Server rack for AV equipment?

[Warbie]

Hey guys - has anyone tried using a server rack to store their av equipment here? I'm fed up of trying to deal with 100s of cables and power leads and sticking everything into a metal box seems like a great idea to me. I did have a look at av racks, which seem to cost more for less space.

Thinking of an 18U one of these at the moment:

http://www.rackcabinets.co.uk/p-3-free-standing-cabinets/free-standing-cabinets/

About £300 with shelves and 6-way plug socket.

 

[lucid]

Here's one I built for a client around Christmas time.

 

[bledd]

A cheap alternative is buying multiple 'lack' tables from Ikea, look up 'lack rack'

You can bolt them together easily, cost about £2-6 each. They fit rack sized components perfectly.

I use one for my media server

I bought a long one for my server because of the length..

http://www.homecomputerlab.com/wp-content/media/LackRack/LackRack.jpg
http://cairnarvon.rotahall.org/pics/lackrack/lackrack_back.jpg


http://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20011408/#/20011408

 

[Flibster]

Ahhh. The lovely ATC S4000. *got 3 myself *

Never though about mounting it like that though. Will have to have a chat with the other half.

 

[bledd]

^Some idiot was selling them for like £60 brand new on ebay a few years ago.

I still use my Coolermaster ATCS 110-SX1 as my main PC case ; that was £250, back when I was 16. Took about 1 month of washing up in a restuarant after school to pay for that