PC gaming DESK thread

Shiminay

The ones in our office are motorized sit/stand - I believe there was a €700ish price tag on them, so not cheap. I've seen some interesting solutions on Ikea Hackers.

TheDoc

Couldn't be arsed with it. I've seen it's benefits alright in Scandanavian banks I've been in working, but for gaming? No thanks.

Standing desks really arn't appealing to me

john the one

Shiminay wrote: »

The ones in our office are motorized sit/stand - I believe there was a €700ish price tag on them, so not cheap. I've seen some interesting solutions on Ikea Hackers.

As soon as you see someone using it in the sitting position 2 days in a row, it is your god given right to commandeer that **** up!

wotzgoingon

OSI wrote: »

Find it very fatiguing on the legs and back atm. Very difficult to do more than half a day at it. Hoping to order an anti-fatigue mat that I've read will help massively.

That's what would happen me if I was to stand all day at a desk.

That's why I asked a few posts up if it was company policy to have a standing desk. Some how I doubt it, you cannot ask someone to stand up all day if they do not want to.

Shiminay

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Some how I doubt it, you cannot ask someone to stand up all day if they do not want to.

HA! Have you ever heard of the hospitality industry?

Korvanica

Shiminay wrote: »

HA! Have you ever heard of the hospitality industry?

Probably hasn't heard of retail or building work either :pac:

Read about the mats too and was thinking of ordering one, i'll wait and see though. Currently I only spend 2 or 3 hours using my desk so theres probably no need.

wotzgoingon

Korvanica wrote: »

Probably hasn't heard of retail or building work either :pac:

Read about the mats too and was thinking of ordering one, i'll wait and see though. Currently I only spend 2 or 3 hours using my desk so theres probably no need.

It's a lot easier to walk around all day than stand up straight fidgeting your feet every so often in the same spot.

john the one

wotzgoingon wrote: »

It's a lot easier to walk around all day than stand up straight fidgeting your feet every so often in the same spot.

Receptionists. See them in work standing for 8 hours a shift on marble floors with a mat over it. Not nice

TheDoc

Where I've come accross them have been in the banking world, in a past job. I did a fair bit of travel to Banks across Europe. Denmark and Sweden seemed particularly fond of motorised desks that would rise to a stand.

But the purpose was for collaberation, and that's where I see the benefit. Someone comes to my desk now I'm looking up at them, they are looking down at me, they are hunkerd over my desk looking at the monitor. So I know there are real benefits in terms of just productivity and collaberation.

I know there are arguements for health reasons, but that's not where these originated from really. With a good chair and good posture, your pretty much fine sitting down.

And for gaming, I'd argue you simply can't be optimal playing a game standing up. I know a few high level players for various games have tried it on month tests and their over riding opinion is "garbage". Guess it depends what sort of games your into .

If it's single player games, RPG's and that sort I'm sure it doesn't matter if your standing on your head. But if your playing a game where you need to be optimal, like say WoW, CS, BF4 etc., not really sure it's a good setup.

I'd say I'll probably get one down the line, end up making one myself to see what all the fuss is about. But I definitely wouldn't be mad for it for gaming.

Shiminay

Just a note on the health issues - I have a friend who's a big guy like me and who got one in work. He dropped a stack of weight with that change in his routine, but your mileage may vary.

Korvanica

TheDoc wrote: »

And for gaming, I'd argue you simply can't be optimal playing a game standing up. I know a few high level players for various games have tried it on month tests and their over riding opinion is "garbage". Guess it depends what sort of games your into .

If it's single player games, RPG's and that sort I'm sure it doesn't matter if your standing on your head. But if your playing a game where you need to be optimal, like say WoW, CS, BF4 etc., not really sure it's a good setup.

Hasn't affected my LoL play at all. I'm still rubbish

TheDoc

Shiminay wrote: »

Just a note on the health issues - I have a friend who's a big guy like me and who got one in work. He dropped a stack of weight with that change in his routine, but your mileage may vary.

I'd imagine there was other lifestyle changes etc. Simply standing rather then sitting? I'm not buying that as a definitive reason for weight loss

TheDoc

Korvanica wrote: »

Hasn't affected my LoL play at all. I'm still rubbish

I'm garbage sitting down, wonder what lieing down is like.

Korvanica

TheDoc wrote: »

I'm garbage sitting down, wonder what lieing down is like.

I think its all a matter of what you're used to tbh.

A lot of my mates play PC games on their couch with the keyboard on their laps and mouse on the armrest. I cannot handle that at all. I must have both at the same level.

I also remember seeing a streamer on twitch playing LoL who had a back problem so he used to lie on his belly while playing, he was diamond 1.

Shiminay

TheDoc wrote: »

I'd imagine there was other lifestyle changes etc. Simply standing rather then sitting? I'm not buying that as a definitive reason for weight loss

Well I can only take his word for it, but he said that was the only real change he'd made.

Now, to be fair, no more than myself, he had it to lose, so it probably wouldn't work that way for everyone

Fakman87

Lads I'm looking for a good pc desk. Any suggestions?

cadete

Fakman87 wrote: »

Lads I'm looking for a good pc desk. Any suggestions?

one like this below is what i have (this one on adverts... not mine )

and this is mine

Lots of space and the pedestal is great if you have the space

TheDoc

Fakman87 wrote: »

Lads I'm looking for a good pc desk. Any suggestions?

What sort of space do you have to work with? Pics would help.

And what's your budget?

Two interesting concepts, one I use personally, another a friend uses. Both IKEA jobs and budget

the first is buying one of their tabletops. You can see them on the office furniture page, cost about €20. If you have a solid wall, you can mount the tabletop to the wall using proper brackets. cost a few euro in Woodies.

so you then have essentially a free floating desk, no legs. Gives you massive room underneath and you reclaim a lot of storage space, it's rock steady and you set it to whatever height you need(obviously do it first before putting in on the brackets)

works great if you then wall mount your monitors.

My desk at present is an IKEA tabletop (big one) and I just bought two legs. Put together in minutes, rock steady, looks slick and cost me like €35

I just have it going along a wall in my PC room, used some other IKEA things to optimise storage and space in corners etc.

Really depends on your budget and the space you have available.

strelok

i have the larger galant desk from ikea, it's quite big though you'd need a fairly big room for it to be a comfortable fit. the smaller one would suit most rooms though, and they're good cheap little desks. no frills and they look kinda like they belong in a secondary school home ec room but they do the job they're supposed to do.

Fakman87

TheDoc wrote: »

What sort of space do you have to work with? Pics would help.

And what's your budget?

Two interesting concepts, one I use personally, another a friend uses. Both IKEA jobs and budget

the first is buying one of their tabletops. You can see them on the office furniture page, cost about €20. If you have a solid wall, you can mount the tabletop to the wall using proper brackets. cost a few euro in Woodies.

so you then have essentially a free floating desk, no legs. Gives you massive room underneath and you reclaim a lot of storage space, it's rock steady and you set it to whatever height you need(obviously do it first before putting in on the brackets)

works great if you then wall mount your monitors.

My desk at present is an IKEA tabletop (big one) and I just bought two legs. Put together in minutes, rock steady, looks slick and cost me like €35

I just have it going along a wall in my PC room, used some other IKEA things to optimise storage and space in corners etc.

Really depends on your budget and the space you have available.

That's great thanks for the advice man! I'll put up a picture later on and see what you think

MiskyBoyy

I'm very happy with my Ikea Linnmon desk with Adils legs.

Total cost was €57 I think.

It's 3 desks put together to fit the way I wanted. Each individual desk is 1 metre long and 60cm wide & can support 50kg each.

Best part is it's modular so if I scratch the shít out of one desk I can get a new one for €9 and reuse the old legs. I love Ikea!

Just after I put it together:



With PC etc on it:

Skerries

10-1 the fish have gaming names

MiskyBoyy

Skerries wrote: »

10-1 the fish have gaming names

haha nah, I don't have any fish in them yet. Both were only acquired recently. My 180litre main tank downstairs tho, none of them have names apart from greedy 1 eyed Freddy

TheDoc

IKEa is really the go to play for PC desks. Ironically not their actual designated PC desks, but as you have, the modular options, where you essentially just make your own.

Minimal effort and minimal cost.

The desk Misky has there, you see in a lot of places as a prepackage that costs in excess of €150.

Skatedude

Ikea makes good lego desks, not the best pics till i take a brighter one.

Shiminay

I really like the simplicity of yours Misky, I'm considering doing something with my own place along similar lines.

Skatedude's mancave is giving me a pang of the green eyed monster for a lot of reasons, that looks like a fantastic setup!

GEO147

Cant go wrong with the ikea Fredde desk. Love mine.