How to choose suitable RGB LED light for gaming monitors?

WS2811 VS WS2812 VS WS2813 VS WS2815 RGB LED strip

LED light strips have become increasingly popular in recent years. They are useful, especially in gaming monitors. For colorful LED light strips, WS2811, WS2812B, WS2813, and WS2815 LED light strips are the most popular products. However, many people don't know the difference between them.

Here we will explain step by step the main differences between WS2811, WS2812B, WS2813 and WS2815 LED lights trips, hope it will be helpful to have.

Introduction to WS2811 Strip WS2811 LED Strip is an economical addressable LED strip controlled by an external IC WS2811. Each IC controls 3 LEDs, so every 3 LEDs can be cut into one pixel. Each pixel can be addressed individually, which makes it very flexible in many applications.

Introduction to WS2812 Light Strip
WS2812b LED light strip is a 5V individually addressable light strip with IC embedded in 5050 LEDs, giving it better lighting performance.

Introduction to WS2813
light strip WS2813 light strip is an upgraded version of WS2812B, similar to WS2812B being an improved version of WS2811, but with intermittent function, when one IC is broken, the signal can still pass.

Introduction to WS2815 Light Strip
WS2815 LED light strip is an intelligent control LED light source that integrates the control circuit and RGB chip in a 5050 component package. It includes an intelligent digital port data latch and a signal shaping and amplifying drive circuit. Dual signal line version, signal breakpoint continuation. Any pixel failure will not affect signal transmission and overall lighting effect.

Is it single point single hole?
ws2811 led light strip vs ws2812 ws2813 ws2815 led light strip
The ws2811 led strip is an external IC. Usually, it is an IC that controls 3 LEDs at 12V or 6 LEDs at 24V. So, the ws2811 led strip cannot be controlled individually. Meanwhile, the ws2812 strip, ws2813 strip, and ws2815 strip all have built-in ICs. They are controlled individually.

Is the voltage drop obvious?
ws2812 ws2813 led light strip vs ws2811 ws2815 led light strip
ws2812 led strip and ws2813 led strip, they are only DC5V, generally, we can only do 5 meters/roll at most. Even in this case, if we turn on the white LED strip, we can see that the LED strip has a significant voltage drop.
The ws2811 and ws2815 light strips are DC12V, so you can only see a little voltage drop when the 5-meter light strip is lit white. Especially for the ws2811 light strip, we can even design it to DC24V, so that we can make a longer length, or a higher power to achieve a higher brightness.

Dual-line transmission, breakpoint resume function:
ws2813 ws2815 LED light strip vs ws2811 ws2812 LED light strip
Both ws2813 light strip and ws2815 light strip are dual signal circuit with intermittent function. This means if one IC is defective, it will not affect the rest of the LED light strip.

ws2811 led strips and ws2812 led strips, they are just single signal IC. If one IC is broken, the rest of the LED strips will work effectively or even not work.

Accroding above intrudtion of these LED light strip, maybe you have a idea which LED light you would like to have for your gaming monitors.