Razer Chroma Hardware Development Kit

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I really want to like this product but... the cost is just way too prohibitive. I understand there are R&D costs etc but when you can buy almost 10 meters of addressable RGB LED strips for around the price of the expansion kit alone personally i just can't justify it.

The control unit + expansion costs AUD$170 from the razer store - that's vastly overpriced compared to competing products such as the corsair node (less than half that price for a controller + 4 addressable strips). Maybe it's a problem with the web store's inflated prices (Blackwidow Chroma V2 is AUD$340 on razerzone compared to AUD$215 at my local PC store) but it's going to have to come down a lot for me to bite.

This would've been an instant buy if the price was just a bit more reasonable. Razer products are generally somewhat competitive on price for feature set compared to competitors but this one is vastly out of line with it's AUD$100 "works with synapse" surcharge

emm2600
I really want to like this product but... the cost is just way too prohibitive. I understand there are R&D costs etc but when you can buy almost 10 meters of addressable RGB LED strips for around the price of the expansion kit alone personally i just can't justify it.

Well you are correct there, about R&D costs, however I think that this kit currently is meant for developers not average end users, hence the high cost of the first few units.
Do not quote me on this, but I am almost certain that the price will drop somewhat within a few months (probably 20-40 bucks at most though).
Since similar kits with a controller are only somewhat cheaper, however they lack so many effects and features. (closest I can think is NZXT Hue+).

You partly misunderstood me - Chroma SDK dev's, not the "real" ones out there, who would indeed make their own software to those cheap LED strips.

Either way the price point is not that high compare to other similar competitors.
DIY is always (almost) cheaper, than buying something ready for end user.

PlatinumC
You partly misunderstood me - Chroma SDK dev's

Oh. Duh. 😳

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!! I have been waiting so long for you guys to come out with this. So we get a new razer desktop chroma case right?

Can anyone beat me for earliest forum post about LED chroma strips? Pretty sure I came up with the idea gif me a job at Razer please Razer /what-would-you-like-to-see-next-from-razer.1573/page-150#post-212528

Maygenj2
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!! I have been waiting so long for you guys to come out with this. So we get a new razer desktop chroma case right?

Or at least offer a kit to change over the case that already exists in a DYI fashion. Honestly it wouldn't be that hard to replace the bottom two lights and the front panel, but a bit expensive to change the entire case just for Chroma. Hope they do think of away to change out some of the lighting!

VAsRhdHachiRoku
I was wondering about these, I was thinking 4 for the case and 2 for the monitor is that possible I know one box can handle 4, but is 4 too much inside the PC case?

I'm assuming you can hook up two of these to the same PC without any issue?

I seriously think you are overthinking this, I see one, tops 2 being enough for the case itself (internals).

Don't know about Razer strips as such, but other LED strips have been successfully and beautifully used as 4 strips around the window. Looks awesome.

Well SDK means in developement anyway, so who knows, maybe their aim is to get more Chroma apps, features, etc done with the strips before S3 release? would be cool.

i cant wait to pick this up and try it for myself!