My Desk PC

Vlad Soroceanu · 10 May 2020 at 12:51

Hi there,

I starting working on the plans for my desk PC. I was thinking of building the desk from palettes and I already measured all the parts. The drawing has a 1 to 10 scale, 1 cm = 10 cm.

Left hand-side section will be covered with tempered glass, the monitor will be on a swivel arm and cables will come from the back. Fans will be mounted on the sides.

Any ideas for improvement?

Sam__ · 11 May 2020 at 15:13

Have you thought about airflow and fan placement?

Also worth considering cable management as early as possible.

Deleted member 77746 · 11 May 2020 at 15:17

Make it as tidy as possible. If you going to build one build it right first time.

Endure routed for cables with plenty airflow.

Vlad Soroceanu · 11 May 2020 at 16:21

Sam__ said:
Have you thought about airflow and fan placement?

Also worth considering cable management as early as possible.

3 fans on the side and 3 fans on the back. Not decided if it is going to be positive or negative pressure yet. When it comes to the cables I will buy sleeved cables, something like
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/CORSAIR-...d=1&keywords=psu+cables&qid=1589210438&sr=8-5

Vlad Soroceanu · 11 May 2020 at 16:22

mrbell1984 said:
Make it as tidy as possible. If you going to build one build it right first time.

Endure routed for cables with plenty airflow.

I will do my best! I am thinking of drilling holes near each component and routing the cables under the box.

Sam__ · 11 May 2020 at 20:55

Vlad Soroceanu said:
3 fans on the side and 3 fans on the back. Not decided if it is going to be positive or negative pressure yet. When it comes to the cables I will buy sleeved cables, something like
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/CORSAIR-...d=1&keywords=psu+cables&qid=1589210438&sr=8-5

£100 for a set of cables! Holy Mary mother of

Vlad Soroceanu · 12 May 2020 at 11:31

Sam__ said:
£100 for a set of cables! Holy Mary mother of

Well, I'll try to find cheaper ones. That was the first link I found of the type of cables I was thinking about.

Vlad Soroceanu · 12 May 2020 at 11:33

Does anyone have experience with drilling holes for fans? I am not sure how to position the fans given I also want to place dust filters in front of them? The fans would be a 140x140mm, but they come in a square shape so not sure if I place them in the hole (which would have to be a triangle) or place them on the inside of the box with the hole in front of them. Ideally I'd like them flushed to the box so they should fill the hole, but I find that a bit problematic when it comes to mounting them.

Sam__ · 12 May 2020 at 12:26

Here's my fan mounting technique.