Desk Ideas

[joelthezombie15]

So, Im planning on building a desk before i start on my computer because well, i need a desk. So.I need your guys' help.

 

What do you need/want in a desk (Within reason)?

 

I am thinking something like these but im not 100% sure and am open to ideas. 

 

 

 

 

I want a larger desk that I can fit triple monitor on if i can and that i can fit my Case on (Caselabs M8)

 

So ya, what do you want in a desk?

 

Thanks

[Helltech]

Here is the one i built. 

 

Simple design, cheap, and huge. 

[Guest]

Do you have the skills and the access to the equipment you need?

[mr moose]

I personally hate those roll out keyboard trays.  If you do away with that it would be o.k.

[ofr057]

my desk is like that and its 750mm deep , I find thats not enough. (looking at getting a 900mm L desk)

 

also on L desks if your putting in a corner its hard to have 3 monitors.

 

finally cable management - mines got none

[Langdon]

Built in cup holder. 

[ofr057]

Built in cup holder. 

oh and get rid of the draws and get a bar fridge :D

 

vinyl wrap the top so it looks baller

 

how about some of the builds on here make your desk your computer?

 

EDIT: maybe look at ex government stuff in Australia there seems to be abit of it - especially around Canberra

[joelthezombie15]

Do you have the skills and the access to the equipment you need?

Yes I do and if i may say so my self i am rather good at it. 

 

my desk is like that and its 750mm deep , I find thats not enough. (looking at getting a 900mm L desk)

 

also on L desks if your putting in a corner its hard to have 3 monitors.

 

finally cable management - mines got none

What kind of cable management and how would I do that?

[ofr057]

Yes I do and if i may say so my self i am rather good at it. 

 

What kind of cable management and how would I do that?

I would have 3 holes in the desk  and then have a channel running along the back underneath the desk, i would also look at mounting a power board on the back bracing so that you dont have a million cables on the floor (like it do :( )

[Mordecai]

I had a similar situation; I needed a lot of desk space and needed something on the cheap. I ended up gluing and screwing two 3/4" sheets of plywood together, using the full 96" width of the plywood trimmed with depth down 12" to 36". I then covered the plywood with Arborite, although you could use any high pressure laminate or a vinyl wrap if you wanted. The 12" of plywood that I cut off of the depth of the desk I mounted as a panel on the underside of the desk to serve two purposes: a place to mount and secure hardware and cabling, as well as to hide the message of hardware and cabling. For legs/support, a visit to Ikea: The legs were $5 each, and then a grabbed a set of drawers. Ikea makes it easy as all of the legs/drawers/etc. are standard height.

 

There's also some nice cable management baskets that you can hang from the underside of your desk (available from Ikea). I couldn't imagine not using these now.

 

 

[Air tree]

i'm just getting a 50 dollar desk from ikea.

[OddlyShapedTree]

Space, you can never have too much space. Ever.

[The Sweetroll]

Get something old made out of real wood.

[joelthezombie15]

Get something old made out of real wood.

I was going to build my own.