Ok so we have decided to go with the strip lights, the only drawbacks I could see with this build was being a little more of hassle to work around and more labor assembling however the saving between the strip and the qb light of equal wattage is substantial and i like having a more uniform light co...

ok, so correct me if im wrong here
for ea 4x8 :
12 QB's and 4 hlg 320 drivers for a total of 1200w ?

Thanks teknik, I had thought about QB's
would 4 lights with 4 qb288's and an HLG 480 driver be sufficient over each side of room which has 2 4x8 trays or do you think an additional light over each side would be needed to really kick ass in that room?
it will be a sealed room with Co2

Cool, thanks
Yeah i know they are two differen animals for sure

I have a 10 light room i am converting and building a 2nd in about 2 months i will post the rooms on here when converted
Here is a pic with current set up the color is off due to the de light

I am looking to replace my De1000 lights with strip LED's , does this sound like a viable replacement:
10 Samsung LT-FB22B 4′ Strips
mean well HLG-600-48 driver
of course appropriate heatsinks and other related parts to complete

any thoughts appreciated.

Thanks

Well I grow quality flower but also want a good yield and no i dont veg in my flower room i always run a separate veg / clone room
Just trying to avoid paying $1300 ea which is what I would pay for the gavita LED

Want to replace 20 de grow lights with led, i am fairly experienced in electronics so i dont think the building part will be a problem but could use some advice on most efficient led's to build to replace my cirrent energy hogs