I thought I would chime in here. I have been using the
Deeepcool RGB 350 kit in my chassis for almost a month now and have been relatively happy with it. Here are some of the pro's and con's of the said kit:
PRO's:
1 The kit is simple and comes well packaged. On the backside of the product's box you also get a clear explanation of the product and the needed connections, illustrated with clarity.
2. There are 2 RGB strips which are a breeze to mount inside your PC's computer cabinet/ chassis. Due to the fact that the strips are magnetic they can be peeled off the metallic surface of the chassis and mounted at a different position should you need to do so. No gluey residue, none. Interconnecting one strip to the other is easy and getting the strips hooked up to the main control box is also seamless. The receiver to the remote (which is connected to the control box via a long wire) is best placed near the side panel as it becomes easier for the remote to connect to it when changing colors. Follow the diagram on the back of the box, slap them in, connect the control box to a molex and job done!
3. The strips are nice and bright. Color reproduction is accurate (except for true white). The brightness levels are nicely scalable with the remote and even at dim levels the glow covers the entire cabinet beautifully (even in full towers). On the highest setting, the LED's are very bright!
4. There are some neat color effects to be played around with (eg: strobes, breathing effect.. etc). I for one prefer static color as strobes of flashing light make me dizzy and leads me to have headaches, but that's just me.
5. No wire mess. Kit comes with barely any extra wires other than the one's needed and the wires are all in black, blending well inside a chassis.
CON's:
1. The product has two strips, yes... but each strip cannot be programmed differently through the remote. What I mean by that is, you cannot have purple on one strip and dark blue on the other. So, going by that if your planning to customize the colors of LED's on the strip or dedicate a single strip in one shade and the other strip in a another shade the kit can't do that. The kit functions with one color at a time, on both strips and uniformly spreads it inside the chassis depending upon your placement of course.
2. Since color differentiation is not possible amongst strips separately you cannot have different zones of color inside your chassis if that's what your intending to do.
(If you want different color zones in your chassis, get the NZXT Hue +).
3. White reproduction isn't white in the truest sense. The white has a slight bluish tinge to it. I find that actually more easy on the eyes and very calming.
4. I'm nitpicking here... but placing the receiver to the remote control inside the chassis so that the remote can send a clear signal to it can be a little tricky but it isn't something awfully tough to do. Give the placement of the kit inside your chassis a little thought and everything should work out nice and easy.
I'm attaching a few photographs here to show how the kit looks when it's working in my rig:
Cabinet/ Chassis in photograph is my Corsair Graphite White 780T Full Tower. (Detailed system specs can be found in my signature).
The Deepcool 350 RGB Kit:
Also, here is a video of the color changing modes:
Hope this helps someone in deciding whether to buy the kit or not. I would say for the price tag of 1.6-1.7k that it's being sold at now (perhaps a little higher online), it's a lovely addition to someone who is looking for illumination inside his/ her computer's chassis.
If anyone has any questions regarding the kit feel free to ask, I will try and answer them.
Cheers!
