Obsidian desk build

longjohn

longjohn

longjohn

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well it has taken me along time to get it right, here is my 1st design but it wasnt suitable as like me not many people have room for large desks so it needs to be compact.

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now im getting somewhere

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this looks a lot better

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and now with colour

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I would like to know you opinions of the desk and always like feedback so get typing and let me know what you think

ok thats over with now the technical stuff.

asus z87 pro motherboard
i7 4770k processor
Corsair H100i with link and lighting kit
Gigabyte gtx 670
Corsair Dominator Platinum
Corsair RM750 power supply
samsung 256 pro ssd

plus Accessories to follow once i have worked out my budget
now most of the build will be wood apart from a few items
 
just a little update started the frame work of the desk, its coming on nicely

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then i done the idiot thing trying to fight my table saw and it won lol luckily im on so many pain killers i cant feel it to much

back to work lol

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been working hard over the last couple off days its starting to take form.
had spent a lot off time working out placing for motherboard and h100i, due to the size off the desk 1100x545mm because it needs to fit in a alcove so everything needs to be compact and i wanted it symmetrical.

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decided to rearrange the backpanel i think it looks better

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now a couple of pictures on the centre plinth

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started the bracket for the h100i

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backpanel again looking a lot better

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also cut down the power switch from a 650d

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this is a better view of how the h100i will be hidden

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Wow, I'm just blown away by these build from scratch projects, amazing!! Putting up a shelf (nearly level) is the extent of my DIY skills :(

Cant wait to see more updates!
 
I'll be following this one, wow you have a lot of tools ! I'm jealous.

Can you keep a track of the man hours going into this, be interesting to find out how long something like this takes.

I'd like to do something similar but I was more of a metalwork fan than wood !

With the name "Long John" and the Corsair sponsorship and you from that great nautical city of Southampton I'm see pirates and tall ships !

Looking forward to seeing how you progress, enjoy the build :D
 
thanks guys

colinmcr said:
I'll be following this one, wow you have a lot of tools ! I'm jealous.

Can you keep a track of the man hours going into this, be interesting to find out how long something like this takes.

I'd like to do something similar but I was more of a metalwork fan than wood !

With the name "Long John" and the Corsair sponsorship and you from that great nautical city of Southampton I'm see pirates and tall ships !

Looking forward to seeing how you progress, enjoy the build :D
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i have been doing this for 2 months already so cant work out my hours, but at a guess about 10 hours a week, as i have chronic pain syndrome and cant work on it all the time due to pain.

also i need to do a update as i have progressed a lot further than this
 
Here goes for another update, decided to fit my corsair link commander at the bottom as seen in this picture, but use a hard drive as a template

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Started on the fan fronts

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I would like to say a big thank you to everyone at Corsair for supplying me two 650d front panels for my desk build as being disabled it’s very hard to finance this build, so once again thank you corsair for your support and your quality products.

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The obsidian range of cases have got to be the best looking cases on the market

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