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Quick Links:
Pre-Build
Initial Design
Re-Imagining
The Wood
The Computer Components
Redesign with Metal Legs
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BUILDING
Preparing the Wood
Desk - Bottom
Desk - Assembled
Desk - Finished
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Aspects that had to be cut:

• The Monitor Stand is going to have to wait until I can figure out a good way to measure out the screw holes. I mangled the MDF trying. I also need a wider drill bit to cut to the screw size, screwing through MDF is bad mkay.
• I need a new Power Supply, something that will push ~1000, I think. I had to steal the PSU from my old system.
• I'm currently using the 8800 from old system in place of my 260. I believe it's because the PSU can't handle it - I had the same problem when I plugged it into the old system. Once I upgrade the PSU I'm going to try the 260 again. Or I might return it or exchange it for a 285 or even 295

I just finished detailing the more difficult part of this project and wanted to whet everyone's appetite.

I'm getting ready to build a nice, happy new desk for my computer. This isn't a rebirth, since I'm also building a brand new computer into the desk. As you can see from the state of mine, I need it:



Parts list:

Wood(Cherrywood preferrably, need to do some research on strong woods before decision and purchase)
Plexiglass

XFX GeForce GTX 260
ASUS M4A78T-E AM2+ /w DDR3 1333 Support
Phenom II x3
8gb G.SKILL DDR3 1333
COOLMAX 950w PSU
3x 120mm Case Fan
2x 250mm Case Fan
2x 4-port Mini USB 2.0 Hub
Samsung 1TB HDD
WD 360gb HDD
WD 120gb HDD
Cable Ties
ZALMAN 9500A 92mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
Matrox TripleHead2Go DE
3x Acer 20" Widescreen Monitors

plus a wall mount and fourth monitor above the three, but don't have the monitor yet

Below are pictures of the Rough Draft


This is a view of what I picture the finished product to look like. Nice, clean, and the only visible cables are the ones from the peripherals which go into holes drilled explicitly for them. To the left of the keyboard you'll notice a 4-port USB hub built into the desktop, for easy access for non-peripheral USB devices

This is where those cables come out and are lead along the underside of the desk. Built into the side is a 4-port USB hub for peripherals

Here you'll see how I plan to tie the cables behind the desk, and also have a sort of hook to hold the TripleHead2Go. This keeps the monitor cables conveniently out of sight(out of mind) and lets us run just one cable to the video card for all three monitors.

Inside, I have two main 'sections' of cable. One on the PSU side and one between the mobo and HDDs. I can add more hard drives later, as I'll simply be using a thin, pliable aluminum to hold the drives in place. I'll likely also use the same aluminum to give a left-side wall to the optical drives and hold them level and steady.

This is the layout, in the end, of the components. the two 250mm fans will do the majority of the cooling. Both the heatsink/fan assembly(ignore the fan pictured, this is different) will blow their heat straight into the exhaust, moving with the flow of the 250s. I added a couple 120s on the left and in the rear to give some air to the PSU as well.

Additionally, I plan to elevate the board more than is shown in that picture. I hope to have the project finished by the weekend, but we'll see. I also want to stain and varnish the wood.

Shiryu_Libra

great... another desk(more wood for the fire, jejejeje )...

well let's see it

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crashnburn_819

Going to include a speaker set-up in this mod?

Shiryu_Libra

where will be the place of the speakers?

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depricated

The speakers are going to be a wall-mounted surround sound setup. I paused to reexamine the design to see if I could include the speakers, but I don't think it would be acoustically sound to do so. I'm just awaiting arrival of the smaller parts to get started, and those should be here tomorrow.

deadringerr

Dusty!

Looks to be an awesome mod, definitely going to keep track of this one.

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depricated

Bad news!

My measurements are wacky and I can't find any wood to fit that doesn't leave me with huge bits of scrap. Going to redesign tonight with new dimensions. Probably be using poplar or birch, also. Once I have the design ready I'm going to pick up the wood tomorrow and get started.

depricated

New design!



This makes it 6' x 6' total with a 2' depth. At the arc it will have a maximum depth of about 4'.

The reason for the redesign is this: The previous build used 7 4'x8' boards with a whole lot of scrap left over. This new design uses every bit of 2 4'x8' boards, along with 257" of 4x4 and 43" of 2x4

I ordered the wood today, some very good quality birch. I looked around a lot last week and this was the best I found, real nice stuff. I was going to go with Poplar from the same yard but the Birch should stain better. They're cutting it into the sections I want tonight and I'll pick it up in the morning. Tomorrow I'll start staining and get some pictures.

Comp112

Dude, awesome.

Rep+ For this, going to be sweet.

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omaryunus

awesome plans cant wait to see this built

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