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Hi All I had previously planned a custom build using aluminium extrusions but life got in the way.. I was looking at picking this up again/going for the Lian Li DK-05f but that's still a huge amount for features I don't care about/what I'm getting. I'm in China and found this alternative, it's not as nice but it's also 1/6th the price (1600mm version): https://item.jd.com/10069540491835.html#crumb-wrap Overall it'll do the job I need, but there's one issue, my GPU. The block is enormous, I made the rookie mistake of not checking the dimensions before buying and I can no longer fit the side panel on my O11DXL. I'm fairly certain that it won't fit here (I'll check) so there are 2 options using a PCIE riser. If there's a product that will allow me to put this over the MOBO (maybe using the MOBO standoffs?) this would mean minor alterations to the desk. Cut away the rear left fan mounts (keeping the screw holes) and get someone to fab a bracket to fit there that will hold a PCIE riser Option 1 would be preferable as there's be less cost due to less fab work. Does anyone know of a product that would work here? Many thanks in advance! -
Budget (including currency): <500 USD (for the pc itself) Country: Mexico Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: An always-on, probably Linux, server pc hosting all sorts of stuff. Should be able to connect to eGPU for remote heavy lifting. Other details I've got a standing desk, a 2020 Acer Spin, and a Razer Core Chroma. I will be buying a GPU for it as it becomes available. My goal here is to have a no-compromise setup. A good laptop, portable GPU power, and a server PC back at home to take advantage of the Core when it's not with me. I also want the setup to look as clean as posible. I attached a few images of how everything looks right now. Please excuse the bad cable management. Surge protector should be glued/screwed under the desk, and egpu cable should be longer and go trough the arm, so it looks cleaner and it is long enough for the laptop to charge while being used in the bed. I plan to add more monitors down the road, as money becomes available. End game is four arms and three monitors (plus the laptop one). Now, here comes the brainstorming... My first thought was to have a mini PC like the intel NUC, and hold it to a VESA mount behind the laptop arm. This way, when I unplug the laptop I just plug the cable into the NUC, which would be right there, and it's all done. This could also take advantage of the custom cooling I made for the laptop (see pictures), as it would be in close proximity to it. Nevertheless, this would add unnecessary bulk to the laptop arm, making it harder to maneuver, and probably cost some flexibility when expanding. The "server" pc is meant to be fixed, so it could just as well be screwed below the desk. An ideal scenario would be to have some sort of switch that "connects" the core to the laptop whenever its plugged in, but "connects" to the server when it is not. I am not aware of any device that does that. I don't want to need to dig below the desk, or accidentally forget to plug it back every time I leave. So, condensing everything into questions... What is a good and discrete solution for the server pc device? What would be the approach for managing the server/laptop switches?
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Hi, everyone. I am looking into getting a new laptop since my current one is going on five (5) years old. However, I what to be able to easily remote into my desktop PC from the laptop. Do you have an recommendations for a way to do so that is also secure? I will be doing CAD work by remote access if needed for my classes and other school and work related things. Any help is appreciated and thanks for the help in advance. -
Its in Hindi but they are just talking about specs. But they do show all sides of the desk including the cable management and stuff. Is this good? -
Hi This is my first post on linustechtips.com. At the moment I'm working on a custom, watercooled desk PC. The theme will be black with copper accents like the watercooling pipes and other components. I've already started with making the desk and buying the components. It's a slow but steady work in progress. I thought I'd share some sketchup images of the project with you, together with some build log photo's. PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: Parts list: Components i7 6700k EVGA gtx 1080 SC ASROCK Z170 Extreme 7+ 16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 3200MHz Corsair RM850i (Will make custom cables myself) Samsung 850 EVO (I've not decided on how much storage and how many drives) (Water)cooling EK FC-1080 (The 1070 version doesn't have a copper version) EK Supremacy EVO Copper/plexi EK-res X3 400 Alphacool NexXos UT60 radiator Alphacool VPP655 PWM + Eisdecke D5 plexi Corsair SP120 fans Nanoxia Coolforce CF1 fittings This is the top-view of the model, as you can see not all the parts are added in the sketchup model because that would be too much work. It's just to get an idea of the model. As I already stated, the desk will be black with copper accents.
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How many fans to keep a desk PC cool would you say at the dimensions of 40W/100L/14H?
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Hello friends My name is TMX and I'm from Vancouver, Canada. I'm posting a build log of a project I'm working on. I originally started posting this on overclock.net but i thought you guys might be interested as well. I was inspired by L3P's wall mounted desk design and decided I wanted to make something similar. The idea of a self-contained desk-case with no wires hanging out really appeals to me. That being said I'm also designing a leg-mounted version in case I move and it is unfeasible to wall-mount a desk in the new space. I'm using Autodesk Inventor to design the desk specifications. Here's the layout design with major pieces included: The desk measures roughly: Width: 50" Depth: 24" Height: 7" (For you metric folks that's roughly 1300mm wide, 600mm deep and 180mm tall.) I don't like flat, square, boring objects, so I've created a slanted edge case with beveled edges. All the edges have a nice .25" fillet as well to give it a nice rounded look. The idea is to create a central desk piece that is suspended within a rectangular metal frame. The metal frame is then attached and supported by detachable wall mounts or legs. The frame will most likely be made out of high strength aluminum or possibly thin stainless steel. Depending on cost and availability. Heres a quick gif: Here's some images of the design in wall mount format: Here's some images of the design in Leg mount format: I've got my parts and water loop planned out, but its going to take some time to order all the parts. Some are out of stock so I may need to wait a bit. Unlike L3P I have neither the vendor or financial support so progress will be made when I have either the time or money do to so. My apologies in advance for the pace of progress. Little by little this project will get done. I've got more updates to post so bear with me. Feedback and comments welcome!
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Hey guys! Really looking for some help with a custom watercooling project. I've had incredibly little experience with custom loops bordering on essentially none. Despite that fact, I've decided to do a relatively complex project and there's no stopping me. Im building a PC inside a desk and I want to do a custom watercooling loop. My main hang ups are the drain and fill ports and Im seeking advice. Since the whole loop is horizontal there is no "lowest point" where I would naturally put the drain port. That on top of me having no idea how it all works is why I am here. The 2 crude drawings below are my best attempts at coming up with 2 solutions. The best option I saw so far was the ek xres multiport resovoir top pictured. My question is: if I put the drain port right after the pump and the pump is right after the res, could I just run the pump until the res starts to get low? That seems like it would make life so much easier. In either case, the drain port would go through the bottom of the table. Let me know which of my 2 plans seem better, or if there is a 3rd option you guys would recommend. For the record I plan on using a d5 pump and an xpsc crossflow radiator for a cleaner look IMO
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Hi LTT community! So, I am building a desk and I'm planning to make the PC inside that desk. I want to water cool the CPU but I don't have a very big budget, around 1500€, so I'm saving 200€ to the water cooling loop. That means that I've a total of 1300€ to build my PC (including monitor). I'm from Portugal so things are more expensive here, but I plan to find the cheapest price in Europe (price+shipping). The aim of the build is essencially to be my work instrument as well as a gaming one. I need to work with Autodesk Software like Revit, Autocad, Robot, most of the times all at once... I will be doing some programming too and, of course, I'll be using the basic Microsoft Office software. I want to play high end games too, like GTA V, Mafia III, Witcher 3, Battlefield 1, etc... But the main focus for this machine is going to be working. I also plan on doing a lot of multitasking and I'd like a big monitor. I've some pieces in mind that you can check here but you can change any of them. If you help me I promise to post a complete post of my build. Thank you for you're help!
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So, I made a post early today and some mates here in the forum helped me out. You can check it here. I decided to go with this build, reminding you that my budget was only 1500€ (monitor included). I was pondering in making a water cooling loop right away but I'll buy a cheap air cooler insted untill I save money for a good loop. Share you're opinions with me and please tell me if I'm doing anything wrong or if I should change anything in the build. Thank you for your opinions.
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Hey Guys. It seems everyone has started posting/building all these custom desk builds lately. And I've started to notice a trend with all of these custom desk build. They are all lacking style & design function. It seems everyone starts with a desk size then just builds it and then part placement is almost an afterthought, leading to poor airflow, loud acoustics & poor cooling results. Soooo... while bored at work this morning I decided that give the design a go with the tool I had available to me on my work PC. And this is what I've come up with. The idea is to totally separate the main cooling from the main hardware to have the least turbulence & airflow restrictions. Inspiration for this comes directly from wind tunnel design, where by air is forced through a chamber where chamber size dictates pressure & air speed. This way you can run low rpm but still achieve high static pressure where it counts but at a much lower noise level. The cooling chamber are perfectly sealed to maximize the efficiency, even around the radiators so air can only come in through the front inlets and only exit through the rear fans. no fans are mounted directly on the radiators at all. As said this is purely a concept, no math or anything has been used. So real world results could be wildly inaccurate to my theory. But if designing a desk build.. this is exactly what I'd be aiming for, not just a box with legs with parts randomly places inside. Tell me what you guys think of the idea, thoughts on if it would work etc.
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Was thinking for a future scrapyard wars they could do a desk pc build. What do you think?
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I got the inspiration to do this from Linus’s desk PC build. This is still in very early stages but it’s going to be made out of 19mm MDF with a tempered glass top of course. It’s going to be able to hold 2 pc’s at once, one for gaming the other for nas/ capturer pc/ what ever. what do you think of my sketch up so far??
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I tried to build a desk pc like Linus did. Instead of using flexible tubing, I wanted to use hardline tubing despite this being my first custom loop. I did make a few other changes such as only having one pump. I am unable to get air bubbles to go to my fill port which is the long tube stretching from the reservoir. I tried running the pump and it is unable to get air out or even move water. How should I finish filling my loop. Draining tips afterwards would be helpful too.
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So I built a desk pc, based off linus's build. But instead of custom loop liquid cooling, i stuck with the stock air cooling. You can see the build log here: Now the problem I'm having is one of all the extra space on the left hand side. The side that linus has all the water cooling parts. Originally I had planned to build a storage server or stream pc on the other side, but now, I don't know. I pivoted my business so I no longer need the stream pc, and so far in the last 5 years, the 2tb hdd I have plugged into my router has been more than adequate for my storage needs. I'm kind of at a loss for what to do on the empty side. I'm kind of thinking of putting my network equipment in there, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Hi I'm planning to build a desk pc for the least amount of money possible. even the components will be sourced for free or buyed second handed... I'm from Portugal... so it's not going to be easy... let's get started: The plan is this: The dimensions are not yet defined because i have to find a piece of glass to put on top but.. it will be about 1200mmX600mm..the height will be 160mm tops... I want the desk as slim as possible. I already have some components... The Processor is a Core I5 750 and the motherboard is a gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 with 2 sticks of 2G DDR3 and a 4G DDR3 Memory. All of this components were for free and they were the inspiration to start this project... The graphics card is a ASUS GTX 950 and it costed 80€... the PCI-E expander was about 5€ the disks and the power supply were also for free... and the 140mm fan these are not great components but most of them were for free so i will not complaint. Also i want to watercool this components on the cheap as well but first i will built the desk. now to find that glass!!! see ya!
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check out my custom built desk PC! It was all scratch built by me from 1/2" MDF. It has a fake floor for tubing and cabling, so nothing underneath, and the radiator fans have an air channel underneath that routes all the air behind the desk. 24 hour AIDA FPU and CPU stress test along with unigine heaven simultaneously , temps max out at 60C -
Hi, I have a question: When building a desk pc you normally use a piece of glass, What thickness should the glass be. Other than that I know that I should use safety glass, but should it be thoughened / laminater or both I hope someone will know the answer, Zwamdurkel
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Hi, I'm planning to build a desk pc. I was wondering if there's anything I should change or look out for Please tell me any tips and tricks. Thanks in advance, Zwamdurkel
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Hello! My name is Govind Joshi, and I'm a 15 year old from Texas, USA. I was astonished by the desk PC build log, for it seemed like a very innovative idea! Therefore, I would like to recreate the project, with a few changes suited to my own needs. The 2 major changes are to the shape of the desk, and the lack of water cooling. I have attached the blueprints I created for this build, and I have just a few questions for you. How would I supply power to the fans on either side of the table? One thing to keep in mind is that I will be using the Silverstone Fan Hub. Secondly, is water cooling necessary for a custom build like this one? I am not going to overclock, and it'll just be an everyday use PC with gaming on the weekends. Also, I'm not familiar with using LED Strips; the only ones I found had to be plugged into the wall. I'm sure there are strips that plug into the motherboard itself, so do you have any recommendations? Lastly, Are there any big problems with my current plan? Feel free to point out anything you'd like! One final question I have, is that is it possible to get personal sponsorship from corporations for something like this? What is the process for applying for sponsorships? I know for a fact intel isn't gonna send me an i7 6950x, but I would like to at least try to approach these companies. I would be more than happy to "spread word" about the companies and their products, but the only people who will listen are maybe the 6 other tech nerds I know of from my school. Thank you for reading through this, and any reply will be greatly appreciated!
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Hello everyone! I am brand new to this forum, and I am glad to have joined, for I have seen several useful tips and tricks here and there that I couldn't find elsewhere/ Anyways, I am going to jump straight to the point. I want to create my own desk PC, but I have little experience with woodworking, nor does my dad. After quite a bit of research, I created blueprints for myself (attached). My main question is, how will I provide power to the fans on either side of the desk? It seems near impossible, for the length of the fan connectors is often just 6" or less. I was going to use a silverstone fan hub, but it still does not fix the power problem. One other concern is what exactly I will put on the right side of the desk. Do you have any recommendations or ideas? Finally, if there are any problems with the rest of the plan, please feel free to point them out! Thank you very much for taking the time to help me!
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Objective: Highly Optimized Low Budget PC Low power consumption Run office application fast Dust free & Efficient airflow fiber glass case attached under desk Build : Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU Intel Pentium G3240 (2 Core 2 Thread) @ 3.10GHz 3MB Cache CPU Fan Intel Original CPU Fan Thermal Compound Cooler Master V1 IC Value RAM 4.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 698MHz (10-10-10-25) Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. H81M-CS (SOCKET 1150) Display LG IPS FULLHD (1920x1080@60Hz) Graphics Intel HD Graphics Storage 59GB TS64GSSD370S ATA Device (SSD) 931GB StoreJet Transcend USB Device (USB (SATA)) PSU 450W Power supply Issues : Over heat detected in system ( See log files attached ) The system temperature was tested using Speccy, HWMonitor and Crosair Link. Found 104 °C ~ 106 °C temp reading on motherboard. But I cannot find anything unusual inside the system. ( URGENT HELP NEEDED ) Airflow planning is not going well ( See image file ) Need to plan dust free case setup HWMonitor.txt SPECCY.log
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I am building a desk PC and have decided that I want a gtx 1070, but I am confused about whether to get a founders edition or aftermarket cooler. I also want something that I can get a waterblock for when I come to water cooling. Can someone point me in the right direction?
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Hi all, I'm Neomuffins. First time caller, long time listener. My last car payment is next month, and tax returns are right around the corner so I thought I would plan out a new PC. Then my desk broke. So now I'm planning a Desk PC! I'm deep in the planning stage at the moment. I've decided to hold off on picking out specific PC parts because the desk build is going to take a little while, and by the time I'm ready for parts new stuff is sure to be out, and prices are sure to be different on current stuff. I'm just planning the build around having an ATX size motherboard, a GPU laying down, 2 quad rads, 2 pumps, 2 PSUs, and a car stereo amplifier. The question is, will all that fit inside this: Note that the 9" depth should actually be 7" because there will be a steel frame, covered by MDF in the bottom of the compartment to prevent the desk from warping. Length and width-wise I should be able to organize everything easily under the glass portion, but is 7" going to be enough clearance? I'm probably going to water cool the ram (for looks), so the bend that comes out of the memory waterblock would probably be the highest point on the motherboard. If you are wondering why there will be a steel frame inside, this picture should answer that: It's gonna be a sit/stand desk, with 14" of lift. I've reached out to a few companies about good, high quality, linear actuators with position feedback, so until a I make a decision I can't really model them in, but 2 are going to sit inside that steel telescoping column. The top of the column will be bolted to the frame inside the desktop so it can be taken apart for easier moving, getting thru doors, ect. I'm not quite done with the sketchup model, but I have 2 months to get it perfect before I start buying materials and put pencil to wood. I would love to hear any thoughts on the design. Should I keep up a "buildlog" through the modeling phase? TL;DR: Is 7" enough height to build a water cooled PC in?
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Is my motherboard starting to die? I build a desk PC and when I put the hardware in previously working parts started to act funny. First I had issues with PCIe risers bought TT and all seems good now While dealing with the bad riser I believe my 960pro m.2 died, or windows is corrupt haven't looked back into it After finally getting it running I have feedback on my audio system, thought I was from my diy job and have been looking into how to fix a ground loop waiting on isolators but then I try my front panel audio through the "asus front base" and I have static there too, I remove the internal HD audio cable and plug the headphones into the rear audio and it seemed to have worked better. But I try the front panel base with a better cable and same static, even through rear audio. theres a forum on ROG about removing a 0 ohm and it fixing that, haven't tried it. I try to play games and ancestors drops to 20FPS after a bit of playing. I try control and it crashes to desktop after about the same time. Yesterday while I went to use facebook my mouse (wired usb) was not responding and it seems as if 2 of my USB have died I plug the mouse into another port and continue to facebook and it was as if my keyboard was then acting up (wireless usb) Been having some random restarts all this time Is my motherboard dying? Are my subwoofers causing to much EMI? Have they permanently damaged anything?
