First time hearing about this, it's pretty dramatic for me. I grew up in times when computers were off-white and we liked it.

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bombcar 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I remember being annoyed that it was hard to get the CDROM burner to match the case if you weren’t standard beige, and when black/clear came out it looked so bad for awhile!

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halapro 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Modding has been a thing for 20+ years though, people spend money for aesthetic purposes only.

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scotty79 7 hours ago | parent [-]

And I mourned every second of it.

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embedding-shape 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Instead, value that different humans value different things, life would be utterly boring if everyone was the same, wouldn't it?

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bigstrat2003 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

To be fair, it can affect the non-modders as well. I remember being very annoyed when I found out, after I had already bought it, that my current GPU comes with RGB lights that automatically turn on.

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scotty79 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I jest of course, but I do seem to have min-maxing tendencies.

	▲	embedding-shape 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well, the better news is that awareness is the first step towards being able to iterate/fix something :) Take care!

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embedding-shape 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think that says more about you than the ecosystem at large, people been modding computers for decades at this point, hardly new that some people seem to care more about looks than actually features/functionality/specifications :)

Personally I'm with you (but black), my entire desktop is just one color, and if a component is available in RGB and non-RGB and the difference isn't too big, I pay extra for that non-RGB version (which doesn't make sense it's even the case, but here we are).

I guess you could argue that we're all obsessed with the looks, some that all RAM slots are occupied, some that RGB is everywhere, some that the PC case should be off-white and slowly morph into beige, others that everything should be minimally black.

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ralferoo 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, when I specced my last desktop purchase a few years ago, I just chose the cheapest 4x16GB sticks from a decent brand. Didn't even occur to me that they'd be RGB monstrosities shining their stupid lights out through the case window. The AIO radiator was also similarly annoying, but at least the RGB can be disconnected on that! I hadn't even considered having a case window to be a problem as the previous PC build had a window, but fortunately nothing glowing apart from a couple of small status LEDs on the motherboard.

I don't particularly want to install the bloatware required just to turn off the LEDs, so I've resorted to hiding the PC under a desk at the other side of the room and have long DP and USB cables to the desk where I actually sit. This also has the nice side effect of not being able to hear the fans either!

	▲	fecal_henge 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I had no idea what RGB was on my spec selection. Thank God I picked a boring opaque box. Must be quite a party in there.