As you will surely have realized, in recent times the RGB-LED lighting seems to be a common denominator in desktop PCs, and even SSDs have configurable lighting. This can help create a nice RGB lighting ecosystem on your desktop, but after a while of using my PC with it, I finally settled on eliminate virtually all lighting of the PC, and in this article I tell you why I did it.
Whether it’s RGB or A-RGB lighting, virtually every peripheral today has it, whether it’s mice, keyboards, headsets, or even the desktop itself. Almost the same thing happens inside the PC, because today the graphics cards, the fans and even some SSDs also have lighting, turning the entire desktop into a focus of light that, although it can go in harmony thanks to the lighting timing by software, it also has some disadvantages that made me decide to do without it.
A desk without RGB LED lighting, for what reason?
It’s obvious that lighting on hardware devices and peripherals may not be to everyone’s liking, and certainly not liking it may be a reason to skip it; however, I’m the type of user who does like well-defined lighting on hardware, as it can give your rig a flashy and even elegant look if done right (and you don’t get those constantly changing color effects). ).
Right from the start, these color changes with the lighting effects were what made me change the chip, since having the PC box on the table and next to the monitor, caused many times lose concentration of what he was doing on the screen. Initially, this caused me to change the RGB lighting settings on my PC and peripherals so that it kept only one fixed colorso that it would still light up the desktop and create a stylish environment (I left it all white) but not get distracted by color changes.
The second chip change was caused when, while playing on the PC at night and with the light off, I realized that between the PC and the peripherals, I was in the room almost as if the light was on, and that caused me elderly eyestrain in the eyes, including dryness and dilation of the pupils. I proceeded to create different profiles to lower the intensity of the lighting so that it would not dazzle as much, but it ended up being a bit of a hassle having to change it by hand depending on whether it was day, night, or if I was going to get up leaving the PC turned on etc.
Finally, in one of those moments of the year in which I had to completely open and disassemble the PC to clean it from the inside, I made the final decision: I completely deactivated the RGB lighting of all the hardware components of the PC, in my case fans and memory. RAM (in fact, later I changed RAM and decided to buy one that did not have RGB, directly).
In essence, I currently have the entire desktop without any type of RGB LED lighting with the exception of the keyboard, since in this case and although I am one of those who type without looking at the keys, it does not bother me at all and, in fact, it gives a “touch” to the desktop that, personally, I like to see because I find it quite aesthetic (besides, on the keyboard that I have the letters do not look very good if the lighting is off).
Since making this decision, not only do I have better concentration when working or playing on the PC by not having lights distracting me, but I have noticed that I suffer less eyestrain, and this for a person like me is important since my work forces me to invest a large number of hours a day on the PC. Ultimately, I’ve been grateful for the decision to remove RGB from my desktop (except on the keyboard as I’ve already explained), and I don’t think I’ll ever bring it back.
