The memory QVL for my chosen motherboard is super confusing. None of what I'm looking at on Overclockers seems to be on it - like, not a damn one - and none of what's in it appears to be on Overclockers. Bonus points for the fact that it has things like an 8x8GB kit on there, which is quite some going for a motherboard that has two DIMM slots... EDIT: Okay, this is on the QVL and is only a bit more expensive than the RAM I'd originally picked, but CL15 instead of CL16 to make up for it: Corsair CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4 3000 MHz C15. Overclockers doesn't have it, but Amazon does.
Right, so, as Overclockers appears to not be stocking what I need and 'cos I like to order everything from one place, here's an Amazon basket: Biggest change, bar the memory switch, is a cheaper PSU and a switch back to the faster 2700X 'cos it's actually more or less the same price as Overclockers is selling the 2700 for. Same SSD, though it's £8 more expensive on Amazon, same motherboard. The only thing that I'm a bit miffed about is that the 2700X comes with a daft on-by-default RGB cooler, and I'm not fully certain I'mma be able to turn those off in Linux. So, £845 all-in. A hefty chunk of change, but less than the £1,138 the thread started with...
I'm sure there'll be a writable flag somewhere in /dev, maybe there's some way to use Wireshark in Windows to see what changes when you flip the switch and then find the Linux equivalent. Edit: or what sandys said. I nerded out a bit there.
That seems pretty sensible to me, @Gareth Halfacree. What a big saving from switching the PSU and RAM there! £300 less but I suspect you'll notice absolutely no difference, which is a result.
I had read, on a quick Google, that some BIOSes don't have the option and it's Windows-only software or bust. Just having a glance at the motherboard manual to see what that says now. I've found a tool someone's written to fiddle with the Wraith Prism RGB LEDs, but only on Gigabyte motherboards. EDIT: Inconclusive: the manual basically just says "here's the BIOS, good luck" and doesn't mention what options it includes. Thanks, Asus(!) EDIT EDIT: But it's not looking likely, 'cos there's no RGB header on that motherboard. Ah, well, as long as it goes dark when the thing's suspended, I can live with a bit of a glow for my feet to enjoy.
My HP MicroServer has some masking tape inked in black over the RIDICULOUSLY BRIGHT GLOWING BLUE LOGO the idiots decided to put on the front. Works pretty well, and should be easy to remove if I ever sell it.
I had a similar problem with an external ODD that sported a retina scalding activity led, no software options for that so covering the LED was the only way to go.
Double bah: so there is a switch, but it only affects the thing that every single motherboard in the world can control in software. Amaze. Sounds like too much of a faff t'me! Well, I hit the buy button: that little lot will be here tomorrow, but I'm racing a bunch of deadlines at the moment so they'll have to stay in boxes for a week or two. EDIT: Apparently I also get a free copy of Tom Clancy's The Division 2... which I can neither use nor give away, because 'product must be installed on system where coupon code will be redeemed' and there ain't no Linux version available.
Woop Woop ! awesome No thoughts of running a dual boot dude? I gotta say, it's actually worth it for Division 2. Fantastic game !
