I recently build my first pc. I have no RGB lighting in it, didn't want it at the time to look like a circus.
But I do have some components that light up. I want to light up the whole a bit more with a RGB LED strip. My motherboard supports RGB lighting (it's an ASRock Z370 Killer SLI)
My question is, can I just buy any RGB led strip for modding? So is this a standard connection or do I need to look for a specific ASRock LED strip?
Its in the manual - page 44 on the english version.
Good news is they use very standard 5050 LED strips. These refer to a specific size but are otherwise mostly generic. 5050s are preferred here since they have 3 chips per package so you can have all 3 colours in a chip.
You don't need/want the addressable flavour of them (WS something or another) - these are costlier, and not compatible , and waterproof versions are probably a little more than you need (tho a little nicer for straight lengths of lighting).You can typically buy a set of them off your preferred online vendor for not much money.
These are often sold with connectors, and a little remote/control unit (and you can get extra ones) and typically can be cut to length with solderable tabs every 3 LEDs, or get extentions. Just remember these things are not registered (typically its just a header) and need to be plugged in the right way. As of 2017, I'd suspect a 5m roll of the stuff would be under a tenner.
