Razer chroma hardware development kit review in Spanish (full analysis)

Razer Chroma Hardware Development Kit is an advanced RGB LED lighting kit that will help us give our desktop an incredible aesthetic. The complete kit consists of four RGB LED strips, four extender cables and a controller that will allow us to manage everything in a very comfortable way from the Razer Synapse 3 application.

First of all, we thank Razer for the trust placed in ceding the product to us for analysis.

Razer Chroma Hardware Development Kit technical features

Unboxing and design

Razer Chroma Hardware Development Kit is made up of two parts that are sold separately to offer more flexibility to the user. The main kit contains the controller together with two RGB LED strips, two extender cables, a power supply and a good number of cables and adapters to maximize the possibilities of use. Secondly, we have that secondary kit that is a complement, this one offers two RGB LED strips and two extender cables. In this way, Razer can offer a cheaper base product, and the most demanding users can complement it if they want to get the full experience. Each of the kits is offered in a black cardboard box.

This kit can be used both inside the PC and outside, the large number of accessories makes the use options as many as you can imagine. The best way to use it is by connecting the controller to a USB port on the PC, in this way we can use the Synapse 3 application to take full advantage of it. In this case the power supply to the set is made from the same USB cable.

We can also power the controller from the power supply of our PC or from the power supply attached in the kit, in this case we must use the attached cables to convert a four-pin Molex connector from the PSU of our PC to DC, or the USB port of the attached power supply.

Let's see in detail all the elements that the complete kit contains:

The 4 50 cm RGB LED strips with 16 LEDs each:

The four 30 cm extension cables:

The power supply and its adapters for different types of plug:

USB-Micro USB, Molex-DC and USB-DC cables:

The 4 channel RGB controller:

To use the set we only have to connect the RGB LED strips to the extender cables and connect these to the controller, we show you how it is with a connected strip. We highlight that the LED strips have an adhesive on the back, to place them in a very simple way. All connections use proprietary Razer connectors, so we cannot use other LED strips or other extenders.

The next step is to connect the controller to a USB port of our PC, to the power supply of our PC or to the power supply attached to us by Razer, the choice of one or the other will depend on the use we want to give it.

Razer Synapse 3

Razer Chroma Hardware Development Kit is controlled from the Razer Synapse 3 application, this time the application only offers the Chroma lighting section, something that was already expected given the nature of this product.

On this occasion we have all the usual possibilities in the Razer Chroma system, the application offers us the typical predefined lighting effects among which we find some as popular as the color wave, the breathing effect and many others. Added to this is the advanced mode, which will allow us to independently configure each of the LEDs of the four strips, the most foodies will be able to spend hours creating their preferred configurations. It also offers us the possibility of regulating the intensity of the lighting.

We go to see how the set looks once assembled, we have placed two strips behind a monitor and the other two behind the table, in this way all the light is reflected on the wall and creates a spectacular effect. The possibilities of use will depend a lot on the imagination of each one.

At this point, we point out that once the kit has been configured with Synapse, the configuration is kept in the internal memory of the controller, so that we can disconnect it from the USB port and switch to feeding it from the PC power supply or the one attached with the kit., the settings will be kept.

Final words and conclusion about Razer Chroma Hardware Development Kit

Razer Chroma Hardware Development Kit is the most advanced RGB lighting kit that we can find on the market, it is a high quality product, which has been designed to meet the needs of the most demanding users. All components have a very careful design and high quality, just as the brand has accustomed us to in all its products.

The controller offers us multiple possibilities when it comes to feeding and using it, this means that the options for using this RGB kit are almost endless, only the user's imagination will set the limit. The only thing we miss is a cable to connect the controller to a USB header on the motherboard, it is the only thing missing to be perfect.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ WIDE POSSIBILITIES OF USE	- HIGH PRICE FOR THE COMPLETE KIT
+ 4 RGB LED STRIPS AND 4 EXTENSION CABLES	- NO CONNECTION TO USB HEADER OF MOTHERBOARD
+ VERY CUSTOMIZABLE WITH SYNAPSE 3
+ STRIPS INCLUDE ADHESIVE
+ HIGH QUALITY OF MANUFACTURE