dtgreene: Does anyone know what the point of that is?
dtgreene: Problem with RGB RAM is that RAM goes on the *inside* of the computer, so you wouldn't be able to see it anyway.
There are many case models with transparent side panels, or you can keep the side panel off, and there are even caseless PCs.
That said, it's just bling.
Oh, and that link just needs
https://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9B-20-236-513 It's the parentheses that mess up GOG's linking, you need to turn them into character codes, but no need to have them in the link.
dtgreene: Would this be enough RAM to play the games I want to play?
From what I know, even 8 might be enough with a dedicated graphics card. 16 to be sure, or if you plan to use VMs.
clarry: Yup, keyboard backlight can be useful if you're not a touch typist or are playing games and have to reach across the board for a key you don't normally press with that hand.
That said, the first thing I always need to figure out is how to make the light so dim it doesn't bother me.
True, I almost always have to look when I need the symbols on the non-numpad number keys. Have a
Marvo KG805 white and find the RGB useless of course, leave it on white, but do occasionally turn the light on low for that reason, or high when I just want a bit of light in front of the desk. (Has 3 lighting levels, low really is low, just to see the keys. And no driver, everything done straight from keys, even macro recording if you want to use that, but since using them replaces the F keys, can't say I bothered.) Just glad I could find something decent that's not black (or a dark color, or a too flashy one (like pink or yellow or lime green)), even if there is that problem with the space bar, ending up hitting double spaces eventually, had it replaced under warranty for that, and this one starting to do that a bit by now too...
rtcvb32: Though thinking about it, with the PC speaker removed and that was a primary form of telling you of issues when you can't boot the system (Say, CPU memory or other core components aren't working, it would beep a certain number of times), i CAN see a certain combo or blinking pattern to specify the state of the component while in a diagnostic/failure mode...
LEDs that would work as diagnosis would be useful though, but that's sadly not what they're for.
I still have a PC speaker though. Pulled it from my old computer and connected it to this one, since at least the motherboard still had the connector, and the BIOS has a setting to beep on boot, so I know it still works at least. No idea whether that will still be an option whenever I'll upgrade though...
One place where I see the point of a handful of colors, though not necessarily RGB, is when you can set multiple profiles, like on any passable gaming mouse or the more serious keyboards, and you'd use a color to say which is active. But of course that can also be achieved, and in fact better, since you can no longer get confused if you forget what's what, with a few plain numbered LEDs. Or a one-digit LCD display.
