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The official Lemmy community for the OpenRGB project.

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Recommendations for a Linux and OpenRGB-compatible A-RGB controller. (self.openrgb)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by sigurdtheone to c/[email protected]

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I have been trying to figure out if i should get a better controller than the onboard controller on my ASRock motherboard.

The only problem is that it doesn't seem to support enough LEDs (or more than 5V/3A which is cutting it close) or direct mode.

I have been looking at the Razer Controller but the supported devices page and old Reddit posts seem to be torn on how good the support is in OpenRGB.

I mostly just need to get a working direct control since the direct control mode currently makes my ASRock motherboard unbootable (temporarily).

Any suggestions are welcome :)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Corsair Lighting Node is another good option. The real Corsair one works well but if you're willing to DIY you can use CorsairLightingProtocol on an Arduino Pro Micro and have 2 channels of ARGB with direct mode support for like $6, and you can use multiple. I have one in my case for case lighting as I used up my motherboard headers on fans and I used this as the controller for my OpenRGB desk fan project as well.

[–] sigurdtheone 4 points 1 month ago

It's a hard choice, can't seem to find the lighting node in my country. I wouldn't be shy to DIY a bit and I do have some Arduinos lying around, but I just know myself well enough that I'm not gonna get it done ...

I ended up buying the Razer Chroma mostly because of support for a massive amount of LEDs over several ports. And several other users reported that it still works well. The price tag isn't too bad either, around $40 here in Denmark.

I really cant stretch how much i appreciate your work on this project, keeps all our linux machines looking spiffy!

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