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This design does not seem appropriate, it seems too bulky between legs and top of the desk.
This design does not seem appropriate, it seems too bulky between legs and top of the desk.
Agreed. Nice design, but the top is way too tall to be ergonomic. Even if the bottom was a mere inch above your thigh while parallel to the floor, it would put the top of the desk (judging by the height of the panel above the add-on card holder) nearly even with your arm pit.
To reduce the height, you could use a PCIe ribbon cable to locate the video card elsewhere and parallel to the floor. This way, the tallest component in the build would be the PSU. With some cutouts on the bottom and/or top of the desk for certain components and changing the orientation (example, radiator parallel to the floor with in a cutout in the bottom sheet of wood), you could further reduce the thickness of the desktop to something more reasonable.
Thanks for the feedback.
Another idea was the reduce the height between the base and the top of the table only in the area where the reservoir will be placed.
Thanks for the feedback.
Deciding on the height of the table was a huge challenge. I took one of my current tables as benchmarks and tried to design around that. Considering I am not that tall, I hope this table would work perfectly for me. If the table does not work, I have some backup designs in my mind. I will probably extend the top of the table a bit outwards towards the user and reduce the overall height of the table, that way there will be enough gap between my thigh and the top of the table and a separate place to keep my keyboard and mouse. I can also extent the base (where all the components will be placed) of the table instead of the top
Another idea was the reduce the height between the base and the top of the table only in the area where the reservoir will be placed.
In the case of bulkiness, I plan to replace the boards with wooden bars to make it less bulky. I plan to add a small shelf later, and that is why I designed it the current way.
I will probably mess around to make the table more comfortable once I have physically built it, as it would give me a better idea.
No trouble at all, we just want to help
Yes, that would be a good idea, like its done on the red harbinger. Go forward, we want to see progress on this.
With the previously mentioned PCI ribbon cable and mounting the radiator on the bottom of the compartment you could free up a good bit of height inside. That would allow for a shallower top. Just a thought.
With the previously mentioned PCI ribbon cable and mounting the radiator on the bottom of the compartment you could free up a good bit of height inside. That would allow for a shallower top. Just a thought.
It would also allow you to display your GPU, making it so it could lay flat next to the board.
You could free up some space doing it this way.....