Like the title says, looking for some help/advice.
anyways my question is it possible to use car LED strips in a computer? Pretty much i’d be cutting the wires and soldering them to a molex connector but do you need to run a resistor? Ive tried looking online but getting mixed results. I have a set of LEDs layin around and want to use them. I can solder pretty well. I’m just worried about a short. I spent $1000 building my own computer and don’t really have the extra cash to build another if something goes wrong.
it depends on the voltage you are running it off and what the LED is rated at. 12 or 5 volts irc are the pins on a molex. if you have a 1 volt led and feed it 12… it will be bright as hell, until it pops. lol then ya need resistors.
Alright got another question for those of you who know about computers rather than use them haha…
I have a rosewill thor v2 case, hate the mesh on the side. Bought a piece of plexiglass to mod the sides so its see through. This would also go along with the LEDs. Now the computer already is liquid cooled but if I were to do this mod i would lose the 230mm fan on the side. However I am able to add 2 more fans to possibly make up for the lost 230mm fan. In your opinion, would it be worth to do it for looks over possibly loosing performance?
