PC DESK TABLE - RETAIL

[Jimmyhocki]

Hi all,

 

I have recently started a PC building company and have sourced a manufacturer who is going to construct a PC desk case where the PC will be set into the table with a glass top to enable you to view the components inside.

 

My question to you all is.....is it worth it?! would you buy such a thing, and if so how much would you be willing to pay!

 

Designs are in the pipeline so I cant give you an exact image of how it looks but there are quire a few custom mods out there that will give you at least an idea.

 

any feedback at all would be greatly appreciated!

 

 

 

 

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

What you are up against:

https://www.caseking.de/gehaeuse-und-modding/computer-gehaeuse/tischgehaeuse

 

There are also many of those cases made of wood and they are all quiet expensiv.

Depends on the Design / Look / Feel / Coolness- & wow-factor. 

[Simon771]

It's a great idea, but only the top 1% of the 1% people will be able to afford this.

 

Those desks alone will cost over 1000$ if you want to have anything decent really.

 

Best I can do is 300€  

[Jimmyhocki]

Thanks guys, I have been looking down the wood design route... have a quotation so far at 6/700 if i buy in bulk so I can make it more affordable to people.

 

 

[Jimmyhocki]

@ItsTheDuckAgain I have seen the Lian Li desks and I must be honest I really dont like how they look, i wouldnt be competing with them in design at all in all honesty. I have attached the desk that best suits the idea I want to follow - 

[Mi26]

Not really interested in these type of table since the price and maintenance would be high unless I d.i.y myself one. And it's rather a niche market where only a few percentage of pc user are buying 

[TidaLWaveZ]

If you can produce a large number at a much more affordable price than Lian-Li then you could make some good money.

[Jimmyhocki]

 

@TidaLWaveZ Thank you, I was of the same mind to be honest, I can definitely manufacture them and sell them cheaper - its just finding an outlet to sell them. I am making a website for myself and going to have to do some SEO to get it up on google - fingers crossed!

[DaBeggad]

2 minutes ago, Jimmyhocki said:

 

@TidaLWaveZ Thank you, I was of the same mind to be honest, I can definitely manufacture them and sell them cheaper - its just finding an outlet to sell them. I am making a website for myself and going to have to do some SEO to get it up on google - fingers crossed!

post the site then

[Jimmyhocki]

@DaBeggad haha very true!

I am finalizing the design with manufacturers so thus far nothing to post, soon as I have my first one fully built I am going to take a collection of pictures to post on the site and get things going! Soon as things get going I will open up another thread for people to have a look around!

my website is currently under development and is far too embarrassing to post just now

[DaBeggad]

@Jimmyhocki ok dude

[Jimmyhocki]

@DaBeggad =P  but thanks for the comments guys - any and all feedback appreciated. quite excited to get a little project going - just hope it takes off!

[michaelocarroll007]

17 minutes ago, Jimmyhocki said:

@DaBeggad =P  but thanks for the comments guys - any and all feedback appreciated. quite excited to get a little project going - just hope it takes off!

I think there Might be Room at the 3-400 price range. So many people love the Small Leg and Table Tops From Ikea minimalistic Designs. I would imagine Something like this Minimal Nothing fancy but clean shoudlnt be crazy cost to produce and something regular people could afford.  Not many Spend more then 150-200 on a desk and 100-150 on a case IMO but if it could be of a similar cost to what there already going to spend they might go for it 

[ShaunOfNintendo]

@jimmyhocki affordable PC Desks that you can build your PC in? You have my attention sir!

[Jimmyhocki]

Haha, well I will put a note on this thread of my website when things are up and running - I think I will take the last comments on board and design one with the £400 mark with the "Ikea" like minimalism and then gear one up for the higher end of the market around the £1000.

 

So far in terms of manufacture I have a quote on the higher end, not too dissimilar to the picture I included at the top -  at around the 900 mark so I would look to retail them around the £1000 -  but I can get discounts on buying in bulk - so lets hope I don't end up with 20 tables sitting in my shed for eternity!

 

any design preferences over the image already attached feel welcome to let me know! 

 

for being part of the process I am happy to pass on the desk at my cost price to any of you guys who have commented in this thread helping me out! Hopefully will help me raise awareness when it finally rolls out - just leave me good feedback and I can put it on my website! 

 

 

[Jimmyhocki]

For those who really want to go crazy they have said they can put an electronic height adjustment in there too but that would be talking about £600 extra all in so I probably wont invest in putting that into each one but just if someone wanted it I will offer the option.

 

I have many options as to the design but I think a hard wood top is my own personal preference? but it can be any kind of wood/any colour. 

 

For the "ikea" option I would probably offer it a cheaper painted wood as this would get the price down quite significantly.

 

James.

[Jimmyhocki]

Any more thoughts guys?

 

I am having a motherboard tray manufactured for the desk and was thinking a side loading GPU slot would be more attractive as you could see the GPU

 

Or would people be more interested in an SLI arrangement?

[DaBeggad]

1 minute ago, Jimmyhocki said:

Any more thoughts guys?

 

I am having a motherboard tray manufactured for the desk and was thinking a side loading GPU slot would be more attractive as you could see the GPU

 

Or would people be more interested in an SLI arrangement?

you could do both with a extra gpu mount that you can position like you need it

[DaBeggad]

7 minutes ago, Jimmyhocki said:

Any more thoughts guys?

 

I am having a motherboard tray manufactured for the desk and was thinking a side loading GPU slot would be more attractive as you could see the GPU

 

Or would people be more interested in an SLI arrangement?

good idea would also be to integrate a configurator where you cant choose how the gpus are mounted, mainboard location, glasstype or watercooling holes... you could get more money for that  (but give it to me then)

[DaBeggad]

4 minutes ago, DaBeggad said:

good idea would also be to integrate a configurator where you cant choose how the gpus are mounted, mainboard location, glasstype or watercooling holes... you could get more money for that  (but give it to me then)

or the woodtype, the measurements or the windowsize etc

[Jimmyhocki]

Haha yeah why not! I do hope this takes off haha putting a lot into this at the moment

 

For the cheaper option I was thinking to go for something a little like this? Obviously colour would be an option - doesnt have to be white.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371601132020

 

I will have them manufacture it with the drawer so you can pull it out for maintenance and a false bottom for cable management

[Jimmyhocki]

yeah the more expensive wood option I will let people choose the type of wood

[DaBeggad]

1 minute ago, Jimmyhocki said:

yeah the more expensive wood option I will let people choose the type of wood

 i think with a configurator this could take off .... because i dont know anybody who sells configurable pc desks

[Jimmyhocki]

I am sure I can design it so the back panel is interchangeable, the slot for the motherboard mount could then go middle, left or right along with the holes at the back and then just sell with the option chosen or sell the spares separately so people can change at a later date.

 

The glass panel at the top being interchangeable might be complicated/expensive as it would lose quality if it was removable - so would start moving the price up on the cheaper model which I really wouldn't want.

 

thoughts?

[DaBeggad]

6 minutes ago, Jimmyhocki said:

I am sure I can design it so the back panel is interchangeable, the slot for the motherboard mount could then go middle, left or right along with the holes at the back and then just sell with the option chosen or sell the spares separately so people can change at a later date.

 

The glass panel at the top being interchangeable might be complicated/expensive as it would lose quality if it was removable - so would start moving the price up on the cheaper model which I really wouldn't want.

 

thoughts?

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