Reddit reviews LEDwholesalers 12V 16.4ft RGB Color-Changing Flexible LED Ribbon Strip Light in White PCB, 2034RGB-R2

Here's a strip of color changing leds:
http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Changing-LED-Strip-Ledwholesalers/dp/B00476B908/ref=sr_1_3?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1347821566&sr=1-3&keywords=ledwholesalers

And here's a sound controller:

http://www.amazon.com/HitLights-Activated-Controller-Changing-Plug-And-Play/dp/B007RGRJ36/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1347821263&sr=8-8&keywords=sound+activated+light

Comes out at just under $50 on Amazon with prime shipping!

I'm thinking of buying an RGB LED strip for photography purposes but I'm confused on how this works. I can buy a remote separately to control the lights but how is it powered? Through AC? Or outlet? Is it a simple plug and play out of the box or is there some sort of modification I have to make to it?

Here's one I'm looking at but I don't quite understand how this is set up.

https://www.amazon.com/LEDwholesalers-Color-Changing-LED-Strip-2034RGB-R2/dp/B00476B908

You may have to learn to solder, since I haven't personally bought any 'kits' with batteries and on/off packs like you can with EL wire. I found these places with a quick search:

http://www.usledsupply.com/shop/led-rope-lights/rgb-full-color-strips.html\
http://www.flexfireleds.com/rgb-color-changing-strip-light/
http://www.amazon.com/Ledwholesalers-Changing-Flexible-Yourself-Controller/dp/B0040FJ27S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347048661&sr=8-1&keywords=led+strip http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Changing-LED-Strip-Ledwholesalers/dp/B00476B908/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1347048681&sr=8-2&keywords=led+strip+rgb

Ah, my bad. I've done a bit with steel wool and it looked just like that.

When you say RGB strip, are you referring to something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Changing-LED-Strip-Ledwholesalers/dp/B00476B908/ref=sr_1_1/177-0243205-1842624?ie=UTF8&qid=1375203144&sr=8-1&keywords=led+rgb+strip+lights

I dabble in light painting myself and I'm always looking for new light styles. That's a really cool effect.

As someone who lives in WA state where it already grey and dingy I still love my basement apartment and other basement apartments I've lived in. My current place is completely absent of natural lighting but it is always pretty dark and cold. I hate my overhead fluorescent lighting so I installed remote controlled rgb led strip lighting kinda like this. I lined the baseboards of my room and it gives nice controllable mood lighting. I also have a couple desk/reading lamps.

As for cozy I suggest rugs. I recently bought a large shag rug and can't imagine walking on the cold basement tile ever again. Also I suggest a cushy armchair or couch if you have room. I recently added a loveseat with giant cushions and even though I barely use my room feels way more like a room now. I'm a big fan of minimalist design but after living in so many basements that weren't originally intended to be bedrooms I found the right furniture (not just talking about beds) can make any room feel like a bedroom.

My last suggestion would be to get something on the wall. Like I said I like minimalism so I usually don't do posters or fancy wall decorations. However I found that large blank walls depress me just as much as no natural light, especially if the walls are white or grey. I usually put up a nice map or something that can stand on its own. In my current place though I just have one of the walls painted a nice deep dark crimson and it totally makes the simply because it adds color.

TLDR: RGB LED strip lighting is not to expensive and can transform the mood of any room as the push of a button on a remote.

well as of right now i dont have any stuff to work with just trying to get the shopping list. the thought here is to make it easy to use and fix. as for control all it has to do is red, green, yellow and strobe but i wanted to make it where the owner of the track could do other things if he wanted to. the lights would most likely be on really long runs of wires. what i was looking to buy was,
[DMX controller] (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/733413-REG/CHAUVET_OBEY_3_Obey_3.html),[3 channel decoder](https://www.amazon.com/Inkbird-Constant-Voltage-Decoder-DC12-24V/dp/B00Q2I2GHY/ref=pd_sim_267_45?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00Q2I2GHY&pd_rd_r=HQ13ZCFGFMN3YH702J0S&pd_rd_w=EPiPn&pd_rd_wg=PcqMq&psc=1&refRID=HQ13ZCFGFMN3YH702J0S),[LED lights x8](https://www.amazon.com/LEDwholesalers-16-4ft-Color-Changing-Flexible-2034RGB-R2/dp/B00476B908)

Yeah we used lights like this LEDwholesalers 12V 16.4ft RGB Color-Changing Flexible LED Ribbon Strip Light in White PCB, 2034RGB-R2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00476B908/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_qE4RybXBXEDZ6

We just epoxied them to the bottom and ran power from the core power module

Most X99 boards either have NVME M.2 support out of the box, or can have it patched in in seconds with a USB keydrive. Mine needed the latter, but again - it took under a minute to do.

Why do you need more USB headers? Your case only has USB 3.0, and it only uses the one header. That's a really weird requirement.

The same aesthetic on your motherboard could be achieved for $100 cheaper by buying $5 RGB LED strips (and I'm serious about the price, [16 feet of the stuff is $20] (https://www.amazon.com/LEDwholesalers-16-4ft-Color-Changing-Flexible-2034RGB-R2/dp/B00476B908)) and custom-lighting a cheaper board yourself. You'd even have more control over what regions light up and which colors they turn. You're already buying an NZXT Hue+, so it's not like you'd need an extra lighting controller.

You get something like this, and something like this.

The controller will include driver software and an interface for manipulating the LED strip. This controller includes documentation for scripting control and to make function calls through the Windows API for your own development purposes. You will have to find or create your own solution for hotkey mapping.

I changed a few things. Since you like lights, consider something like this:https://www.amazon.com/Flexible-Changing-Ribbon-Ledwholesalers-2034rgb/dp/B00476B908

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price
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CPU | Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor | $414.89 @ B&H
CPU Cooler | NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler | $148.89 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard | Gigabyte - Z370 HD3 (rev. 1.0) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | $111.49 @ SuperBiiz
Memory | G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $436.53 @ Newegg Marketplace
Storage | Crucial - MX300 1.1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $237.99 @ Amazon
Storage | Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $69.09 @ Newegg Marketplace
Video Card | MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB DUKE OC Video Card | $739.98 @ Newegg
Case | Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case | $99.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply | SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | $69.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive | Lite-On - iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer | $10.99 @ Newegg Marketplace
Operating System | Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit | $135.88 @ OutletPC
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $2515.71
| Mail-in rebates | -$40.00
| Total | $2475.71
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-20 04:39 EST-0500 |