Comment on Build my PC into my Desk?
gastroglizzy@piefed.social 1 week ago
Don’t forget to install risers.
Where are you going to mount the power and reset buttons and front panel lights?
If you’re using wifi built into the motherboard, your connection is going to suffer. Consider a hard line or external USB dongle.
It will be very difficult to make a “tasteful” number of holes that also give adequate cooling.
Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Another guy suggested putting the power and reset on the external dock I’m going to put on the desk, that shouldnt be difficult at all as I’m currently already using a custom one and extending the cables will be a breeze.
I actually use strictly hardline on this machine, I have a long history of shitty internet and houses that muck with wifi so I’m never going to bother putting a wifi card in this guy.
I’ve had some experience there, and you’re right. Over the course of this post I’ve settled on doing vents like this instead of holes. I did sheet metal fab at one point and got pretty good at straightening these angled slats out so it should be quick work to cut bend and rotate them. These were common on economy value fixtures during the era plus it will flow seamlessly into the body and that’s gonna look very professional.
gastroglizzy@piefed.social 1 week ago
Cool. Sounds like you’ve got most of the hard stuff figured out. I like the vent idea.
While you’re at it, it would be really convenient if you could pull the whole drawer out and get access to the PC parts. Maybe wire in a harness so you can quickly dis/connect everything?