Replaced my Battle Station

[Jason 57]

I finally got my new desk built, sanded, stained, assembled and now installed!

Still have a bit more cable management to accomplish, but at least it is functional. 

The Mess before I started. 

 

This is what my workstation has been like for years.

 

 

Our robot vacuum would constantly get caught on the cables, and they bothered me.

 

 

Not much room.

Had to clean the space while I had the chance.

 

Old desk next to new. Sorry for the blurry photo.

 

The new one fits. My cat Bennett (Benny) agrees. 

 

Here is my cable management system. 

That is a metal bracket (I bent out of Aluminum bar stock) holding the UPS and a Rain Gutter downspout extension I am using for a cable raceway. $6 instead of the nice metal IKEA one for $35. 

 

Putting stuff on the new desk. 

 

Here is my first cable management for my desk attempt. At least our robot vacuum can get under there now. 

 

 

And now my tower is no longer on the floor anymore. 

 

 

I appreciate all the feedback and ideas while I was doing this!!!

 

Hey @Mateyyy, @TofuHaroto what do you think? 

 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Jason 57
I meant to tag people.

[AzzaNezz]

why not make a mini shelf on the legs of the table and put pc on there and both monitors next to each other.

It would look nicer,and your robot can still access the floor.

And for extra points take some led strips and you can put them in the back to make space look even nicer

[Jason 57]

1 hour ago, AzzaNezz said:

why not make a mini shelf on the legs of the table and put pc on there and both monitors next to each other.

It would look nicer,and your robot can still access the floor.

And for extra points take some led strips and you can put them in the back to make space look even nicer

My daughter told me, my computer is about performance, not RGB lighting. Lol

It's why I got the Performance version of the Lancool II Mesh. 

The 2nd display is actually a drawing tablet, so it stays on the flat part of the desk. 

I thought about just putting a shelf on it to get the tower of the floor, but this is the first time I have been able to look at the build I have done. 

 

Thank you for the ideas though. I have an entertainment center to build next. Maybe I can get some lights on that. 

[AzzaNezz]

11 hours ago, Jason 57 said:

My daughter told me, my computer is about performance, not RGB lighting. Lol

It's why I got the Performance version of the Lancool II Mesh. 

The 2nd display is actually a drawing tablet, so it stays on the flat part of the desk. 

I thought about just putting a shelf on it to get the tower of the floor, but this is the first time I have been able to look at the build I have done. 

 

Thank you for the ideas though. I have an entertainment center to build next. Maybe I can get some lights on that. 

Aha ok,i didnt know it was drawing tablet my bad.

If you like it like this leave it.

I am type of person who doesnt like normal rgb,and i leave my case under the desk for space

[Jason 57]

Just now, AzzaNezz said:

Aha ok,i didnt know it was drawing tablet my bad.

If you like it like this leave it.

I am type of person who doesnt like normal rgb,and i leave my case under the desk for space

Yeah, I forgot to mention it at the beginning. My bad. 

My son's battle tower has a BUNCH of RGB. His is in the background. Not the best picture. 

 

I do want another Ultra-Widescreen monitor (2K probably, can't afford a 4K yet) for my main screen.

Figured I would put this old one on a mount above it. 

 

The desk is 0.75" plywood and 2"x 4" studs for legs. I wanted to make sure it could hold weight!!

That is why it has 6 legs. 3 for the tower area. 

 

 

 

 

[AzzaNezz]

2 hours ago, Jason 57 said:

Yeah, I forgot to mention it at the beginning. My bad. 

My son's battle tower has a BUNCH of RGB. His is in the background. Not the best picture. 

 

I do want another Ultra-Widescreen monitor (2K probably, can't afford a 4K yet) for my main screen.

Figured I would put this old one on a mount above it. 

 

The desk is 0.75" plywood and 2"x 4" studs for legs. I wanted to make sure it could hold weight!!

That is why it has 6 legs. 3 for the tower area. 

 

 

 

 

Thats gonna be fine setup with wide screen and screen above it.I will want to make that kind of monitor setup but in a year or so when i have money for proper setup

[Jason 57]

So there have been a few upgrades since the last time I remarked on this. I did get a Gigabyte 34" Ultrawide 2K 144Hz monitor. My plan was to get a mount to put the old Ultrawide above it. But my brother-in-law was asking me about a cheap PC that he could play SWTOR on. 

Funny thing, My old setup did exactly that. And my wife wanted more stuff out of the garage, so I put some pieces back into my old case. I cleaned out the dust, put some other drives into it. Let him pick out a keyboard and mouse from my pile. Then gave him the old Ultrawide. 

Needless to say, I took his breath away. I told him, I would rather give my stuff to family then try to sell it. 

 

First change was keyboard. I got a Roccat Vulcan Pro full size mechanical-optical keyboard. Then a Razer Deathadder wireless mouse. Bought a GN wireframe mouse Autographed and an iFixIt pro tool kit. 

Then I got my first aftermarket CPU cooler, the Vetroo V5 Black cooler. 

 

A Leven 2TB SSD

 

Sabrent 1TB NVMe Gen 4 drive for doing video conversion on. 

 

Lastly Artic 120MM x2 and 140MM x2 fans. 

Sorry for taking it with the glass on.

 

The 120MM fans pull air through the PSU shroud and one 140MM fan is after the CPU cooler to aid exhaust. 

 

So far temps have gotten much better. At idle the GPU is about 34C and 53C with the GPU fans at full throttle while gaming. 

The CPU runs about 53C pretty much at idle and full load. 

 

And the color on the CPU cooler is not for aesthetics, it indicates the temperature of the CPU. Blue is <40C, Green is 40C to 80C (I think) and Red >80C.  

 

Any feedback is greatly appreciated. I had one of the 140MM fans pulling air from top before the CPU cooler. It didn't seem like it helped my temps.