Computer Areas [Archive] - TBCS Community Forums

AMD Killa

01-26-2009, 07:51 PM

OK guys, lets see what your computer areas look like. I'm building one in my garage, and I need some inspiration. It's up to you whether you clean them first :)

My current one must be the worst of the lot, so dont feel ashamed to show off your work/gamestations

danthegeek

01-26-2009, 08:26 PM

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m65/danthegeek/IMG_0294.jpg

heres mine
-Dan

crenn

01-26-2009, 08:51 PM

I'd take a picture of mine, but I lost my camera somewhere on my desk.

AMD Killa

01-26-2009, 09:02 PM

985323

01-26-2009, 09:06 PM

mine http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/comp/DSCF2881.jpg

AMD Killa

01-26-2009, 09:15 PM

Nice. I'm thinking about making a 'room' out of it, so it is inclosed, with a door and everything. It will help keep the cold and damp out :). I will probably get a de-humidifier to, just to be safe.

Also, with it being inclosed, I can have a proper speaker layout and a rather fancy light setup :)

Is that a 360 next to the printer?

985323

01-26-2009, 09:19 PM

Yupp, thats my 360, and if you look just to the right of my monitor you can see my nes

SXRguyinMA

01-26-2009, 09:24 PM

heres the best shot of mine I've got right now

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/sportrider12584/computer%20pics/Picture015.jpg

985323

01-26-2009, 09:25 PM

Nice one SXRguy

Bopher

01-26-2009, 09:40 PM

Here's mine, please excuse the mess.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4473/currentcomputerareaam2.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=currentcomputerareaam2.jpg)
Please excuse the mess. Eventually I'll replace the CRTs with a couple LCDs but thats a long way off.

AMD Killa

01-26-2009, 09:41 PM

Seeing some really nice setups on this thread. I dont really have to worry about the final setup until the outside framework for the 'room' is done. That's gonna take at least till then end of the week. Then I gotta go get the plywood for the walls. Then I gotta sort out a desk shape, and because my brother's PC is in there too, I've gotta fit that in as well.

Im not really worried about keeping the air moving, as I have some spare 120mm fans lying around:)

Keep them pic's coming. Even a quick drawing in paint will do :)

EDIT:

bopher, that aint nowhere near as bad as mine :).

SXRguyinMA

01-26-2009, 09:57 PM

Nice one SRXguy

thanks :D

danthegeek

01-26-2009, 10:23 PM

@danthegeek: Nice setup, looks a hell of a lot more tidy than mine :). Did you custom build the desk, or did you buy it freestanding?

@crenn: That is exactly the same reason I didnt start with a picture of mine. It's in there somewhere :)

yeah it is attached to the wall. I made it about 2 years ago. Im thinking of expanding it in both directions. Not enough room anymore.

The boy 4rm oz

01-27-2009, 11:45 AM

DAMN, you stole my Thread idea lol. I was just waiting to get my home theater speakers mounted, oh well. When everything is set I will chuck up a pic for ya all.

p0Pe

01-27-2009, 12:11 PM

well... just got mine cleaned too:)

http://tosed.dk/billeder/DnA/CIMG1044.jpg

AMD Killa

01-27-2009, 06:34 PM

cleaned....you mean just shoved on your bed :)

You aint the only one lol.

SXRguyinMA

01-27-2009, 09:51 PM

lol

AMD Killa

01-27-2009, 10:19 PM

I will start a progress log for building my computer area sometime soon (by the end of the week). Once I find my camera to do that, I will take a pic of my current desk. You thought you have seen dis-organisation and 'mess' this bad before. You are in for a shock. :)

AMD Killa

01-28-2009, 08:55 PM

I managed to get a pic of my current workspace :D

http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/IMG_0026.jpg

I have started a worklog of my Computer Area Project. The link is here: Worklog (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17595)

The boy 4rm oz

01-28-2009, 10:07 PM

It's not that messy lol.

Spawn-Inc

01-28-2009, 10:31 PM

here's my setup. cubical'ed myself into the corner of the basement.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4079/img0138qr2.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8310/img0139df3.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1629/img0140ww2.jpg

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9734/img0142ei5.jpg

The boy 4rm oz

01-28-2009, 11:35 PM

Nice one Spawn, I wish I had a space like that.

Spawn-Inc

01-28-2009, 11:55 PM

onling thing missing is a better chair, my ass goes num after playing 360/computer for 3 or more hours.

The boy 4rm oz

01-29-2009, 09:30 AM

HAHA, chairs are easy to come by though.

AMD Killa

01-29-2009, 09:40 AM

My desk really messy when you consider that there is all those boxes on the left hand side, and that all those cd's are all stacked up on each other. :D

Seeing some nice setups here :D

Twigsoffury

01-29-2009, 01:52 PM

I'll post mine at some point when it's not cluttered from fixing crap.

I kinda have to moses style part the ocean of computer parts before i can find the chair.

theshoeshineman

01-30-2009, 05:53 AM

Finding desk space to do stuff is the biggest problem for me :(
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3238784868_da88d149d0_o.jpg

The boy 4rm oz

01-30-2009, 10:39 AM

Nice space there shoeshine.

AMD Killa

01-31-2009, 12:20 AM

Yea, that is a real nice setup :)

Is that a thermaltake armour case I spy down there?

985323

07-16-2009, 02:20 AM

Updated so i thought id show you guy's
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/P1050732.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/P1050733.jpg
Will

simon275

07-16-2009, 10:25 PM

My desk is more of a pile of junk with a computer screen sticiking out. Pics when I tidy it.

Collinstheclown

07-17-2009, 03:00 AM

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d133/CollinstheClown/Misc/Room/roomv2/DSCI0016.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d133/CollinstheClown/Misc/Room/roomv2/DSCI0017.jpg

Fairly old picture. I have a triple LCD stand and have all 3 monitors running. I've also added another large parts drawer where the half height one is and moved that one on top of my printer.

Oh, and that rubik's cube has been solved finally.

-CollinstheClown

HackSore

07-17-2009, 07:29 PM

Didnt we have a huge thread like this a while back?

Anyways, here is my pwning station.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h240/Hacksore85/desk.jpg

pcclan

07-18-2009, 02:41 PM

mwhahaha well this is my set up i know it's messy and yep that's a old monitor for you http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g135/cheryl_hot/IMG00052.jpg

Mark_Hardware

07-18-2009, 05:12 PM

OK, mine...
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss312/Mark_Hardware/100_0974.jpg
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss312/Mark_Hardware/100_0982.jpg
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss312/Mark_Hardware/100_0984.jpg

One with the flash on,
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss312/Mark_Hardware/100_0991.jpg

And my poor Koolance, crammed in the corner....
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss312/Mark_Hardware/100_0995.jpg

Oh, I will be building a new desk eventually, to accomodate the case

OvRiDe

07-18-2009, 11:42 PM

blueonblack

07-19-2009, 12:30 AM

Ok, here's mine for the time being. This desk and I have been through a lot together, but I don't know if it will survive another move.

http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq245/techreview/Desk-1.jpg

It's more cluttered than I'd like but I've been busy (for like the last ten years or so...)

chaksq

07-19-2009, 01:02 AM

Well here's mine. Pic is a month or so old at least, got a second 15" monitor hooked up to the desktop.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p67/chaksq/p1040004.jpg
That is in my bedroom in my parents house.

In a little less than two months I will be moving into an apartment with a friend that has a semi-finished basement. I have a semi plan for a workshop/computer area in the basement.

The boy 4rm oz

07-19-2009, 05:33 AM

Those are very very awesome set ups, give me a sec and I will post up my own.

*EDIT*
Ok, here is mine, I was going to post it up when the thread first started but I wanted to mount my speakers and get LEXA back together first.
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6921/dsc031846425480.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/i/dsc031846425480.jpg/)

slaveofconvention

07-19-2009, 09:29 AM

I'm fairly lucky in as much as I have a room, not a space - my house had a garage which the previous occupant converted into a room - it's about 22' by 10'....

I have an agreement with the wife - she has no say in what happens IN that room, and I don't let stuff that SHOULD happen in that room spill into the rest of the house :twisted:

http://slaveofconvention.com/imagestore/Moddin/k9/workspace1.jpg
http://slaveofconvention.com/imagestore/Moddin/k9/workspace2.jpg
http://slaveofconvention.com/imagestore/Moddin/k9/workspace3.jpg
http://slaveofconvention.com/imagestore/Moddin/k9/workspace4.jpg
http://slaveofconvention.com/imagestore/Moddin/k9/workspace5.jpg
http://slaveofconvention.com/imagestore/Moddin/k9/workspace6.jpg

There's actually no pic there of MY computer lol - I'll add that when I get in from work, if I remember....

The boy 4rm oz

07-19-2009, 10:01 AM

There is so much win in that room lol.

slaveofconvention

07-19-2009, 10:04 AM

"win" ?

The boy 4rm oz

07-19-2009, 10:54 AM

awesomeness

slaveofconvention

07-19-2009, 11:55 AM

There's a LOT of potential lol - just wish I had the time and space to actually work on the stuff - and the money - I ended up filling my workspace so full of gear, I have to work in the garden, so as well as fighting the bank and the clock, I have to fight the british weather too!!! :p

The boy 4rm oz

07-19-2009, 12:24 PM

Sell off some of your gear, makes space and cash for modding lol.

slaveofconvention

07-19-2009, 01:37 PM

Why didn't I think of that????? Because I'm a pack-rat and you never know when you'll find a use for something lol - case in point - Silverstone Media Centre case I bought off of ebay about 2 years ago, damage wasn't repairable the way I was hoping, so was effectively scrap. Kept it 2 years and now I'm using two parts of it in K-9-PC and made the raw skeleton of it into a test-bed case ... Stuff is ALWAYS useful, eventually :p

I'd never sell something till it was 100% positively useless to me, by which time, it'd be worth so little.... you get the idea - hell there's a fully working Athlon 800 based PC in there - I have so many newer spares, I figure I can get rid of that - but who's going to buy THAT??? lol

HackSore

07-19-2009, 04:47 PM

slaveofconvention

07-21-2009, 07:07 PM

As promised, better late than never - my actual PC and desk....

http://www.slaveofconvention.com/imagestore/Moddin/workspace/001.jpg

In case you didn't guess, no I didn't tidy it up before the pic was taken heh

AMD Killa

12-10-2009, 01:33 AM

Wow, it's been such a long time since I've been on TBCS. I've moved house since, rendering my 'PC Room' unneeded, as i now have enough space in my bedroom for my PC. That said, I could do with a rethink of my current space, and I only changed it last week :D

FuzzyPlushroom

12-10-2009, 03:42 AM

Haha, im exactly the same! i have so much old junk that i figure will come in useful someday! but unlike you, i dont have a dedicated room for it, so its filling a massive cubby hole, half my garage, a lot of an office room, and i even have a few machines and motherboards sitting on my stairs! lol.

Mine's swallowed my basement, part of my room, a corner of the attic... I REALLY need to clean up in here, then sort through EVERYTHING I have (fans go here, wiring goes there, drives go over there...) but haven't gotten around to it.

Anyway, here's the workable part of my desk. It really is devoured by those 21"s...

http://i50.tinypic.com/xb01nl.jpg

I'll shoot the basement later.

Twigsoffury

12-10-2009, 05:45 AM

http://i48.tinypic.com/4rykv5.jpg
http://i49.tinypic.com/dmv7rd.jpg

d_stilgar

12-10-2009, 06:33 AM

For some reason I get the impression that HackSore is definitely single. :D

Since I posted that I might as well show my area...

http://www.ovride.com/pictures/galleries/3800%2B/NPC_0034.JPG

Picture is a little bit old. Got some new speakers since this pic, and its not quite so tidy at the moment.. :D

. . . hacksore can't throw away a perfectly good 10 year old calendar.

I like your desk. Very clean. Nice lighting. Not too busy.

I'll post my desk a little later today, after I've gotten some sleep and the sun comes up. Hold me to it!!!

d_stilgar

12-11-2009, 12:48 AM

As promised, here's mine. I currently have a whole room dedicated to my computer and school projects. I made the monitor stand for my 28" monitor out of a Ikea lack shelf that I ikeahacked. The keyboard fits underneath so I can use the desk for other things. The stand also raises the monitor to the ideal viewing height, which is 1/3 above eye level, 2/3 below. In the future I will probably get another drafting table like the one my computer is on and get rid of the folding table. It's not level and drives me nuts when cutting mats on it. I want to build a couch at some point and when that happens I'll move the dresser into a closet somewhere else in the apartment. All in all, I love my room and my desk area.

Before some needed under desk cable management.
http://modsandends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/img_1333_1037x778.jpg

And after!
http://modsandends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/img_1335_1037x778.jpg

The cables.
http://modsandends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/img_1446_1325x994.jpg

Non-computing work area.
http://modsandends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/img_1442_1325x994.jpg

The computer, subwoofer, and our favorite Valve gnome.
http://modsandends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/img_1444_1325x994.jpg

The computer, and all five posters for Left 4 Dead framed!
http://modsandends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/img_1441_1325x994.jpg

luciusad2004

12-11-2009, 02:20 AM

This is my lil nook in my bedroom.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k314/luciusad2004/Home%20and%20Surroundings/IMG00321.jpg

Close up of the important part. I could really use some more mouse and keyboard room.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k314/luciusad2004/Home%20and%20Surroundings/IMG00322.jpg

d_stilgar

12-11-2009, 02:44 AM

I want one of those headcrabs, but I've never been able to justify the cost.

luciusad2004

12-11-2009, 02:46 AM

My ex-girlfriend got it for me as a Christmas gift. I forget how much they cost but it was like the one thing I was most excited about that year so I guess it was worth it lol.

Twigsoffury

12-11-2009, 07:27 PM

The computer, and all five posters for Left 4 Dead framed!
http://modsandends.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/img_1441_1325x994.jpg

nice monitor :-P

i like it man. i saw the other thread with the posters themselves. looks classy with the table and everything else.

i foresee head bumpin when you need to power cycle the modems :P

artoodeeto

12-11-2009, 09:14 PM

Here's mine. I'm somewhat crammed into a corner of the extra bedroom in the apartment, but it's not too bad. Both screens are Samsung 20 inchers. My desk is this clean most of the time, but usually there's a cat on it looking out the window. Any guesses as to where the computer is? :rolleyes:
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt53/artoodeeto/crawler%20update/09--12-11DSC_0047.jpg
*EDIT*
I just posted this, then looked up and realized I forgot to take into account the stuff on the ceiling...
The fighters are all the toys, but the Star Destroyer is a 4 foot long model I scratch built way back in 1995 when I was still a senior in high school. Hard to believe it's survived 14 years of moving, falling off the ceiling (more than once), etc etc. It only weighs 5 pounds and was the first thing I ever built from scratch.
http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt53/artoodeeto/crawler%20update/09--12-11DSC_0048.jpg

d_stilgar

12-11-2009, 09:58 PM

I think artoo might be another single person in this group. I have a bunch of the lego sets that were made, but I've been selling them on amazon recently. I'm only going to keep the x-wing and snowspeeder because they are the best vehicles. If they ever make an a wing I might have to get it.

artoodeeto

12-12-2009, 01:17 PM

thanks guys! and you'd be right to wonder whether I'm single, but I happen to be blessed with a girlfriend who thinks this stuff is pretty darn cool (in fact, I've started a worklog for a Rivendell case build that I'm going to do for her). We're coming up on our 2-year anniversary in a few months... woo hoo!
And man, I wish I had some of those lego sets, a roommate of mine years ago had several, and they were pretty darn awesome. Course, at the moment we don't have space for them (in fact, I've had to dismantle my 3d foam jigsaw puzzle millenium falcon and star destroyer....sigh....)
BTW, that rocket poster under the B-wing has a special story: my great grandfather was not only a musicologist (studied Beethoven), but was also literally a rocket scientist. He worked as an engineer for Martin Marietta on the Titan series rockets, and when he retired, his coworkers all signed that poster and gave it to him. My grandmother kept it in a closet for years, then found it and passed it to me. My family doesn't have many heirlooms, but that's a pretty cool one IMO :)

d_stilgar

12-12-2009, 05:13 PM

Well, if you ever want any of my sets, let me know and I'll sell em to you at retail. On amazon I put a huge mark up, and they sell!

billygoat333

12-15-2009, 03:57 AM

hahaha thanx for the well wishes but wrong thread dude. Have happy health back at you.

artoodeeto

12-15-2009, 06:08 PM

I find that "problem in locating objects" typically is when I can't find my glasses, which then results in "blurt images".

I shall now mod a squirt bottle to plug into a USB port, aim it at my always-open eyes, and set it on a 20 minute timer. That accompishes solutions 1 and 2. Solution 3 is accomplished by the novel concept of....not having a fan at all! (except IN the computer, of course).

I find that I have VERY happy health. Very. happy. health. BTW....I like spam. but only when it's fried and on my plate next to some eggs. :P

luciusad2004

02-15-2010, 12:54 AM

Moved my desk
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k314/luciusad2004/Home%20and%20Surroundings/IMG00393.jpg

Also cleaned up my wires. Thats honestly the real reason i'm posting. Thought id just post here instead of making a thread for something so pointless lol.
What you guys think.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k314/luciusad2004/Home%20and%20Surroundings/IMG00388.jpg
I can't do anything about the speaker wire. they are just to short and connected permanently to my speakers. Oh and the heaters don't work so I'm not gonna melt those wires lol.

hell I just love this thread... i have strange obsessions.

DarthBeavis

02-15-2010, 07:13 PM

This is one revision of my home office area:
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8608/dsc012223845587aa9.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/dsc012223845587aa9.jpg/)http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8393/dsc012213837894qv2.th.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/i/dsc012213837894qv2.jpg/)http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1738/dsc012203830954yu6.th.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/dsc012203830954yu6.jpg/)http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/283/dsc012193823477kk7.th.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/dsc012193823477kk7.jpg/)http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8003/dsc012233853958pr9.th.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/dsc012233853958pr9.jpg/)
Can you guess which room it is ?
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7167/windowsphotogallerywall.jpg

Twigsoffury

02-16-2010, 10:42 AM

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7167/windowsphotogallerywall.jpg

hah ballin'

artoodeeto

02-16-2010, 04:35 PM

ha! that's fantastic. I'm gonna guess.... hmm....this is so very hard....the blue room? :P And you better have all those lights hooked up to your computer...wouldn't it be sweet to run them off the RAM activity lights? heheheeheheheeee....

silverdemon

02-16-2010, 05:54 PM

Here's my setup. This was just after I moved to the house I now live in.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j139/rstakelbeek/Afb008-1.jpg

From left to right:

just on the edge of the picture you can see the back of an old crt monitor, connected to my home-server, the open case in the back.
Also on the edge of the screen you can see the laptop of my sister.
Next to that in the front there is a laptop which I had to 'cure' for my boss, turned out the graphics card was messed up.
Connected to that laptop is the small crt monitor (above it). I had this connected because the main laptop screen sometimes didn't work (graphics card issues)
The small crt monitor is standing on my printer. Next to the printer is an old amplifier. it is connected to my main computer and has some nice mission speakers.
Next to that is the big black vrt monitor which is connected to my main rig (under the desk, just visible on the right bottom of the pic)
In front of the black crt is my old laptop with no screen (broke off). I use this laptop for mail and instant messaging (on the left most screen). The laptop is also connected to my main rig via 'synergy', a program that let's me use the laptop keyboard and mouse (and trackball next to it) on both the laptop AND the main rig (over LAN).
on the right corner of the desk is my 'back-up-keyboard and mouse', directly connected to the main rig, in case the old laptop decides to not work.

Jake2k

02-21-2010, 08:23 PM

Ok I'll admit it's not usually this clean lol

http://i49.tinypic.com/2hq78yc.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/e63dzs.jpg

XcOM

02-22-2010, 02:54 PM

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/TBCS_Group/xcom/Pics/22022010542.jpg
Its strangly rather tidy! belive it or not

985323

09-11-2010, 08:36 PM

Ive just finished switching rooms so i thought I'd post an update
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/DSCF0030.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/DSCF0033.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm81/895232/DSCF0032.jpg

PauL

09-11-2010, 10:31 PM

Needs more pink.

985323

09-11-2010, 10:34 PM

Haha very funny, it used to be my sisters room and my parents didnt want to paint as i will just be putting holes in the walls anyways

Diamon

09-12-2010, 02:46 AM

Here's my setup. I'm quite happy with it :)
Except for the cable management... Mostly because part of the attic is behind that door behind my computer and every time I or someone else needs to get something etc from there I have to move my computer : /. Good thing it's on wheels at least.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8345/dsc00788u.jpg

PauL

09-12-2010, 04:49 AM

Why cant you put your comp under the desk?

Heres what my setup used to look like. Been repainting and flooring all my the bedbrooms with wood now that my brother has moved out and the white carpet is disgusting. Currently waiting for my Dad to finish the wood floor in my room before I move back in permanently.
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7435/img2903io.jpg