I set out to give iCUE Link a try with my latest PC build. This is a system of PC components that operate using shared connectors and hubs to allow for unified lighting, simple monitoring, and easy expansion. All of which sounds great to me after building many gaming PCs 'the old-fashioned way' over the past year.
It's a noble goal: cut the cable mess, simplify monitoring and control to a single application, and have your PC function as one unified machine. If you've struggled with cable runs or the multiple apps often required to run a gaming PC nowadays are getting you down, the iCUE is sure to appeal. Though it's not a complete homerun, and in fact I found myself more frustrated with it as a system in some ways than more traditional set-ups, but I'll get to that.
