Ekkaro

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This is the Finished product, the PC is out of sight. Scroll down to see how such a small side table is able to bare the weight of a 34inch ultrawide moniter. If anyone is wondering WHY I'd do such a thing it's many reasons......... Wife doesn't like me being locked away in the 'man cave' all the time so I'd been gaming on the couch with my ageing, heavy and hot gaming laptop for a year, it was getting uncomfortable and I begrudged the lack of performace and quality of viewing experience even if the laptop was 17inches IPS. The thought of spending 1.5-2k on another gaming laptop which can't be upgraded made me think outside of the box. It means my wife can watch the awful reality TV shows she loves and I can still grind on Warcraft whilst holding a convosation with her and/or have Netflix on to the side. It's been a complete win win for us both and I got to build my first ever PC which was fucking awesome! This is what I had to start with. It's my original couch side table which I mocked up in sketchup to start planning. The blue illustrating what I want welded onto the original table. The red square represents the foot corner of the couch itself so to make sure everything fits. Calculating the extension distance I can expect. Within the underneath of the couch there are wooden beams sitting perpendicular to my steel 'feet' under the couch. The beams sit on the steel. This means the entire weight of the couch is always pressing down on the steel feet. So the monitor can swing out in any direction without the table ever moving. There is a hdmi cable routed hidden around the room from the TV to the PC so the pc just sees the TV as a 2nd monitor. The monitor fully tilts & rotates. It also move up an down with just 1 finger The frame still needs powder coating and the shelve I added for the computer could of been done alot better. The wires have been recessed underneath the keyboard and routed through to the underneath to connect to a usb hub The hub and wires on the back also recessed.

Might actually consider this, couple of questions. Will the CPU work out of the box with the motherboard or will I need to somehow get a different BIOS on the motherboard? Will I also need a CPU cooler? Also, does the motherboard come with onboard bluetooth? I can never tell for certain.

He wanted a general purpose home PC that can slide into his Tv cabnet an run from the tv with wireless peripherals instead of having to buy another laptop that craps out after a few years. I can't figure out a APU build that's under his budget of £300 ($400) so he's thinking about something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beelink-Windows-Computer-Processor-1000Mbps/dp/B07Y4ZTS4W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XPUQEFBJ752H&keywords=beelink+x55&qid=1579173005&s=computers&sprefix=beeline+x55%2Ccomputers%2C137&sr=1-1 We'd like a ITX build that fits in a case like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DO47IAY?pf_rd_p=f20e70b1-67f9-48d1-8c78-ba616030b420&pf_rd_r=Y4MCR4FPSN1GGKD8K9Q0 The most intensive stuff he might require is streaming netflix on a 4k TV but if that's not possible 1080 would suffice. He won't be gaming or video editing or anything on it. If anyone can suggest a build that fits in the above case for $400 or under I'd be chuffed.

Update I had the monitor mounts arrive in the mail and had to try a test fit even though the table can't support it yet. Excuse the mess, I had all sorts of packages arrive an tools out. I had to stand on the bottom bracket of the table to keep the whole thing from toppling over but it gives me an idea of how it's going to work. The monitor mount won't be clamped to the side I'll drill a hole an grommit mount it so that push the panel further over the arm rest. The last 'arm' of the mount is one of those tension arms that allows easy lifting the monitor up an down. Just need the fabricator to sort the side table an build a pc!

Yes! That's a separate related DIY project I'm actually looking forward to. Going to use a nice piece of oak, hollow out a section for the keyboard to sit recessed and epoxy it in place, epoxy a usb hub in place and route out channels for the cables. Will all be connected through a single USB type C 3.1 extension cable which will be routed through/under the couch so the cable can easily be disconnected and hidden down the side of the seat cushion. I've bought most of the components for this except the actual keyboard. It's proving really really difficult to find a TKL keyboard, UK layout with quiet switches (so I don't drive my wife insane)

After surrendering my man-cave I'm looking at options to bring my gaming setup to the living room couch. The blue bars represent steel 4cm square bars that I want welded on. I've spoken to a fabricator and it's going to be around £130. The monitor is a Acer X34A Predator which is apparantly around 5KG. Idea is that the whole weight of the couch is baring down on the bars along the floor, the couch has a wooden batton near the end of the floor bars going perpendicular to the bars. So I figure when the monitor is hanging over the couch the bars will be pressing against the floor and if I happen to swing the monitor the other side of the table, it would have to lift the whole weight of the couch to have a chance of moving. The diagrams don't show it but there is very little room for bigger table and I plan on adding a shelve within the table which will house a PC I've got to build (never built a PC eek)