3D parts and RGB lighting as increasingly common customization elements

Printing 3D pieces or RGB lighting are some of the elements that have been introduced to the market and that offer a great deal of customization.

Users increasingly seek customization of their computer equipment, seeking not only to adapt it to their needs. We see an increasing variety of products with RGB lighting or with aggressive component designs. We can find components in different colors, such as the KFA RTX 2080 Ti HoF, which is white. Even Noctua has released fans that move away from earth tones for their fans in recent years.

We see manufacturers like Cooler Master and ASUS investing in products that allow for customization through 3D printing. Virtually every manufacturer on the market offers solutions with RGB LED lighting. Even specialized stores, such as Trending PC, create systems tailored to the tastes of gaming enthusiasts.

Cooler Master Maker 5 as the ultimate expression of the customizable chassis

For DIY enthusiasts who enjoy modding or want a more customized case, there's the Cooler Master Maker 5. The company has published downloadable files on its website that allow you to customize parts of the case. Specifically, you can change the design of the front panel and the top plastic cover. But it also allows you to customize the side shroud and the plastic handles, both front and rear.

This is the first chassis introduced to the market to offer us this level of customization. We can download the models from your website and develop the design that we like the most. We will thus have a partially unique chassis.

ASUS allows you to customize some of your motherboards

Another company that is committed to 3D printing is ASUS. The company offers 3D-printable fan grill, cable tie and other designs on its website. So we can have elements that match our motherboard and possibly with our graphics card.

But it is also that in several motherboards with Intel Z370 chipset, we can print parts that we can install on the motherboard itself. Specifically, they offer the possibility of creating a cover for the power cables of the motherboard. In addition, we can also print a support to add a small fan on the M.2 SSDs and improve their cooling.

RGB LEDs on virtually everything

We can find RGB LED lighting in all components today. Motherboards, heatsinks, graphics cards, sound or network cards, the chassis itself, the SSDs, fans, or even the cables. Any element for our system can have RGB lighting to make our system more attractive.

All motherboard manufacturers allow different elements external to it to be controlled and synchronized. Thus we will obtain a more homogeneous lighting. RGB LED strips can even be added to the chassis to increase the effect.

Now support for ARGBs is beginning to spread in the market. The Adressable RGB strips allow you to control the color of each of the LED diodes. Thus we can obtain a greater color gamut and can create impressive configurations.