on all products, not just gaming stuff if the more buzzwords and slogans and whatnot a company uses, the less I give a crap about them and will actually actively avoid it. Just means they spend more on nonsensical crap then the actual product.
In short; More marketing budget = less quality product
I think it’s pretty normal for people to want their high end thing to look high end, or whatever high end looks like to them. My PC case is basically a black rectangle with a single pane of glass on one side. It has some rainbow vomit lighting inside that isn’t all customizable with Linux, but my razer mouse mat, mouse, and keyboard all glow a lovely purple, just one static color. My desk, peripherals and case all match in black, so really any color I choose to run with makes for an easy vibe change.
I think maybe a half a dozen people have even seen my pc setup, and I don’t really take visitors back there, so whatever cool looks my setup has are just for me, and I enjoy it.
That said, there is a such thing as it being too busy, too gaudy, etc, so I totally get what you’re saying. My shit is lit up but I still feel like it’s fairly subdued.
I kinda like RGB but not in the pulsating rainbow way how it seems to always be on marketing materials.
I like keeping it to one colour, with the intensity at half. It is nice to change it a few times a year for a fresh look.
The fonts and other stuff, I don’t care that much as long as the components are good quality. Maybe subconsciously I would consider design if I had to choose between options that performed and cost relatively equally.
I am but a single humble meatbag that enjoys games and can’t speak for all gamers, but I generally dislike the typical “gaming rig” aesthetic. I don’t want RGB lights. I don’t like ostentatious looking cases or accessories. I do find it tasteless, to reuse your term.
No sleight on those that do though. If that’s your style, then enjoy it!
Some tasteful rgb isn’t bad but it has to be executed really well
Generally I’m not a fan. Personally I like cold, unassuming industrial stuff.
Something like
OR
You might like the aesthetics of https://sharge.com/
Wheres the first img from btw?
Did some searching, apparently it’s the One/Three case by Heavy Industries, but their site is offline so no high hopes.
Can’t remember =\ may have to reverse search it
That yellow case looks rad!
This plus a little wood accent, so good.
On the contrary. I want my device to be as out of the way and unobtrusive as is possible.
RGB that you can dim/disable beats a blaring bright red or blue LED you can’t, other than that I could leave gamer design behind
And I’m happy that backlit keyboards are widespread
I’m over 30, but even when i was in my early 20s I couldn’t stand the blaring lights. A HS friend built up a rig with full flashy RGB shit and I was like “why?” - He thought it was cool, possibly still does.
I mean, I’m supposed to look at the monitor, not the fan or the mouse. Keyboard blacklight is good, tho, so long as it’s not red nor a dancing rainbow. Yellow or white are the best kb backlight imo
I like a soft dark blue. Lights up enough to see but easily just zone it out entirely.
I hate those lights so much. I only want one light of my tire computer it should be right next to the on button to let me know it’s on. That’s it. I had that. It was wonderful. Then when I upgraded my graphics card it came with a light and now the thing glows green and I hate it. And don’t get me starting the stupid Mouse.
The wonders of marketing making people believe that RGB vomit is desirable.
The only LED i care about is white.
White… supremacy?
In shocking news, not all people have the same tastes.
Some tastes can be poor
Some can be influenced as well.
The only RGB I run is for my keyboard and only because I sit in a dark room and everything is black, so it can be difficult to see where the keyboard is. Back when I ran a regular mouse I also had an RGB mouse for the same reason, but carpal tunnel forced a trackball so now the mouse never moves and it no longer needs RGB.
I think a lot of people like the customization that rainbow RGB more than anything else.
I would like it if it was subtle, maybe a few thin rgb lines around the main board like traces, and something similar on other components.
I hate the everything blaring random lights look, its like a kids attempt to draw attention, it works but when you look you wish you hadn’t.
My gaming computer is in an old 4 unit rack mount server case. I think there is some sort of RGB nonsense on the motherboard, but you can’t see it once the computer is racked.
Fuck RGB shit.
My take, I was a gamer when I was young, when a 386 was gaming for me and till today when a 4090 is gaming for me, but I prefer normal looking shit without RGB. My 4090 colours allow me to set it to one shade of blue that I like, but I’ll be happy with a closed unit without any colour as well. What I would prefer, over colours, is free time to actually game :/
