Show us your computer room 2!

Nice setup guys!Liking the clean and functional desks.

 

Nice setup. I just cringe every time I see someone with a laptop directly on the bed/blanket ect.. Just remember there are air vents on the bottom for a reason and beds/blankets are not that friendly for cooling....

 

haha, I would have one tiny desk! Thanks for the comment about the PS3, it's my baby. I might sell it over at the marketplace before I leave for university, no way am I taking it with me. It's worth a surprising amount, thank God that Sony are clever enough to have a universal transformer inside their consoles, so all that's needed is a plug adaptor for US -> UK .

As soon as I hear the slightest noise from the fans I make sure they're 100% open, I don't do anything intense whilst I'm in bed like running a game overclocked, that's why I have my desk setup. I'm actually very impressed by the cooling on the M15X, considering I haven't changed the thermal paste or anything.

 

icecubez189: Didnt even notice your desktop wallpaper. Very nice! Oh and Nice XPS too!

 

thanks! it's Mary Louise Parker from the TV show, Weeds!

 

I love Weeds, however the new season isn't as good as I thought it would be. I would do anything to get a night in bed with her .

Also my speaker system arrived today, I went with the cheap option and got some Creative speakers for like £30 rofl, however even at max volume there's no distortion at all .

I'll post up pictures in a few hours when I'm back from work.

 

My temporary set up as I recover from ACL reconstruction :-(

 

Looks comfy

 

Do Take Care!
recover Soon

 

The screen on that thing looks great.

 

of cuz, it's a Sony Vaio Z

 

Best. Screen. EVER. I totally love this little machine.

 

just ordered an htpc, and a 4tb box... pretty excited to replace my dinosaur dell xps400 that has been cluttering up my living room for far too long.

of course the wife is pissed i spent so much, but hey, if it wasn't this, it would me my driving or forgetting something important... she is always pissed at me anyways so i said screw it.

if i survive, will post pictures soon

 

my set up

 

Yes, I am an Apple Fanboy.

 

Lol, we want to see your setup, not your Apple products!

 

Fanboys like you bring shame to the rest of us Apple users.

 

I didn't have my camera with me, and its pretty big, so my cell camera took a crappy picture.

Haha I'm actually not that big of an Apple fanboy, they just slowly won me over with their products. I still haven't quite given up on windows... yet...

 

Nice Keyboard

 

I finally finished the command center...I went for a modern / minimalistic look. I repainted walls / trim and put up all the furniture....came out pretty good I think!

 

Some more pics.

 

Looks great! Nice wire tuck job. +1

 

Thanks bro took a while !

 

This is inspiring wiring. It makes me want to untangle my birdnest behind my desk.

 

Same goes for me with NVIDIA...

 

looks good man. were u the one with the custom desk? if so, it turned out really nice.

+rep for the nice wiring job. i hate wires!

 

I always wanted to get into the weeds series but never got aroudn to it...just like the office and such. Oh well

WOW +1 for the wiring. Mine is getting better at home but I dont have anything like this. My work wiring is still a mess.

Ditto but honestly my ADHD would seriously prevent me from actually finishing it.

 

thanks!...I had a custom desk but it was just to big so I bought this one instead!

 

Yeah it took a while but all worth it. !

 

Nice wire work... I need to do that so much but am way to lazy ahahaha

 

It is worth it bro...it took around 2-3 hours!

 

Would you mind sending a PM with the parts that you used to do that? I would like to price them out. I just may do this.

 

I shot you a pm broski!

 

Thanks

/10char

 

diggy I've had 3 ACL rebuilds on my left knee and finally a total knee replacement. Many Prayers on your recovery, and that's a nice laptop. My laptop kept me sane during my recoveries!

 

Parents out to movie=PARTY BABY!



I want to watch TV and play Crysis This setup is only temporary, up only until they get back.

 

I see an old people's remote.

 

LOL, my uncle and aunt got it for my dad as a joke

 

Thanks for the well wishes! This is the third operation on my left knee, and 2nd ACL tear. Last year, they "fixed" the tear, and somehow along the way it tore again. I'm up and getting around a bit better now, but you now, its a long road to a full recovery

 

I've been doing some changes here at home, changed my bedroom into computer room since my old bedroom is the bigger one.

Work in progress:


Self made desk, I couldn't find anything big and modular (and cheap) couple years back. So I made my own.

Couple pics more there: IMAG0082.jpg | Flickr - Photo Sharing! and more will follow, when I carry my computers and monitors to this desk.

 

Give me an idea for a parts list i love your desk

 

I wish I was handy enough to build my own desk.

 

GetaLit elements | kitchen worktops - Westag & Getalit AG

The top is generic kitchen worktop, there was multiple color/texture variants available. I asked it to be cut in 3 pieces at the store: one perfect square that you see in the right end and two equal pieces. That allows me to change layout if necessary, originally this desk was long L-shaped and filled one wall totally, now both sides are equal length.

Then I bought 8 bigger legs and 4 smaller ones. In the end 2 of the smaller legs would be enough, 4 is overkill.

Sneak peek at the underside:


At first I had problem as the worktop would bend and I wondered how to strengthen it easily. Then I got the idea about using shelf spines (what on earth they are actually called in english?) as support, they are shaped and will not bend, light and cheap. Desk parts are held together by those smaller holed metal sheets.

Screws. Lots of them. I felt like having a heart attack screwing this on my back since my powertools had failed years ago. This is totally built by hand, not really a good thing

edit: the grey sticking thingy in the left is part of the Ikea cable management system not yet in place

 

IKEA | Table tops & legs | VIKA system | Combinations

My construction isn't much different, just three times bigger Hardest part of making my table was actually figuring out how to do it and choosing the materials.

 

Well, with some cleaning up here goes :

Most of my crap


The main bulk of my crap


MSI GX640-098 US - Modded vBios - OC'd to 5870.



HP 2510p - Stock u7600 1.2GHz / 2GB DDR2 / 60GB ZIF 1.8" / DVD +-RW/ 6 Cell



Wall-mounted Acer H233H BMID 23" LCD Monitor - DVI VGA HDMI



PS3 with a lill' somethin' special on top



The "Special-ness"



70" Diagonal Screen in room with Light On



Same Screen Light Off



Keyboard + Speaker Receiver + ATi Fanboy Pad + PS3 Controller



Random 1 - Yes I do like the PS3, and I also feel the same about my 360...(not pictured due to dust collection period).



Random 2 - Logitech MX Revolution



What you saw:

Acer H233H BMID 23" LCD Monitor
iSiVal 720p Pico Projector
MSI GX640-098US
HP 2510p
PS3
Keyboard : Razer Lycosa Rubber Finish Backlit USB Keyboard
Mouse : Logitech MX Revolution
$13 CAD worth of Blackout Curtain material on my wall (projector screen) and about $0.25 worth of picture hanging nails.

What you didn't see (due to extreme amounts of laziness) :
My PC : Q6600 @ 3.6/ 6GB DDR2 1000/ 5850 @ 5870 Superclocked Speeds/ P5K-E WiFi AP/ Silverstone 1000W 80+ 100% modular/ Antec 300/ 7 Pro 64
My Media PC (I let the family use it downstairs...) : AMD Athlon64 x2 7850BE / 4GB DDR2800 / 1x160GB 1x 1TB 2x 750GB/ 500W OCZ/ Asus TA-xx (forgot) case/ Asus M2N-e/ Win 7 Ultimate x64 / 2x Happauge WinTV PVR 150 / Sapphire HD4650 512MB / Microsoft Comfort Bluetooth KB + Mouse/ Microsoft Media Center Remote
D-Link DIR-615 and Cable Modem - Shaw Cablesystems - "25 MB Download" and "5MB Upload" - Notice the " .

And though he isn't part of my room, he is always in it...

 

I'd recognize that mouse anywhere.

The feet on mine are starting to wear out though...soon I'll have to get a new mouse.

Also, no tower speakers?

 

They are kinda hidden, I have a 5.1 Surround Sound system setup via Optical Digital cable to my PS3, Coaxial Digital cable to my PC Tower.

They were way out of the angle of my crummy HTC Desire's camera .

There is one by where my MSI Laptop is, but its behind the lid, another where my HP laptop is and again behind the lid and the two "front" speakers are at the bottom on either side of my self-made projector screen

 

Time to change doctors?

 

Ha! No, two different doctors. The first surgery was done in 2007 to remove a cyst from under my kneecap. Then, 2008 I had a partial tear in my ACL, which was "repaired" in January last year. The doc said the tear was small, so rather than do the full replacement, they went ahead and repaired it. All was good, but either the fix didnt take, or I tore it again somehow. This had better be the last one, I tell you, because this was some pain that I dont ever wanna go thru again!!

 

Man I tore my left ACL one time, can't imagine having 3 surgeries on my knee.