Pic: Your desk...RIGHT NOW

I use those stick on cable tidies you can get in packs for front facing cables on the desktop, keeps things neat and organised, a closer look:

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The desk has built in cable guides on the underside though so they are in place there.
 
It's not so much behind or under the desk so much as all the leads come up to the hub, which needs to be accessible so I can switch things on or off on it as some devices are a bit temperamental when everything is switched on.
 
valve90210 said:
Just trawling through the thread looking for ideas for my son's room which I'm going to be doing up in the coming months; and as inspiration to myself to get my own desk tidied up.

Once things that I always struggle with is the need for so many USB leads everywhere for all sorts of different devices. How do people deal with them and keep them tidy?

Right now in my setup I have USB for:

Keyboard
Mouse (it's a wireless model but the battery life is annoying so I keep it wired.
Stream Deck mini
Webcam
Microphone
Audio mixer (well technically it's a midi controller (x-touch mini) but it's used for audio mixing)
Dongle for my 8bitdo controller
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I've got a powered USB hub so I can keep stuff plugged in etc but it's hard to get it tidy looking.
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I attached the hub for my KVM switch to the back/bottom of my desk. You can see it glued bottom left:

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I can then access it nice and easily from the cable tray:
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(you can see it peak out bottom left).

And to get SUPER lazy, where I've found stuff needs a reboot quite often (Sonos gear :rolleyes: but also my AppleTV) I am using spare WiFi Smart Plugs. I wouldn't buy them if I didn't have them already for this instance.
 
dlockers said:
I attached the hub for my KVM switch to the back/bottom of my desk. You can see it glued bottom left:

jUD4tYh.jpeg


I can then access it nice and easily from the cable tray:
ffHvhvO.jpeg

(you can see it peak out bottom left).

And to get SUPER lazy, where I've found stuff needs a reboot quite often (Sonos gear :rolleyes: but also my AppleTV) I am using spare WiFi Smart Plugs. I wouldn't buy them if I didn't have them already for this instance.
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What LED strip light did you choose?

I need some new ones and ideally usb powered. That way it will come on when I turn on the computer.
 
Raymond Lin said:
What LED strip light did you choose?

I need some new ones and ideally usb powered. That way it will come on when I turn on the computer.
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These are 7 years old no-brand and on their last legs (they only do red, lol). I'll probably replace with the Govee ones though. I found the USB on this didn't work well, as they draw so little power they were just always on.
 
dlockers said:
These are 7 years old no-brand and on their last legs (they only do red, lol). I'll probably replace with the Govee ones though. I found the USB on this didn't work well, as they draw so little power they were just always on.
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I only have some white LED ones, plugged straight into a USB hub that has an on/off switch that I have to manually turn on/off.

So, Govee huh? it's been a while since I bought any LED lights, like over 10 years since I got some Philips Hue for my TV....no idea where that gone when I took it off.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I only have some white LED ones, plugged straight into a USB hub that has an on/off switch that I have to manually turn on/off.

So, Govee huh? it's been a while since I bought any LED lights, like over 10 years since I got some Philips Hue for my TV....no idea where that gone when I took it off.
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Yeah it's good stuff. Not as responsive as Hue so I wouldn't use them for anything serious, but I've got their string lights (all individually addressable) and the TV backlight thing they do. The TV thing is cool, it uses a camera to make your TV into an ambilight.

The gu10s I have in the soffits of my garden room just on timer.

The kitchen units one is an led strip. Works well and it's all so cheap.

It has lots of fun features that may distract you for a minute or two - can do light that follows sounds, effects etc

 
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dlockers said:
Yeah it's good stuff. Not as responsive as Hue so I wouldn't use them for anything serious, but I've got their string lights (all individually addressable) and the TV backlight thing they do. The TV thing is cool, it uses a camera to make your TV into an ambilight.

The gu10s I have in the soffits of my garden room just on timer.

The kitchen units one is an led strip. Works well and it's all so cheap.

It has lots of fun features that may distract you for a minute or two - can do light that follows sounds, effects etc

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I know they come in 5m or 10m etc, how do you cut them to size? do you then need multiple power "points" ?
 
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