A player has built a unique desk PC. The trained engineer has been very careful in doing so. The detailed planning and actual construction have occupied him for a year.
Modern cases for gaming PCs often have a major commonality despite different designs. With glass side panels, the hardware inside can be inspected at any time. However, an engineer with a sense of style and elegance puts these off-the-shelf cases in the shade with his desk PC.
His gaming PC in a desk also allows a clear view of the components. At this point, the comparison with the mentioned cases ends directly. He spent a year building a computer in a unique piece of furniture (via ericmaglio.com).
His construction with powerful hardware and a custom water cooling system excites the community on Reddit.
Engineer creates unique desk PC with water cooling
What kind of computer is this? The desk PC of engineer Eric is a fully-fledged gaming PC. The desk in which the hardware is installed was custom-made for this project. All components are coordinated and were neatly integrated into the desk.
His goal was to create a unique system with style and sufficient performance for gaming and compute-intensive applications. In selecting the appropriate hardware, he focused primarily on aesthetics and the simplest installation in the desk.
What hardware is in the desk? Based on his criteria and availability at the time of the project, the choice fell on the following components:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Mainboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Dark Hero
- Graphics card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra Gaming
- RAM: 64 GB DDR4 G.Skill Trident Z Neo
- Storage: 2x M.2 NVMe SSD 2 TB Sabrent Rocket 4
- Power supply: 850 watts Corsair RM850X, which by the way can save you a lot of time and nerves
For water cooling, he used a system from EK Water Blocks. Eric painstakingly crafted the pipe connections for the water cooling by hand. While several fans on the left side of the desk provide fresh air in the desk PC, the fans on the right side expel the warm air of the water cooling through a radiator out of the construction.
Clever approach to material processing
How did he approach the project? From previous projects, the engineer was used to first creating a CAD model. This allowed him to plan even the smallest details in advance and reduce any nasty surprises in the further work to a minimum.
Before the actual manufacturing of the desk, Eric opted for a test environment that he installed on a wooden board. This way, he could check his previous calculations for cable lengths and hole positions one last time. After his design passed all tests, the engineer began the final manufacturing.
What materials are in the desk? In addition to the hardware and water cooling, wood was used for the desk construction and an acrylic plate as a mounting fixation for the PC components.
With the help of friends and woodworking and CNC machines, he was able to shape the material into the desired form. He considered the final assembly to be child’s play. With this, he referred to the previous test setup, which he could now replicate 1:1.
How does the community react to his project? In his Reddit post, there are many enthusiastic users congratulating him on his unique project.
- Kasyx709 says appreciatively: “Impressive work!” (via Reddit)
- ExnDH agrees and says: “This is absolutely fabulous.” (via Reddit)
What do you think about the desk PC? Are you also impressed? Or do you think the engineer has simply overdone it with the effort?
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