Computer Area Project

[AMD Killa]

OK guys, this is going to be a quick introduction, mainly because I'm knackered.

Basically, me and my brother got fed up of our computers being on crap desks that get cluttered very easily, and is just generally poor for working on, or playing games (mostly the latter :)).

So we decided to use up some of the space out in the garage. Now, because the garage has an average (at best) door on the front, the cold and damp gets in quite easily. So to combat this, the unit we are going to build will be fully enclosed and freestanding.

We will build a floor, four walls, and a roof. Obviously one of the walls will have a door. For this project, I'm thinking cold cathodes for moodlighting, some inset lights my brother has that run of 240V mains for general lighting. I also have two 120mm fans lying around to bring in and take out air from outside the box, and six 80mm fans that I can use to give some air to my towers under the desk. I will run them through a fan controller so I can change the speeds from a central place, and so that I can run them of the same PSU as the cold cathodes. I'm thinking of using the old green to black PSU hack for this :)

I'm thinking of carpetting the floor, and having some sort of lino or venier for the desk. Not sure about the walls yet.

Anyway, time for the progress so far.

Here is how far we got with the floor after the first night.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0029.jpg


Here is the progress after the second night.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0027.jpg
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0028.jpg
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0031.jpg


Here's a shot of our work area.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0030.jpg


This is where we started from today.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0034.jpg


And by the end of today.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0035.jpg
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0036.jpg
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0038.jpg


Sorry about the quality of the pics. I took them on my iPhone, but photobucket automatically streches them downwards to 800x600 from a widescreen resolution.

You may have noticed the braces between the frame got shorter and more frequent. This is because this will be the part where all the weight is going to be, where we are sitting. The other part will be where the desk is, so it won't be holding as much weight.

So, the plan for tomorrow (thursday). Add a little more width to the floor using two more braces. Then cut and secure the chipboard to the floor frame.

From there we can build the back wall, followed by the side walls. Then the front wall with the door, and followed by the hardest part to attach... the roof. Considering this is indise a garage, the space above this thing will be rather limiting when coming to fix it to the main piece.

Once the structure side is done, we can then start on the desk and other inside parts.

I can't wait to get this done :D

We will finish the floor by tomorrow night, and will start on the walls by the weekend. We should be able to have the main structure done within a week, and the final thing within a month :D

Let me know what ya think guys.

[DonT-FeaR]

bit hard to say what i think atm... the idea is great i think it should turn out good.... ill let ya know :P

[Liquid_Scope_99]

Great start man cant wait to see how this oges

[KiLLERMAN21]

Ideas good, the finished product should be pretty cool.

[AMD Killa]

Thanks for all the comments :D

We now have the floor finished. I'll upload some pics tomorrow (friday) night.

I'm happy at the moment, I just found out I got distinctions on my college courses :D

[AMD Killa]

OK, update time :)

I found out that we needed to extend the floor, to give more room. So we just added on another strut/truss (what ever you call it) part underneath, and layed down the last piece of the chipboard flooring.

All we have to do now is make sure there are enough tacks to keep it sturdy, then we can start on the walls.

Might pop to B&Q sometime this week, as they have a sale on laminate flooring :)

[chaksq]

Cool project! Should be interesting, good luck with it.


I just found out I got distinctions on my college courses :DVery awesome. Keep it up.

[XcOM]

I'm happy at the moment, I just found out I got distinctions on my college courses :D

Congrats dude, +Rep

I know how hard it is to get distinctions, I got distinction, distinction Merit on my course,

I only missed getting the 3rd distinction due to me not getting someone from outside the course to test a program i wrote, if i had i would have had D's across the board.


Im looking forward to see what you do, i may do something similar when i get a new job, going to rent a garage and build myself a little den to work in.

[AMD Killa]

XcOM@ Yea, it was hard, considering I actually missed half of the course due to illness :)

OK Update Time!!!

We managed to finish the floor with the chipboard sheets.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0043.jpg

Now that we had the floor finished, we then needed to concentrate on the walls. We decided to start with a corner to make it easier to build off of.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0044.jpg

So here is the wall so far.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo340/amd_killa/Computer%20Area%20Project/IMG_0046.jpg

We just need to finish the walls, then start to put the MDF/chipboard sheets onto the framework. We will be putting insulation of some sort between the seets to keep the cold out, as it will be in our garage, which isnt sealed too well if you know what I mean.

EDIT: We have now added an extra part onto the back wall now, and from my point of view, it's starting to look pretty good. It's instipring me to move on with this build, rather than hang around like I did with my previous mods.

Plus, (well it's a minus really) it's freezing outside at the moment, as it's snowing. Bright side is, that I probably wont have to go into college tomorrow :)

[AMD Killa]

Update:

I have just finished moving house. Because of this, me and my brother no longer have need for this area, as we each now have our computers in our rooms.

[DonT-FeaR]

well that sucks.. lol

hope the move went well

[AMD Killa]

the move wasnt too bad. dealing with BT to get the broadband moved however is a different story!

[AMD Killa]

the move was ok, getting BT to move the broadband however, is a different story.

at least i get the new hub/phone off them for free ;)