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Ekkaro

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    Ekkaro got a reaction from DJ46 in I built a PC into my couch side table   
    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.
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    Ekkaro got a reaction from Meganter in I built a PC into my couch side table   
    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.
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    Ekkaro got a reaction from MadAnt250 in I built a PC into my couch side table   
    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.
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    Ekkaro got a reaction from Wingfan in I built a PC into my couch side table   
    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.
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    Ekkaro reacted to boggy77 in Help! Save my bro from buying this.. (Beelink X55 mini pc)   
    Cheapest you can go is this.
    PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Athlon 3000G 3.5 GHz Dual-Core Processor £46.57 @ CCL Computers Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard £104.88 @ More Computers Memory Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £39.99 @ Amazon UK Storage TCSunBow X3 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive £25.99 @ Amazon UK Case Silverstone ML05B HTPC Case £47.59 @ CCL Computers Power Supply SeaSonic FOCUS SGX 450 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply £80.47 @ Scan.co.uk   Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts     Total £345.49   Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-01-16 11:35 GMT+0000    
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    Ekkaro reacted to boggy77 in Help! Save my bro from buying this.. (Beelink X55 mini pc)   
    It should work out of the box. It has a cooler included, you need to check whether it fits in the case.
    Yes, it has wifi and Bluetooth.
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