I shall attempt to post this again, after talking with W1zzard. Thanks for the help guys.
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Hello all
After reading through a few desk build logs I decided that I wanted to share in the awesomeness and convert my current desk into something nice. This will also clear room for my legs underneath the desk by removing the case from the equation since my desk is only 32" long. I'm also no master craftsman here, this is probably the most I've ever attempted to build something other than a simple box I made once out of plywood, lol.
Now I wasn't really planning on doing a build log but it will be cool to track my own progress and probably motivate me to continue working on this project and eventually building a custom desk once I've had my test run on the one I already own. So bear with me as I collect more pictures.
My desk was just a standard cheap desk from Target (or Ikea I forget) with a keyboard drawer, nothing fancy. My idea was to remove the drawer, put a bottom underneath, cut a slot on the left side for 2 hi-speed fans and a slot on the right side for the power supply. I got a sheet of steel sheet metal from this guy for $15 to attach all the hardware to and wrapped the sheet in this reflective material I found online. I took the original top to the desk and brought it to a glass cutter and had him cut a piece of glass for the top, only $60.
Intel Core2Quad Q9550 @ 3ghz have o/c'd up to at least 3.4ghz (Currently running at 3ghz due to heat constraints)
2 x 2GB DDR2 RAM
EVGA GeForce 560ti GTX o/c
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
700w Corsair PSU
Storage
3x 500GB WD Caviar Green Internal HDD
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1x 1TB WD Caviar Green Internal HDD
1x 250GB WD Caviar Blue Internal HDD
(These are both situated inside a Thermaltake dual SATA dock)
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1x 650GB WD MyBook External HDD
1x 500GB WD MyBook External HDD
Monitors
1x Samsung SyncMaster 220WM 22" Widescreen monitor
1x Samsung SyncMaster 930b 19" monitor
Fans
2x generic 120mm fans
Interwebz Connection
40/35 FiOS
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Desk mostly put together in this picture, nothing is plugged in checking everything for fit.
Same picture as above just more frontal, when the front that used to be the keyboard drawer is lowered the DVD drive is than accessible.
You can kind of see that in this picture on the right hand side, sorry my cell phone has no flash.
Here is the desk in its home in the corner.
The next two shot swill show how dirty my stuff is
Here's an overhead shot of everything right now.
So those are all the pictures I have so far, these are only 3-5 days into the build. Right now I am waiting for 2 new fans, a touchscreen controller, and a couple LED's to come in.
These should be arriving shortly, I am excited:
2x Delta FFB1212EH-F00 120mm Case Fan @ 4,000rpm
Lamptron Touch 6-channel fan controller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkahwEzVl8o
I can't figure out how to embed video on here
LOGISYS Computer MDLED5BL Blue 5LED LASER LIGHT
LOGISYS Computer CLK12UV 12" UV COLD CATHODE KIT
I also ordered the CORSAIR Hydro H70 CWCH70 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler but I am going to return it and start saving towards a custom loop liquid cooling system. Right now I am looking at something like Swiftech MCP655-B pump, Aquacomputer aquatube G1/4 reservoir or depending on size a FrozenQ Liquid Fusion 400ml reservoir, Xtreme NOVA 1080 Radiator w/ 9 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon Fan @ 1850 rpm, most likely use EK High Performance waterblocks for CPU/GPU.
Hope I didn't forget anything, and I will be posting more pictures once I get my packages in the mail hopefully by Saturday. Thanks for being interested, I plan on doing a lot more refining to this desk and eventually building one from the ground up!
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Hello all
After reading through a few desk build logs I decided that I wanted to share in the awesomeness and convert my current desk into something nice. This will also clear room for my legs underneath the desk by removing the case from the equation since my desk is only 32" long. I'm also no master craftsman here, this is probably the most I've ever attempted to build something other than a simple box I made once out of plywood, lol.
Now I wasn't really planning on doing a build log but it will be cool to track my own progress and probably motivate me to continue working on this project and eventually building a custom desk once I've had my test run on the one I already own. So bear with me as I collect more pictures.
My desk was just a standard cheap desk from Target (or Ikea I forget) with a keyboard drawer, nothing fancy. My idea was to remove the drawer, put a bottom underneath, cut a slot on the left side for 2 hi-speed fans and a slot on the right side for the power supply. I got a sheet of steel sheet metal from this guy for $15 to attach all the hardware to and wrapped the sheet in this reflective material I found online. I took the original top to the desk and brought it to a glass cutter and had him cut a piece of glass for the top, only $60.
Intel Core2Quad Q9550 @ 3ghz have o/c'd up to at least 3.4ghz (Currently running at 3ghz due to heat constraints)
2 x 2GB DDR2 RAM
EVGA GeForce 560ti GTX o/c
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
700w Corsair PSU
Storage
3x 500GB WD Caviar Green Internal HDD
--------------------------------------
1x 1TB WD Caviar Green Internal HDD
1x 250GB WD Caviar Blue Internal HDD
(These are both situated inside a Thermaltake dual SATA dock)
--------------------------------------
1x 650GB WD MyBook External HDD
1x 500GB WD MyBook External HDD
Monitors
1x Samsung SyncMaster 220WM 22" Widescreen monitor
1x Samsung SyncMaster 930b 19" monitor
Fans
2x generic 120mm fans
Interwebz Connection
40/35 FiOS
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Desk mostly put together in this picture, nothing is plugged in checking everything for fit.
Same picture as above just more frontal, when the front that used to be the keyboard drawer is lowered the DVD drive is than accessible.
You can kind of see that in this picture on the right hand side, sorry my cell phone has no flash.
Here is the desk in its home in the corner.
The next two shot swill show how dirty my stuff is
Here's an overhead shot of everything right now.
So those are all the pictures I have so far, these are only 3-5 days into the build. Right now I am waiting for 2 new fans, a touchscreen controller, and a couple LED's to come in.
These should be arriving shortly, I am excited:
2x Delta FFB1212EH-F00 120mm Case Fan @ 4,000rpm
Lamptron Touch 6-channel fan controller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkahwEzVl8o
I can't figure out how to embed video on here
LOGISYS Computer MDLED5BL Blue 5LED LASER LIGHT
LOGISYS Computer CLK12UV 12" UV COLD CATHODE KIT
I also ordered the CORSAIR Hydro H70 CWCH70 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler but I am going to return it and start saving towards a custom loop liquid cooling system. Right now I am looking at something like Swiftech MCP655-B pump, Aquacomputer aquatube G1/4 reservoir or depending on size a FrozenQ Liquid Fusion 400ml reservoir, Xtreme NOVA 1080 Radiator w/ 9 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon Fan @ 1850 rpm, most likely use EK High Performance waterblocks for CPU/GPU.
Hope I didn't forget anything, and I will be posting more pictures once I get my packages in the mail hopefully by Saturday. Thanks for being interested, I plan on doing a lot more refining to this desk and eventually building one from the ground up!