Spec me a desk for two computers

elrasho · 25 Jul 2011 at 14:26

I have my gaming rig and another Micro-ATX pc in my room. The gaming rig is on one of these "trolly" type desks and the Micro-ATX is on a bog standard PC to the right of it.

I'm tired of having to roll on my chair between the two PCs and so want to get a new desk that looks something like this:

This way I can just rotate on my chair between the two computers

Its important the desk as that curvy bit so I can push my chair right in as I have very little space in my room.

So my question is, has anyone of you kind people seen a desk like this before? I've been googling "computer desk", "corner desk" and "curve desk" but not getting any results.

Morgoth · 25 Jul 2011 at 14:29

I think you might have to get your saw and tape measure ready.

elrasho · 25 Jul 2011 at 14:33

Morgoth said:
I think you might have to get your saw and tape measure ready.

I hope not, my DIY skills are abysmal

mjt · 25 Jul 2011 at 14:47

Go and look for carpenters in the Yellow Pages.

Ukadder · 25 Jul 2011 at 14:48

Wave Desk

Search for Wave Desk, you'll find loads like that.

elrasho · 25 Jul 2011 at 14:51

Ukadder said:
Wave Desk

Search for Wave Desk, you'll find loads like that.

Thanks! That's the kind of thing I'm looking for buy cheaper... it doesn't have to be office standard

LordSplodge · 25 Jul 2011 at 14:51

I got something from Ikea that holds my iMac and my PC comfortable. It has no curve but my office chair tucks under if I wanted. I think it was a Vikor or something like that...

Ukadder · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:01

elrasho said:
Thanks! That's the kind of thing I'm looking for buy cheaper... it doesn't have to be office standard

Just keep checking the bay/gumtree and I'm sure some will come up on auction rather than buy it now, desks normally stupidly cheap if they are collection only...and you can collect. Like this one

We got 6 Herman Miller double wave desks for £200 for all of them.....but had to collect them from an office clearance.

Mark A · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:27

The curves on these desks look nowhere near deep enough to match the OP's picture. I don't think I have ever seen one like that tbh.

Is there any way you could put a corner desk in your room?

Only other option would be to look out for a decent solid timber desk and then cut a deep curve into it with a jiggly saw. It would be fairly easy to do.

Paul. W · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:39

OP, whats the max size desk you could go for?

You could opt for this:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S79887464

And if you still needed more space, put this on the side of it:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S79851436

Obviously get them the same colour, they have more choices in the shop

I have the corner unit on its own. Its great for one rig, you could put two on there along with a 22" monitor, but it all depends how much space you want for your keyboard/mouse. I was going to get the additional desk for the side but didnt need it in the end.

elrasho · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:47

Paul. W said:
OP, whats the max size desk you could go for?

You could opt for this:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S79887464

And if you still needed more space, put this on the side of it:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/S79851436

Obviously get them the same colour, they have more choices in the shop

I have the corner unit on its own. Its great for one rig, you could put two on there along with a 22" monitor, but it all depends how much space you want for your keyboard/mouse. I was going to get the additional desk for the side but didnt need it in the end.

Mark A said:
The curves on these desks look nowhere near deep enough to match the OP's picture. I don't think I have ever seen one like that tbh.

Is there any way you could put a corner desk in your room?

Only other option would be to look out for a decent solid timber desk and then cut a deep curve into it with a jiggly saw. It would be fairly easy to do.

I'll have to measure the length of the wall to the left of that picture I made. As long as the corner desk doesn't come out passed the wall a corner desk might do.

I'll have to measure my Coolermaster Storm Sniper case to make sure it fits under. I've also could a subwoofer and the MICRO-ATX PC down there too.

That VIKA AMON desk is only 11 inches long according to their website! Is that a misprint? Could you perhaps post a picture of your desk Paul. W

Cleeecooo · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:55

Could get a right angle desk?

Paul. W · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:22

Yeah can take a pic when I get home later. Not too sure where your getting 11 inches from, cant see that anywhere lol.

TFC · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:30

Have a look here...
Desks

elrasho · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:47

TFC said:
Have a look here...
Desks

These are close to what Im looking for: http://www.furnitureatwork.co.uk/We...reenlabel=index&route=015664&productId=101533, http://www.furnitureatwork.co.uk/We....015672.026840.026827&skip=1&productId=213860 but too expensive.

elrasho · 25 Jul 2011 at 23:23

Did some measuring and this is what I came up with:

The red bits are my wall. That should be enough to have one PC on under the desk on each side right? Paul. W did you manage to take a picture of that desk you have?

The_Abyss · 25 Jul 2011 at 23:40

Thinking outside the box a little - why do you have two PCs?

Unluckyalf · 25 Jul 2011 at 23:51

The_Abyss said:
Thinking outside the box a little - why do you have two PCs?

Or use Remote Desktop / KVM ?

Makes for a much simpler and neater setup. You could even just get a 2nd screen and have the Remote Desktop session showing on that.
For the desk option, an L shaped desk would be the way to go

elrasho · 26 Jul 2011 at 00:01

The_Abyss said:
Thinking outside the box a little - why do you have two PCs?

One is my gaming rig, the other is my Lab rig for doing MCITP (Im running Win Server 2008 + Hyper-V to run VMs on)

Unluckyalf said:
Or use Remote Desktop / KVM ?

Makes for a much simpler and neater setup. You could even just get a 2nd screen and have the Remote Desktop session showing on that.
For the desk option, an L shaped desk would be the way to go

My 22" Dell has two inputs, VGA and DVI. The gaming rig is using the DVI connection and my Xbox 360 (oops forgot to mention that earlier) is using VGA. I dont want to introduce any kind of KVM for either as it may get laggy whilst gaming. Also I need two monitors anyway, one for the Lab and the other will be used to view ebooks, watch videos for MCITP etc....

elrasho · 28 Jul 2011 at 09:44

After looking around on Ikea, Google and the bay I'm leaning towards building my own desk. I've searched the forums but couldn't find a guide of sorts. I'm thinking a simple sheet of MDF that covers above the dimensions will do, and then attach four of these legs: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/10105290#/10105290/

EDIT: Are there people out there that can cut and route the edges for me? I can do the primer and painting myself