Re: My First Mod: Computer in a desk
Welcome to TBCS!
I like your mod. I had a similar idea floating around in my head too, but not so much to not see a computer on my desk, but to make space for more than one PC at my desk.
PS, I renamed your thread just a little to reflect what it is.
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Cheers Bucko. Once its all finished and the desk refurbished and oiled its going to look great .. the desk top is 24 inches deep which is plenty with a flatpanel on it. Under one end will be the cabinet .. under the other end two polished steel legs designed to hold up a kitchen worktop .. and blend with my silver Dell monitor lol.
I think I may be able to sell the whole project, once done, as a bespoke piece of furniture for about £2000 including the PC ... not bad considering the whole thing is built from recycled parts. But thats not my point.
PC specs arent that hot but for anyone who is interested its a MSI K8N SLI Platinum Mobo currently housing a 3500+ Athlon64 Winchester core. Thats going to be replaced by an Opteron 180 Dualcore which I can overclock to the max. Graphics not SLI yet - actually a ATI Radeon Saphire X850 Platinum Edition but going to be replaced. And 2Gig of PC3200 RAM. Theres also a TV card in her as she runs both my music and my televisual entertainments.
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Thats kinda cool, reminds my of my old desk where I stashed all my peripherals in a drawer and ran the cables in the area behind the drawers.
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yeah its that +1 :D - stashing the computer itself in the drawer. I have to get two fans to create a good draw through the disks area and accross the mobo surface, one front, one side, then create a waterproof top plate/cover in perspex or even glass perhaps, to seal it from coffee spills (it's under the desk !) and make sure the fans create the draw of air required.
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chaksq
Thats kinda cool, reminds my of my old desk where I stashed all my peripherals in a drawer and ran the cables in the area behind the drawers.
ps thanks :D :D :D I like it too
Re: My First Mod: Computer in a desk
Very cool idea, and like Bucko, I've kicked this idea around a time or two myself.
The only thing that bothers me is the gray ribbon style IDE drive cables. Swap those out for some rounded cables like these, add some looming on the wires coming from the PSU and this would be flawless.
And I love the 'The hammer was widely used' line. I feel like that every damn day at work. :D
Have some more rep, and welcome aboard!
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DrumThumper
And I love the 'The hammer was widely used' line. I feel like that every damn day at work. :D
Have some more rep, and welcome aboard!
Why thanks :D and for the ideas. You can imagine how therapeutic it was using a hammer and an electric jigsaw on a computer build after ten or more years of windows BSOD's.
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Re: My First Mod: Computer in a desk
Tools used Hammer...
Yup i see it..
"You will fit you stupid power supply!! *bang* *bang* *bang* There all good" ;)