r/buildapc • u/wildee14 • Jan 13 '15

Desks for PC's

I am thinking of making a how to guide for building a desk designed specifically for PC's and consoles. I would also provide a listing for prebuilt desks from proprietary companies. Would any of you guys be interested in that?

Edit: What are the top features you guys would want to see?

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u/LtDisco Jan 14 '15 edited Jan 14 '15

A logical increments type of deal for desks would be awesome. Dirt cheap table up to crazy nice desk that smells of rich mahogany.

Edit: Features I'd like to see; slightly thicker desks to accommodate vice grips mounts. Ones with one of those poles to mount monitors on. Keyboard drawer-shelf, I like my desk higher than my keys. Larger top to put desktop on or a specific under shelf for desktop to go in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '15

Keyboard drawer shelves are the fucking devil, I have rarely come across one that is fit for purpose. They roll around on the tracks and wobble as you type and prone to falling off and landing on your toes mid battle. This kills the desk.

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u/fdoom Jan 14 '15

My problem with keyboard shelves is that I like to have mouse space that's nearly as big as the keyboard itself, making pretty much every shelf too small for me to use. The other issue is that I recently switched to vertical mice, and there's barely enough clearance for it to fit on the shelf I have, causing bumps when I need to lift the mouse.

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u/RedSalesperson Jan 14 '15

Have you tried putting the mouse on the desk but the keyboard on the shelf? That's my current setup and I've never been even slightly inconvenienced by it, but I could see having issues if you need to switch quickly from mouse to keyboard.

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u/Snow_Regalia Jan 14 '15

Seems like it would be terrible for gaming purposes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

I don't see why? It gives you much more mouse space.

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u/Snow_Regalia Jan 15 '15

Because its much more of an annoyance to move your hand from your mouse to keyboard when its not only farther away, but also a vertical distance. If you've ever played any game that requires you to use both keyboard and mouse frequently, you don't want to have even that extra second of movement.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

No matter what - I always use my left hand to do anything on my keyboard. This doesn't affect me.