Can't Find The Desk You Want...Build It!

[Avid6eek]

Here are a couple before/after pictures of my server setup:

Before:

http://hardware-geek.com/Pictures/deskbefore.jpg

After:

http://hardware-geek.com/Pictures/deskafter.jpg

I've been awfully busy building stuff lately :)

[§hinoßi]

wow, I like the before, thats perfect for me, where did you get it?

[AzN]

that before one looks to crowded. lol.

[Nathan]

Heh I like your case, its the same one I have. Nice and light huh?

Good setup that you have now, mine is a piece of junk...

[§hinoßi]

that old one is good, I have a 21" CRT and its in my freaking way so bad, all I would change is the keyboard thing underneath, those things suck!!

[§hinoßi]

Here are a couple before/after pictures of my server setup:

Before:

http://hardware-geek.com/Pictures/deskbefore.jpg

After:

http://hardware-geek.com/Pictures/deskafter.jpg

I've been awfully busy building stuff lately :)

wow, he even built better awards on his wall.

[AzN]

hahahahaha. nice finding that. i never noticed.

[Avid6eek]

wow, I like the before, thats perfect for me, where did you get it? I don't even remember. I originally bought it because I had a 21" CRT. It was a great desk for that, but with an LCD I don't have the need for so much extra space. It was also very hard to keep organized.

wow, he even built better awards on his wall.LOL...nice catch. Actually this desk is taller so I moved the ribbons above the metals :p

[Zefram]

Good carpenting skill, i must say :eek:

I never would put anything above my head in a DIY DESK, because it will involved serious head injury when, say, a photo printer drop onto your noggin :p

Anyway, i never like those multi-leveled desk like the old ones you have avid, the new one look more sleek and stylish - simplicity at its best :D

[Ominous Gamer]

Wood is so yesterday. My desks are glass, combinations of the Z-line offerings from Staples.
Mainly cause I can't build ************************ with glass and metal.

[NotMyBest2Day]

I've been putting a lot of thought into building my own desk. Mine would be a wrap-around kind of desk, 'cause one of these days I'm going to go with two LCDs, so from left to right it'll be TV, stereo, monitor1, monitor2. Between stereo and monitor1 will be the center of the 90° bend.

I've been doing some work for a capentry contractor. I was playing with his $40,000USD table saw the other day. That thing is niiice. Digitally automated rip fence and if you feel the edge of the wood that got cut, it is glass smooth. Totally awesome.

[Avid6eek]

Wood is so yesterday. My desks are glass, combinations of the Z-line offerings from Staples.
Mainly cause I can't build ************************ with glass and metal. I can't build anything with glass or metal either. I am a fan of wooden desks though. They have a much more solid feel to them, and they help to dampen noise. I also have so much crap all over the prlace, desk shelves help to hide it. If the majority of the desk was glass you'd be able to see right through it to the crap I'm trying to hide :)

Just last week I finished the desk for my main rig. It's more of a bench style because I need room to work on it.

http://hardware-geek.com/Pictures/benchdesk01.jpg

http://hardware-geek.com/Pictures/benchdesk02.jpg

[Zefram]

Wow............. that is sooo nice! Your desk are longer than mine :eek:

Which means more room for HARDWARE!!!


Anyway, wouldnt you want to put your PC ontop of your table? This way you could stare the insides of your PC all day long...... :p

[Avid6eek]

7 feet long :)

The point of the lenght was to allow me to play with open hardware on it.

[BAM!]

lol... nice.... building stuff is fun.

had to go get a dremel today cause part of my car's intake bracket snapped, had to do some cutting and welding. :D always wanted to get a dremel, now i can cut the crap outta that side panel of mine and make a hole for an extra fan :D

[AKHandyman]

Dremels are the way to go, get yourself a flex-shaft and some hardened tips...watch the metal fly!!!

[Skorp]

Man, you build everything, ever. I'll wait for you to buy your own immersion lithography equipment so you can make your own CPUs. :p

And fear my desk (http://forum.pcstats.com/showthread.php?t=32282&page=1)! With its blatantly unmodded stacker! Man, I just havent had the time for mods, now that i've been fired and uni is really kicking in.

[Avid6eek]

Fired? Explain.

[Skorp]

Fired? Explain.
The company apparently has a reputation of not keeping people on for longer than a few months. Which is a damn shame, I like money, but I still live at home, so am not a slave to it. I'd normally be jobhunting right now but i'm waiting til my assignments dont need weekly updates. Stops me cramming. :mad:

I'm gonna end up at the very least getting a temp job over ex-mas, but I cant really find a permanent one as my placement year is next year.

[yahooadam]

very nice work dude

i might post pics of my desk at somtime ...

seeing as my comps by my wardrobe i cut a couple of 8" holes in it for network, printer, server, power and all that connections :)

[FrozenMercury]

Good work there. Which model is your Logitech system there? And having a glass or metal desk would make so much noise. Not to mention cold as hell first thing in the morning.

[yahooadam]

Good work there. Which model is your Logitech system there? And having a glass or metal desk would make so much noise. Not to mention cold as hell first thing in the morning.
also laser mice dont work on glass ...

[Avid6eek]

Good work there. Which model is your Logitech system there? And having a glass or metal desk would make so much noise. Not to mention cold as hell first thing in the morning. Logitech Z-5500's on the long desk, and I forgot the model of the ones on the smaller desk :)

[FrozenMercury]

*Snap* That's right! I forgot about optical mice not working on glass. You just have to tape a piece of paper to it, or use a mouse pad lol. I remembed I had a computer desk at my moms that I think no one uses. I'll have to re-enforce it with some 2X4's or what ever. It's just some particle board, cheapy-doo desk. I'll need to modify it slightly if it's to hold up a 60 pound moniter. Or I could just gather up a few cinder blocks and a sheet of plywood for a computer desk.

[bluegreenshxt]

Logitech Z-5500's on the long desk, and I forgot the model of the ones on the smaller desk :)

The ones on the smaller desk are my Z-560's :)

I wonder if the Z-5500's actually make that much of a difference though...apart from the control center... :confused:

[§hinoßi]

cheapy-doo desk.

.....LOL!! you and your words...

[yahooadam]

*Snap* That's right! I forgot about optical mice not working on glass. You just have to tape a piece of paper to it, or use a mouse pad lol. I remembed I had a computer desk at my moms that I think no one uses. I'll have to re-enforce it with some 2X4's or what ever. It's just some particle board, cheapy-doo desk. I'll need to modify it slightly if it's to hold up a 60 pound moniter. Or I could just gather up a few cinder blocks and a sheet of plywood for a computer desk.
was funny when my sister tryed to use a mouse on her glass desk

her and my dad spent about 5 minuites wondering why it wasnt working, till i came in and said laser mice dont work on glass

also i dont think their great on black surfaces

puched pockets and stuff also have the same effect, though not as bad

[§hinoßi]

most gamer mousepads are black...WTF!!

[yahooadam]

most gamer mousepads are black...WTF!!
weird

well black should absorb the light so it should work aswell on it

then again maybe cos it absorbs the light it removes like extra light and stuff and makes it work better

oh well ;)

[Ominous Gamer]

weird

well black should absorb the light so it should work aswell on it

then again maybe cos it absorbs the light it removes like extra light and stuff and makes it work better

oh well ;)

Please provide where you are getting your info.

**Explained better in my next post** If you are referring to tint, thats a different matter since its based on what the tinting reflects and what it allows to pass unreflected.

Textured surfaces (fUnc sUrface1030) are also a plus for lazer and optical mouse use, this is due to the grooves and pits providing a shadow effect allowing mice to track better since its easier to measure distances.

[Avid6eek]

The ones on the smaller desk are my Z-560's :)

I wonder if the Z-5500's actually make that much of a difference though...apart from the control center... :confused: That's right...they are Z-560's. There is no big difference between the 560's and 5500's. I actually like listening to music better on the Z-560's, while gaming on the 5500's is slightly better. If I didn't own any speakers and had to buy just one set, I'd go with the 560's.

[yahooadam]

Please provide where you are getting your info.

Darker colors absorb heat, not the light itself (very basic explanation); you also have to consider wavelength frequencies. If you are referring to tint, thats a different matter since its based on what the tinting reflects and what it allows to pass unreflected.

Textured surfaces (fUnc sUrface1030) are also a plus for lazer and optical mouse use, this is due to the grooves and pits providing a shadow effect allowing mice to track better since its easier to measure distances.
somone never did science

Black things are black as they do not reflect light

they absorb the light and thus look black

other colours absorb the colours of the spectrum and reflect back their own colour, making them look that particular colour

[Ominous Gamer]

somone never did science

Black things are black as they do not reflect light

they absorb the light and thus look black

other colours absorb the colours of the spectrum and reflect back their own colour, making them look that particular colour

I misunderstood your you interpretation, and you appear to do the same to mine.
To say Black does not reflect light is to make it to simplictic, since as anyone can see, a mouse lazer or optical light does in fact reflect on dark surfaces. Black is also the abstance of light, and thus color (just close your eyes). You can also create black by combining pigments whos reflected light combines into a black color.

Optical and lazer tracking works so well on dark surfaces because of hues and the contrast it causes.

[Avid6eek]

We'll find just about anything to debate here in the forums...gotta love it :)

[§hinoßi]

by the way shiz....the 6 in ur name is whack....discuss!!

[yahooadam]

I misunderstood your you interpretation, and you appear to do the same to mine.
To say Black does not reflect light is to make it to simplictic, since as anyone can see, a mouse lazer or optical light does in fact reflect on dark surfaces. Black is also the abstance of light, and thus color (just close your eyes). You can also create black by combining pigments whos reflected light combines into a black color.

Optical and lazer tracking works so well on dark surfaces because of hues and the contrast it causes.
if science was as simple as they try to teach ;)

[PCgeek]

by the way shiz....the 6 in ur name is whack....discuss!!

Yea that 6 is weak but if he were to use a G it would be too obvious that he's trying to copy me...

[Avid6eek]

I needed some kind of 1337 lettering. Some websites require usernames with numbers/letters so I needed a number in there. Adding numbers at the end just looks lame and unoriginal.

Your onto me PCgeek...I'm after your SN! :p

[chris000001]

...im lame and unoriginal.... :(

[ElrichMeister]

chris000001 you shouldve put "chris1x10^-6, haha im lame

[omga14]

laser and optical are different in there application and build. i have an optical that won't work at all on my old black desk but my laser works just like a ball and chain mouse..........just brought a piece of glass up to test and yup it works. just thought i'd clear that up.

as for the 6 in shiz's name, who cares, he's always shiz to me anyway.

oh, and nice 90 degree carpentry skills bro' :D

[yahooadam]

how many mice are lasers though

all the ones ive ever seen are optical except my G5 ...

[chris000001]

theres a few laser mice out... the MX-1000 (which works on black but not on glass) the g5 and g7 and the mouse that comes with the MX3000 wireless desktop are all the laser mice from logitech

[yahooadam]

lasers may work on glass but optical mice defintely dont, certainly not properly

[chris000001]

well my mx-1000 deff doesnt work on glass

[PCgeek]

Omga if you put the glass on top of another surface its gonna work. It doesn't work when you try glass by itself.

[omga14]

nope, had it on my lap with the portion i was using the mouse having nothing under it. i don't know if i just got lucky but it works for me. obviously if you place the glass on another surface it's just like using the underlying surface to use the mouse.

[speedy11309]

my mx310 works just fine on my glass desk. my laptop mouse, well thats a different story.

[yahooadam]

nope, had it on my lap with the portion i was using the mouse having nothing under it. i don't know if i just got lucky but it works for me. obviously if you place the glass on another surface it's just like using the underlying surface to use the mouse.
actually im not sure to what extent this is true

as the light enters the glass it will refract

if you look at the edge of the glass during use you will see the laser light at the edges (unless its got those polished edges)

[hifideliti]

my friend bought the first desk at staples...but i was wonderin...does anyone no of anny place else thaey kan get the first one from???

[omga14]

all the glass tops for the in tables and such have polished edges.

[Justin]

Whats wrong with wood? Better sound from subs! My GFs Altec V2221s sound almost as good as my Logitech 640s (bass wise). Also im using a metal desk...so that doesnt help, damnit :p

[NotMyBest2Day]

Well I resurrected this thread to prevent making a duplicate..

I needed a desk in my "data centre" which is nothing more than my sister's room since she moved out a year ago.

I had the plywood laying around already, and all I had to purchase were four 2x4x96's.

small wing [1280x960; 184,648 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/IMG_0002.JPG)
large wing [1280x960; 224,971 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/IMG_0003.JPG)
sort-of whole desk [1280x960; 200,004 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/IMG_0004.JPG)

And yes, I know the room is pink. It's the same color as Pepto Bismal. I didn't choose it.

[FrozenMercury]

Looks solid. Now You have to paint the room a nice manly colour like blue, or John Deer green. Actually, the computer room I'm in is pink lol. A light pinkish colour. Ooh, no, it's salmon. Now that's a tough fish, grrr!

[Goosey]

My room has flowers and hearts on the wall:scared: ...oh well was like that when I moved in it....

[PimpMySystem]

Wood is so yesterday. My desks are glass, combinations of the Z-line offerings from Staples.
Mainly cause I can't build **** with glass and metal.

i disagree wood will always be nice besides you aint gonna tell me glass is more comfterable : its easier to break lasermouses wont be as precise and it can be very cold on the other hand wood looks warm and feels warmer then glass and if u take the right type of wood it is way much pretier with a bit of design :D

[homer gonerson]

Well I resurrected this thread to prevent making a duplicate..

I needed a desk in my "data centre" which is nothing more than my sister's room since she moved out a year ago.

I had the plywood laying around already, and all I had to purchase were four 2x4x96's.

small wing [1280x960; 184,648 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/IMG_0002.JPG)
large wing [1280x960; 224,971 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/IMG_0003.JPG)
sort-of whole desk [1280x960; 200,004 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/IMG_0004.JPG)

And yes, I know the room is pink. It's the same color as Pepto Bismal. I didn't choose it.

I don't think you have enough creams and such off to the right there, you need to go buy some more http://forums.filefront.com/images/smilies/lol.gif

Well, my desk is simple. Its actually 2 of the exact same desks from Ikea. I've done no modding yet, but I plan to cut a piece out of the back of the spot where my PC is, so it can stick out the back, because currently, the sticking out the front 5" isn't working so well with my chair. It's quite messy, I need to clean up around here soon. Can anyone find my 20mm bullet?

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/105/p1010159zy0.jpg

[yahooadam]

5 pc's ?

and i think there is another unbuilt one in the front right too

they all work ?

[NotMyBest2Day]

Hey, the creams are left over from when my sister was living here. We finally emptied the room out a few weeks ago, and I built an extention to the "short" wing.

as far back as I can go [853x640; 50,309 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2024.jpg)
what I used to have to work with [853x640; 60,903 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2025.jpg)
currently active rigs [853x640; 45,727 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2026.jpg)
CD-ROMs, HDDs, floppies, PCI cards, P-IIs, PSUs [853x640; 56,027 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2027.jpg)
these four are always going to be hooked up; neat wiring [853x640; 61,433 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2028.jpg)
a look behind the rigs [640x853; 91,238 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2029.jpg)
close-up of the active rigs [853x640; 48,273 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2030.jpg)

I'm pretty proud of this setup. Daedalus (left-most rig) is my Athlon MP rig, and since it has two NICs, my house network comes into NIC1 and the rig is a DHCP server/router for the network that NIC2 creates with the rack-mount switch. Icarus is my clean and neat wiring (http://forum.pcstats.com/showthread.php?t=37483) rig. Apollo is 64-bit, and Athena is one I slapped together last weekend and it has a KT7A-RAID board in it with a gig of SD-RAM.

[homer gonerson]

Hey, the creams are left over from when my sister was living here. We finally emptied the room out a few weeks ago, and I built an extention to the "short" wing.

as far back as I can go [853x640; 50,309 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2024.jpg)
what I used to have to work with [853x640; 60,903 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2025.jpg)
currently active rigs [853x640; 45,727 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2026.jpg)
CD-ROMs, HDDs, floppies, PCI cards, P-IIs, PSUs [853x640; 56,027 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2027.jpg)
these four are always going to be hooked up; neat wiring [853x640; 61,433 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2028.jpg)
a look behind the rigs [640x853; 91,238 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2029.jpg)
close-up of the active rigs [853x640; 48,273 bytes] (http://www.lifelessempathy.net/pics/pcstats/desk/pict2030.jpg)

I'm pretty proud of this setup. Daedalus (left-most rig) is my Athlon MP rig, and since it has two NICs, my house network comes into NIC1 and the rig is a DHCP server/router for the network that NIC2 creates with the rack-mount switch. Icarus is my clean and neat wiring (http://forum.pcstats.com/showthread.php?t=37483) rig. Apollo is 64-bit, and Athena is one I slapped together last weekend and it has a KT7A-RAID board in it with a gig of SD-RAM.

Very nice setup (and collection of parts, you could start a wholesale shop http://forums.filefront.com/images/smilies/lol.gif. Yeah, I saw that thread for that wiring job, and I must say, you've done a very nice job! I don't have quite enough patience to do that.

5 pc's ?

and i think there is another unbuilt one in the front right too

they all work ?
Yeah... heh.... there's actually 7.
(From left to right)
Main PC (Athlon 64 3500+, and works beautifully)
PIII (kinda works, having some HDD problems)
Sister's Computer (Duron 3100+, I think, having problems loading windows)
Dad's old computer (Pentium PRO 188mHz 256kb cache, lmao. works)
HTPC in temp case (P4 and Radeon AIW 9600XT, works, installing software currently)
The top of a black case behind the open case is my sister's friends PC, Compaq. She's having modem problems, I'm working with it, probably just drivers.
And the open-air PC works, but I'm in the process of moving it to a new "case"

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/6236/ammoboxsmallql8.jpg

[yahooadam]

nice stuff NMBTD

wish i had the time, and wire length to make my case uber neat like that ;)

anyway, ill try and get an updated pic of my setup at some point
menna be doing homework atm, but ofc im on PCstats :p

[ElrichMeister]

oooh i got a computer graveyard too, let me take some pics and ill post them later

[homer gonerson]

oooh i got a computer graveyard too, let me take some pics and ill post them later


Please please, don't call it a graveyard. They don't come here when they die, they come here to be reborn.

[Viper409]

Well, I don't have anything like that. I just have two old desks slapped together. I'll post pics when I get home. I'd like to get a nice corner desk to replace them.

[PimpMySystem]

We have a nice handmade on at home its a corner one and its just big enough for 4 people to work peacefully il make and show some pics later this day if u wanna see how its done :p

EDIT: here they are
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i138/Suikoden72/DSCN0971.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i138/Suikoden72/DSCN0970.jpg

goes to show you what you can do by placing simple planks and shelves ;) besides, if u looke carfully on the upper image viper you will see there are only two desks here to :)

EDIT2: thats not me there just in case you thought so.

[3DGuy]

Its not techincally built our selves but we put it together :D and sorted the layout ;)

http://www.3dvirtualtours.co.uk/officefinal1.jpg

http://www.3dvirtualtours.co.uk/officefinal2.jpg

http://www.3dvirtualtours.co.uk/officefinal3.jpg

Also if you want to see something crazy. I noticed that trunking on the wall for your power NMB2D but we also got the same :D Just a bit more dence :D

20 Power sockets, 1 phone/next conection. :D

Separate ringmain to power the office so if a fuse blows elsewhere in teh house all the comps in teh office dont shut down. So its kinda well isolated off :D

20A dedicated power lines. Just for a heads up Kitchens here usually get 30A the electrician said and they use 3kw kettles washing machines and dishwashers. So he said youd be lucky to max this out :D but said if you get close hed change it up for more :D.

Take a look :D this was before the desks arrived.. and re decorated

http://www.3dvirtualtours.co.uk/powersockets.JPG

[Philaroni]

I don't even remember. I originally bought it because I had a 21" CRT. It was a great desk for that, but with an LCD I don't have the need for so much extra space. It was also very hard to keep organized.

LOL...nice catch. Actually this desk is taller so I moved the ribbons above the metals :p

i realy need a new desk what did it all cost for that and what did you need to do it?

[PimpMySystem]

nice desk 3DGuy i like it :) the only problem i have here is that it is a tiny little bit messy :D and you dont really see it but i dont have to much private space next to my laptop but i dont see how al your stuff is kept in that closet if im not mistaken :s we have two big closets on the other sie but i dint make pictures of it and still its cramped mainly cause one of them is for my dad and the other one half for school :(

[3DGuy]

Ah theres a big built in cupboard behind those photos on the other wall parents put te rest of their crapinside. i mainly use consumerables so its inc cartragesand paper and my stuff in teh left unit. and i got a draw system under desk. and then also my gaming comp upstairs in ym room with guitars and drums and such. you know the personal stuff not the work/office stuff

[Sadistic]

Wish I had the tools on hand to try and build a desk. My friend bought this one for me as an apartment warming gift.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/2281/deskma5.th.jpg (http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deskma5.jpg)

[homer gonerson]

Love your case, I had a setup like that for about a month while installing stuff for my ammo box :). Wanna clean up that little wad o' cash on your motherboard tray by any chance?

[Sadistic]

haha sorry desk was a bit of a mess when i took that pic. usually theres nothing there, not even a keyboard.