SilverStone LS04 ARGB Light Strip Review

• Built with high quality and bright 2020 sized addressable RGB LEDs
• Advanced material enables uniform, dot-free lighting while remaining super flexible
• Dual sided lighting allows for more mounting and display options
• Displays any color by use of an addressable RGB LED control box or capable motherboard
• Included magnetic clips provides more installation freedom
• Supports daisy chaining multiple light strips

The first thing you will notice is the shape.  Instead of being a flat strip the LS04 is a rectangle.  This shape can be beneficial in a computer case situation where you typically shove a LED strip into the corner and try to make it fit.  LED strips rarely place nice and is not always the cleanest solution.  With the LS04 we are given two lighted sides to the strip. 

One of the biggest issues with LED strips in general is that you can see the individual LEDs.  Some strips offer a frosted cover in an attempt to blend the light however, that was never really the issue.  The problem has always been the gap between the LEDs being large enough for the light to fall off.

Below is a good example of this.  Across the top is the SilverStone LS04 while the strip below is another Addressable RGB strip from Silverstone the LS03.

As you can clearly see the LS03 is a traditonal LED strip with 12 LEDs per strip.

The SilverStone LS04 features 40 LEDs in a single 450mm long strip essentially almost quadrupling the number of lights on a single strip and finally creating a very smooth transition along the length.  The increased number of lights has two drawbacks. 

First there are some controllers only support a certain number of lights on each lighting channel so, if your build requires a daisy chain of LED strips the extra lights could be an issue and may even burn out the controller. 

Next there are some controllers also make an assumption as to how many lights are on every strip you connect.  Typically this could be 16-18 lights per strip and the lighting patterns are configured under that assumption.  What that translates to is a Addressable RGB pattern that is broken in the middle.