Stalker's custom PC desk

[Layback Bear]

You could just get some hard drive trays. Secure the trays to the wood and then just install the hard drive in the tray. Velcro will mount a ssd any place you desire.

https://www.google.com/search?q=har...VHNSYKHb6RBLQQsAQIUA&biw=1280&bih=581&dpr=1.5

or

https://www.google.com/search?q=ssd+tray&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=ssd+tray&tbm=shop

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...What will be the best way to screw the hdd/ssd on the desk?

I doubt there is just one best way but an easy one that would look sanitary would be to get some aluminum angle cut to the length of the drives. Mount one leg of an angle to each side of a drive, then screw the angles down to the desktop through the other leg of the angle on each side of the drive. Rounding off the corners of the angles would give them a more professional look. If the legs of the angles are wide enough, you can elevate the drives a little bit off the desktop so air can flow on both sides.

 

[ThrashZone]

Super or hot glue

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Super or hot glue

Superglue is too brittle and will eventually crack and let go. Hot melt glue probably would work for the SSD but is rather permanent. However, since HDDs do develop some heat, the hot melt glue would eventually soften and let go. I personally would never use hot melt glue for anything permanent.

Velcro is another option frequently used for mounting SSDs. The Velcro allows the drives to be easily removed and replaced. The adhesive usually used on the back of Velcro would loosen up a bit on the HDDs due to heat but, since the HDDs are lying flat, it probably wouldn't be a problem. I learned about the adhesive the hard way. I mounted a couple of TV tuners on a closet wall and the tuners started to slowly creep down as the heat softened the adhesive. I had to put a wooden cleat under the tuners so the Velcro could hold the tuners without them creeping down.

 

[StalkeR]

I have hdd/ssd trays from my MS case, and was thinking about them also, but I was looking for someone much smaller. This came like something simmilar


But, I noticed one problem with the PSU. It has 120mm fan from the bottom, and there will be problem with positioning it. If I put it downside ( as it need to be), I'll need to make one more cut for it, to take fresh air... :/

 

[ThrashZone]

Yea I'd just get some 3/4 x 3/4 aluminum and paint it black... for the hdd's
Amazon.com: 6061 Aluminum Angle, Unpolished (Mill) Finish, Annealed, T6 Temper, Standard Tolerance, Inch, ASTM B308/AMS-QQ-A 200/8, Equal Leg Length, Rounded Corners: Industrial & Scientific

yep always one more hole

 

[AddRAM]

Cement ????

 

[StalkeR]

Today I got 3 CM Sickle Flow coolers, not Jet Flow. They are 2000 rpm and in green color. With them, I'll just put it on the side parts to mark them, and will make a little test to see how air will they pull out... Will update the thread later/tommorow, and also with some picture.

Edit:
Yesterday night, started to work a bit...

Here are fans, and they will be positioned like this:

One extra photo, with that alien green light.

This week parts will be cutted propertly. I just need to make a decition for a PSU and positioning it bellow the motherboard.

 

[StalkeR]

Plan's have changed, I got 4x120mm Deep Cool Gamer Storm fans with 1800 rpm. I'm really surprised for this fans, because there are twice cheaper than jet flow's and they come with silent screws.

I'll put metal grills, probably from the outside and fans will be mounted on it.

Tomorrow I'll go to talk with "the guy" and will post again what he told me.
I hope that this project will be finished until the end of the month.

Boshko.

 

[ThrashZone]

Green was too

 

[StalkeR]

Yea, I agree. But my Devastator combo is in red edition, so red/green combination won't go together. )

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Whaaa? Green and red go great together, especially at Christmas. Green and orange, on the other hand (especially in Northern Ireland)...

 

[StalkeR]

I was pretty sick for almoust a month, and additional two weeks I was waiting for the desk to be finished. Today, I got a call that it's finished. From Monday, I'll go to take it at home. I'll post again updates.
Next step will be demounting it to be able to mount the pc parts.

Stay tuned.

 

[ThrashZone]

Sweet
Glad you're feeling better

 

[BorisTheAnimal]

Why do I immediately draw a connection between Weed and that green color. :huh:

 

[StalkeR]

That's me again, but this time with some good news.

The desk is finally here. In additional some pictures.
Front view

What we got inside

Here we got side view with cut for the fans

Here is top view. There is the cut for the glass, and also for better view to the parts.

And last one, here we got the part where motherboard will be mounted, also propertly cutted.

So, what I need to do now is:

- Cut a holes for the mb, and mount the parts on it.
- Mount the PSU's and do the right cable management.
- Buy a fan grills and mount them with the fans together.
- Make cut to the back part, after marking the part with I/O shield.
- Buy LED stripes in red/white color.
- Find some switch for using it as Power button.

I'll update the thread additionally.

 

[ThrashZone]

Not sure which parts are plexiglass or was that dropped like a stone
Looks like the top hole is all that might be clear ?

 

[StalkeR]

I think that I didn't meantioned plexyglass... ) And yes, the parts can be viewed from the top and also a lil bit from the side, where will be mounted fans.

 

[Layback Bear]

I see the holes for the fans and the cross flow across the top of the enclosure.
I'm not understanding where the tray and hardware go so they get in the air flow of the case.
Is their any methods of getting cool filtered intake air from the lower portion of the enclosure?

 

[rvcjew]

I see the holes for the fans and the cross flow across the top of the enclosure.
I'm not understanding where the tray and hardware go so they get in the air flow of the case.
Is their any methods of getting cool filtered intake air from the lower portion of the enclosure?

Agreed, I would cut away the red in the pic below in the front for intake and then put fans on the red circles. Then use the green areas as exhaust. But maybe not so many fans on the bottom. Depends how that bottom shelf is attached I guess if it will work or not.