Wednesday, January 6th 2021

GELID Announces Astra ARGB Sleeved Extension Cables

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Jan 6th, 2021 11:42 Discuss (20 Comments)

Tech innovator GELID Solutions unveils the latest ARGB extension cable series featuring sophisticated lighting and 18 AWG multilayer single sleeved wiring. The ASTRA is a product of GELID Solutions GAMER product line. The ASTRA comes with the special braided fiber-optic module and 24 ultra-bright RGB LEDs (16 RGB LEDs in the 8-Pin/16-Pin cable version) boasting unboundedly vivid RGB lighting. It's super easy to install, also easy to flex and bend, and the cable assembly is tailored to a thickness of just 20 mm to ensure hassle-free connectivity to your motherboard and GPU.

The cable wiring is built upon 18 AWG copper wires and carries multilayer single sleeving to provide enhanced reliability, improved heat resistance and better power efficiency. The ASTRA features ARGB Sync via the two integrated 3-Pin ARGB cables and supports all modern motherboards with addressable RGB functions: ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI or ASRock. You can use any lighting preset or design your own vivid flaring effects with compatible ARGB software. Additionally, the integrated ARGB cables are complemented by daisy-chain headers and protective cable-caps to facilitate connectivity inside your PC.

"Cables can make it too! With the ASTRA series you get the ultimate solution that features spectacular RGB lighting, supports strict power requirements of the latest CPU and GPU, and ensures reliable power delivery for your gaming rigs", said Gebhard Scherrer, Sales Director of GELID Solutions Ltd.

The ASTRA is available now and comes with the following options:

8-Pin ATX Cable (CPU Power Connector), has a MSRP of USD 38.99 / Euro 31.99
Dual 8-Pin GPU Cable (Dual PCI-E Power Connector), has a MSRP of USD 37.99 / Euro 30.99
24-Pin ATX Cable (ATX Motherboard Connector), has a MSRP of USD 43.99 / Euro 35.99

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20 Comments on GELID Announces Astra ARGB Sleeved Extension Cables

thesmokingman

Just when you thought they'd run out of things to RGB...

Chris34

talk about useless junk...

Valantar

Why does it have RGB control cables on both ends? Wasn't there enough clutter with them on just the one side?

noname00

thesmokingmanJust when you thought they'd run out of things to RGB...

It actually an old idea :roll:

Durvelle27

$40 for one cable

Atleast make it a ugly set

But man why is this necessary

mechtech

For when there are no cpus or gpus available or in budget you can still spend money on your PC ;)

Valantar

Durvelle27$40 for one cable

Atleast make it a ugly set

But man why is this necessary

I sincerely do not believe "necessary" is a word that ever comes into contact with products like this.

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Oh, they went with a cross-weave design on this one instead of straight lines?

Hmm, at least its different

Caring1

ValantarWhy does it have RGB control cables on both ends? Wasn't there enough clutter with them on just the one side?

"the integrated ARGB cables are complemented by daisy-chain headers and protective cable-caps to facilitate connectivity inside your PC."

#10

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

daisy chain is the best thing about generic ARGB, by far. the stock header having no clicky connector sucks ass, but it's still preferred over all these proprietary methods.

#11

Valantar

Caring1"the integrated ARGB cables are complemented by daisy-chain headers and protective cable-caps to facilitate connectivity inside your PC."

There are daisy-chain headers on both sides; each cable has both male and female connectors. So no, that's not it.

#12

Animalpak

This type of products attracts people who just build PC's just for aesthetics for show and nothing else. They dont know what to do after they finished building it other than making artistic pics. Just useless waste of resources.

They dont play with it, they just buy everything that is pricey custom shiny RGB, even CPU waterblocks and radiators emptying the stock in the few shops that sell water cooling components.
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#13

Kokorniokos

AnimalpakThis type of products attracts people who just build PC's just for aesthetics for show and nothing else. They dont know what to do after they finished building it other than making artistic pics. Just useless waste of resources.

They dont play with it, they just buy everything that is pricey custom shiny RGB, even CPU waterblocks and radiators emptying the stock in the few shops that sell water cooling components.
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I don't think it's just for show. People enjoy being creative in all sorts of ways, so decorating a pc could be a way to express yourself and get involved with something artistic. Beauty matters, so having an object in your space, trimmed to your liking is important.

#14

Valantar

KokorniokosI don't think it's just for show. People enjoy being creative in all sorts of ways, so decorating a pc could be a way to express yourself and get involved with something artistic. Beauty matters, so having an object in your space, trimmed to your liking is important.

Yep. I don't necessarily agree with people's aesthetic choices, but dismissing them as somehow "wrong" (as clearly demonstrated in the post you quoted) is still rather silly. Choosing a utilitarian look is still an aesthetic choice, as is not prioritizing aesthetics whatsoever (i.e. not considering it and letting whatever may appear be as it is). There are some pretty interesting historical and cultural links between the hegemony of straight white male culture and utilitarian and minimalist aesthetic choices (perhaps most explicitly in the feminizing and devaluation of focusing on aesthetics), and the relatively consistent presentation of deviation from this norm being a choice, while adherence to the norm not being a choice is a clear-cut demonstration of the type of privilege (through the world conforming to your wants, rather than being in conflict with them) enjoyed by various dominant groups in various contexts. Everything is a choice, though not necessarily one made consciously, and none of us have anything resembling full control over our choices - the complex negotiated process of influence that is socialization ensures that. We're all to a large degree taught what to like and not, what to appreciate and not, what conforms to our ideals of identity and not, etc.

#15

Kokorniokos

ValantarYep. I don't necessarily agree with people's aesthetic choices, but dismissing them as somehow "wrong" (as clearly demonstrated in the post you quoted) is still rather silly. Choosing a utilitarian look is still an aesthetic choice, as is not prioritizing aesthetics whatsoever (i.e. not considering it and letting whatever may appear be as it is). There are some pretty interesting historical and cultural links between the hegemony of straight white male culture and utilitarian and minimalist aesthetic choices (perhaps most explicitly in the feminizing and devaluation of focusing on aesthetics), and the relatively consistent presentation of deviation from this norm being a choice, while adherence to the norm not being a choice is a clear-cut demonstration of the type of privilege (through the world conforming to your wants, rather than being in conflict with them) enjoyed by various dominant groups in various contexts. Everything is a choice, though not necessarily one made consciously, and none of us have anything resembling full control over our choices - the complex negotiated process of influence that is socialization ensures that. We're all to a large degree taught what to like and not, what to appreciate and not, what conforms to our ideals of identity and not, etc.

Really beautiful choice of words! Hat's off to you sir!

#16

Chrispy_

So now your cables need cables.

What about the cables for your cables? They aren't RGBLED. I can see an obvious improvement for version 2 of these....

/s

Seriously, WTF is happening to the PC market. We can't buy actual components but the Chinese vajazzle clowns are coming outta the goddamn walls. Game over man; game over!

#17

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Chrispy_So now your cables need cables.

What about the cables for your cables? They aren't RGBLED. I can see an obvious improvement for version 2 of these....

/s

Seriously, WTF is happening to the PC market. We can't buy actual components but the Chinese vajazzle clowns are coming outta the goddamn walls. Game over man; game over!

ARGB the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

#18

Valantar

Chrispy_So now your cables need cables.

What about the cables for your cables? They aren't RGBLED. I can see an obvious improvement for version 2 of these....

/s

Seriously, WTF is happening to the PC market. We can't buy actual components but the Chinese vajazzle clowns are coming outta the goddamn walls. Game over man; game over!

Well, one thing requires factories costing billions of dollars and highly trained technicians etc., the other is various combinations of commodity LEDs, cheap PCBs, cables and some plastic housings. It really isn't strange that the latter isn't facing a shortage :p

#19

Wshlist

On top of everything when you overdo RGB it really loses its luster.
'Less is more'
You see the same issue in so many things lately, like the writing of TV shows for instance, or game design, if you don't put limits you just get boring junk.

#20

Chrispy_

WshlistOn top of everything when you overdo RGB it really loses its luster.
'Less is more'

I'm not a huge fan of RGBLED but my case has a window (there wasn't a windowless version) and the Noctua NH-U12 is pretty much dead center, so I run a White LED fan on it. Goes with the white backlit NZXT logo on the PSU shroud and that's the only lighting in my system.

Looks classy to me but:

I didn't really get a choice. The window and the case lighting was forced on me, given that I wanted that case design.
I don't give a shit and never look at it, other than as a quick way to check whether my PC is on or off.
nobody else ever sees it, and if they were the sort of people who got excited about RGBLED my respect for them would be lowered.
I had to install some bloatware to turn off the horrible green GEFORCE RTX logo that clashes with everything. Clearly I do give a little bit of a shit.

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