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prmoustache 3 days ago [-]
Why are so many gaming parts made with annoying leds? I wouldn't mind having a case with a transparent window in order to quickly check if said computer needs a cleanup but those lights are so annoying this is a no go.
I could disable most leds from my mainboard settings but not for my gpu. I can turn off the lights of my cheap mechanical keyboard with a shortcut but they always turn on by default when I turn the computer.
Is there a database of parts without stupid lights included by default? It should be the norm but it seems it has become rare or you have to pay a premium or install conpanion apps to be able to turn them off by default..
khedoros1 1 days ago [-]
I see it kind of as a matter of fashion, similar to furniture being made with gouges in the wood or denim sold with holes worn into it.
Over 20 years ago, the case I bought had extraneous blue LEDs (although they were blessedly easy to disable; just don't plug in their power cable). And that's around the time I started seeing LED light strips, liquid cooling kits with fluorescent fluid and UV case lights. Add a few years, and basically anything sold as gaming-related is going to light up colorfully, have a bunch of LEDs on it, and all that. Big, glass-sided aquarium cases, wires tucked behind the motherboard or hidden behind plastic/metal covers.
IMO, it's an aesthetic that looks cool on display items in the store, but that I'd look to disable in my own hardware. My motherboard has one RGB LED, but I think I have it disabled. Kind of a moot point; my case is opaque anyhow.
chrismorgan 3 days ago [-]
It upsets me that you often have to pay extra to remove this thing that cost them money to put in, costs me money to use, increases the complexity, adds more points of failure, isn’t even nice, and is sometimes even actively worse (e.g. a backlit keyboard is much worse than high-contrast printing if you always have good lighting, especially if the caps are white).
bombela 3 days ago [-]
I unplug what I can, and cut what I must.
harvey9 3 days ago [-]
A window to check on dust? Surely you mean a camera connected to a CV pipeline so an agent could order a can of compressed air?
amelius 3 days ago [-]
How do cleanrooms measure dust?
genxy 1 days ago [-]
Lasers
GaryNumanVevo 3 days ago [-]
The cheapest RAM I could find at the time had an annoying "breathing rainbow" RGB mode. The software to control them is extremely buggy and would fail to turn off the LEDs regularly. So I just scratched the power traces off my RAM going to the LEDs at the top of the PCB. No more RGB!
JeppyG 1 days ago [-]
Wow, this is incredible. Just in time for black friday too. One comment, is the amount of client side work made to be adaptive depending on how beefy the user's machine is?
On my desktop this loads great, but on my old-ish laptop the whole machine slows to a crawl when I click into a build. I assume due to whatever graphics rendering is going on.
ddkbs 2 days ago [-]
Really nice! Sorry for the weird question but how does it generate money to fund your team? Through the 3D Configurator API for Businesses?
ChaseRensberger 3 days ago [-]
interface feels quite cluttered
ozaiworld 2 days ago [-]
I'm curious to hear how you would improve it. I agree we probably should cut down on the amount of things on screen
elxr 2 days ago [-]
Make sure the main action, whether to add to build, go to the next part, or browse through the parts have the most prominent buttons. Move some of the less commonly used actions into a dropdown or a panel off to the side (or even on a separate route) instead of right by all the main controls.
mikericar 3 days ago [-]
Wow moment opening your web, thanks for sharing, going to dig in!
akadeepesh 2 days ago [-]
This looks incredible
nticompass 2 days ago [-]
Cool, now I can play "PC Building Simulator" without having to install Steam :-P
Jokes aside, this looks pretty cool and I'm sure I'll get absolutely sucked into it!
nhggfu 7 days ago [-]
This looks like a simple idea executed PERFECTLY.
Shared with a few people I know - and I will refer to this instead of "asking my bro" about techy hardware stuff.
Since i personally have a VISUAL learning style, this is right up my alley.
good hunting + best of luck with this.
ps. I adore the website design + messaging too. 10/10
ozaiworld 6 days ago [-]
thanks! would love to see if it is useful
fl0id 2 days ago [-]
dunno, sounds like pcpartpicker, but way more complicated.
mlfreeman 3 days ago [-]
any chance this can model airflow one day?
ozaiworld 2 days ago [-]
We have airflow orientation visualization (not actual simulation) as a pro feature, but maybe one day we can do simulation. It just shows arrows to show what is intake vs exhaust right now
kidfiji 2 days ago [-]
Looks like it can as a paid feature
DonHopkins 2 days ago [-]
How about an emulator supporting the HCF instruction, letting the magic smoke out from chips, as well as pyrotechnical devices like explosive bolts and self destruct magnesium case igniters? That would be great with airflow modeling.
Yeah because building a _REAL_ system has become too expensive :(
talmr 3 days ago [-]
Good luck!
This is really cool.
tim4431 2 days ago [-]
that's so cool!
reactor3dxyz 19 hours ago [-]
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mikevannelli 1 days ago [-]
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loveTech 6 days ago [-]
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andreaacanf 3 days ago [-]
This is actually a pretty cool use case for 3D in the browser. Being able to visualize component compatibility instead of just reading specs makes a big difference, especially for people building their first PC.
I could disable most leds from my mainboard settings but not for my gpu. I can turn off the lights of my cheap mechanical keyboard with a shortcut but they always turn on by default when I turn the computer.
Is there a database of parts without stupid lights included by default? It should be the norm but it seems it has become rare or you have to pay a premium or install conpanion apps to be able to turn them off by default..
Over 20 years ago, the case I bought had extraneous blue LEDs (although they were blessedly easy to disable; just don't plug in their power cable). And that's around the time I started seeing LED light strips, liquid cooling kits with fluorescent fluid and UV case lights. Add a few years, and basically anything sold as gaming-related is going to light up colorfully, have a bunch of LEDs on it, and all that. Big, glass-sided aquarium cases, wires tucked behind the motherboard or hidden behind plastic/metal covers.
IMO, it's an aesthetic that looks cool on display items in the store, but that I'd look to disable in my own hardware. My motherboard has one RGB LED, but I think I have it disabled. Kind of a moot point; my case is opaque anyhow.
On my desktop this loads great, but on my old-ish laptop the whole machine slows to a crawl when I click into a build. I assume due to whatever graphics rendering is going on.
Jokes aside, this looks pretty cool and I'm sure I'll get absolutely sucked into it!
Shared with a few people I know - and I will refer to this instead of "asking my bro" about techy hardware stuff.
Since i personally have a VISUAL learning style, this is right up my alley.
good hunting + best of luck with this. ps. I adore the website design + messaging too. 10/10
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18376916
https://simson.net/ref/1993/cubefire.html
This is really cool.