Yeah honestly the price scalping is insane. I definitely feel ya with the LED’s lol I like some light in there for backsplash make things visible but I’d rather just buy the parts and not pay an extra $100+ for rainbow custom LED colors+ edition or whateverHorrible time to build a PC, though that has been the case for the last couple of years. Prices are absurd and many things are impossible to find. I've been trying to find a logitech wireless charging mouse pad for almost 6 months now at the normal price. Not willing to pay double the MSRP.
My current rig is a AMD 5900x with PCIe gen 4x4 NVMe. and 2080 Super. I'll probably not upgrade the video card until they come back down to their normal prices but that may not happen anytime soon. May just have to stay a generation or 2 behind there as long as overpriced crypto is around.
My build is in a completely enclosed metal case. I'm going to tick off 99% of the builders but I hate the led look and thank it looks gaudy. Plus it has added even more cost to a lot of the PC components.