WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:06.240 this isn't the first time we've done a fatherson PC build online as Tech tips 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:11.200 it's not the first time we've done a multi-part video and it's not the first 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:17.320 time I have mounted a computer to a desk but I assure you that today's video is 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:21.400 very different from anything you've seen on this channel before this 00:00:19.560 --> 00:00:27.039 collaborative project has been a long time coming with many helpers and the 00:00:24.439 --> 00:00:34.160 result and I think you'll all agree was totally worth the effort welcome to 00:00:30.080 --> 00:00:34.160 ultimate DIY desk 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:48.879 PC RAV pow 22,000 milliamp hour portable 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:52.960 charger can charge up to three devices at once while being the size of an 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:56.199 average smartphone check it out at the link in the video 00:00:54.399 --> 00:01:00.840 description let's begin with the objective there are a lot of desk PC 00:00:58.239 --> 00:01:07.439 builds out there and even prefa desk PC cases but they all share at least one 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:09.799 trait the price some are expensive due 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:13.799 to their use of Premium materials While others are expensive because they 00:01:11.320 --> 00:01:20.560 require a well stocked workshop and a lot of time to build them this is 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:27.200 different what we're building is a from scratch design that we're calling the 00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:29.680 ltd1 it's short for a desk one a 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:35.479 complete desk PC case that you can make your yourself with a single piece of MDF 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:39.680 a couple of saws and a piece of glass let's start at the beginning the first 00:01:37.479 --> 00:01:44.280 plan was to buy a cheap table from Ikea or off Craigslist then build the rest of 00:01:41.720 --> 00:01:48.439 the materials around that we rejected that because almost nothing we did would 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:54.119 be applicable to someone trying to replicate the project so we started 00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:57.360 working from the other end what do all 00:01:54.119 --> 00:02:00.680 sick looking desk PCS have in common a 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:03.280 big piece of glass so with some careful 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:09.080 measurements you can easily adapt our design to whatever glass top you can 00:02:06.039 --> 00:02:11.640 find secondhand this is a big key for 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:15.920 this project because thick tempered glass that's designed to sit without 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:22.800 being fully supported the kind that you should use for safety is not cheap so 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:26.280 our glass measured 29.75 in X 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:29.040 5737 and cost us 40 bucks for the entire 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:34.000 table on craigslist we just discarded the legs and got to work now to keep 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:38.840 costs down the objective was to build the desk out of a single piece of MDF 00:02:36.760 --> 00:02:43.120 plywood is another valid material Choice here it's stronger but we wanted a 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:47.959 smooth clean look something that might not matter to you so here are the plans 00:02:45.480 --> 00:02:52.680 we used you can see here that the largest cut of wood is the bottom piece 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:57.319 that will be covered by the top glass just please note that if you want your 00:02:54.440 --> 00:03:02.360 glass to sit flush with the wooden box around all the edges you'll need to add 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:06.280 three 3/4 of an in on every side to account for the thickness of the 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:10.239 material used to build the sides we attached them in this manner to hide 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:15.360 what would otherwise be unattractive seams around the outside of the desk for 00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:20.200 the rest of the cuts you see here we have a cutof saw and a table saw so we 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:23.959 can work as we go but if you don't you can get your local building supply store 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:27.519 to cut them for you starting with the smallest pieces so the operator will 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:30.879 have more to hold on to officially it costs a dollar per cut but some places 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:35.560 will do more for free if you come in at a time when they're not busy another 00:03:33.640 --> 00:03:41.439 sort of error that we made was in the height of the Box we made it exactly the 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:43.080 right height for Sid mounted 120 mm fans 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:48.439 then decided after the fact that we wanted a 3/4 in lip around the edge for 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:52.200 LED lighting effects but it ended up working out anyway because we changed 00:03:50.239 --> 00:03:56.000 our mind about radiator mounting the next important measurement is one of the 00:03:53.959 --> 00:03:59.920 coolest things about this design the knee cutout you can do pretty much 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:04.599 whatever you want here but the general idea is to avoid the awkward ARM 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:11.040 position that a thick table usually forces the user into we started using a 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:12.840 jigsaw with a ruler to guide it but and 00:04:11.040 --> 00:04:17.840 this would have worked for plywood because we aren't using plywood it made 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:22.639 our blade Bend and it actually worked okay actually better to just draw a line 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:26.320 and Eyeball it my dad wanted Perfection though and since he already owns a table 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:29.720 saw he brought that over to fix it up so our knee cutout kind of got bigger and 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:35.080 bigger this was probably the hard hardest part of building the desk but if you have it pre-cut for you you 00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:39.080 shouldn't run into that next up is the sides of the Box we originally tried to 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:43.000 nail these on but discovered that without pre-drilling it wasn't going to 00:04:41.280 --> 00:04:47.960 work very well due to the crumbly nature of MDF the good news is that with wood 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:52.800 glue and clamps this stuff stays together astonishingly well spoiler 00:04:50.479 --> 00:04:57.520 alert the entire end product is held together without a single screw or nail 00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:00.720 next up is the legs one nice thing about building your own custom desk is that 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:05.080 you can have the height perfect for yourself we went with a 29 in height 00:05:03.080 --> 00:05:09.759 from the top of the glass to the floor for our isoceles triangle reinforced 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:14.000 legs the assembly here is a little tricky you put the leg components 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:18.479 together like so then when the glue is grabbing a bit but not hard it'll be 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:23.039 about this color you can wipe off the excess then we position the legs at an 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:27.479 angle for a bit of extra strength they're supported at the top by those 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.360 trapezoid shapes an additional brace here between them down lower though 00:05:28.919 --> 00:05:36.039 would be a good idea but it's not exactly weak without it next up is the 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:39.520 optional LED lip these are just thin strips of wood that we clamped in place 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:44.520 around the outside edge to allow us to light up the inside of the case without 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:46.919 being able to directly see the LEDs you 00:05:44.520 --> 00:05:50.800 can actually get pretty perfect seams by wiping the glue at the right moment 00:05:48.440 --> 00:05:55.080 during the drying process but as you can see ours isn't so in part two we may 00:05:53.479 --> 00:06:01.080 have to address that somehow but how does all the hardware go 00:05:57.440 --> 00:06:04.639 in well it actually took us a while to 00:06:01.080 --> 00:06:06.000 figure that out big deal well you just 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:10.560 go like that that's awful isn't that what you 00:06:08.840 --> 00:06:14.560 want everything about what you just did there is awful isn't that what you want 00:06:12.440 --> 00:06:19.599 well I'm not sure yet so let's just kind of let's back up for a second here I 00:06:17.400 --> 00:06:24.720 think have table holes I think the things should be centered and we might 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:29.319 just have to use extensions for the connectors that we need mhm where's the 00:06:26.840 --> 00:06:32.240 power supply going I don't know well what's going to go over here though 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:36.639 that's that's sort of a concern right now is this just going to be like a like 00:06:33.960 --> 00:06:42.440 a diarama of like gaming figurines like what are we going to put here what about 00:06:37.880 --> 00:06:43.960 hard drives uh SATA cables that far not 00:06:42.440 --> 00:06:49.440 sure if that's a very good idea well right there so what's going on with the 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:53.800 legs well you guys didn't have a preference so we decided to angle them 00:06:51.080 --> 00:06:58.160 for beauty yeah so the desk itself will be beautiful but the computer might not 00:06:56.360 --> 00:07:03.160 be in there you guys should have thought this 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:08.479 through first you know what Von finding you kind of UNS supportive 00:07:05.599 --> 00:07:13.039 right now hey I helped your dad build this desk that's supportive that's true 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:19.879 that's supportive he did most of the work yes yes we know he did do that okay 00:07:17.960 --> 00:07:22.599 all right so hold on let's just how this can we put that guy right there and then 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:27.720 the cables can have like a nice like thing that comes here 00:07:24.400 --> 00:07:30.000 splits okay so we're thinking but again 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:34.720 we are now officially out of components to put over there mhm we still have hard 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:37.759 drives we still have reservoirs and but your reservoirs are really small no we 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:42.000 can't put hard drives over there Jake we can't run a SATA cable that's like 15 M 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:47.280 long so why don't we put where are we going to put the hard 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:49.240 drives then on hold on let's not get too 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:55.479 far away from our from from what's going on here so power supply can 00:07:52.479 --> 00:07:59.680 go out and 00:07:55.479 --> 00:08:03.919 up and up and up to where that needs to 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:06.599 go so that's fine then sorry we need to 00:08:03.919 --> 00:08:11.319 get a mini one for gra oh yeah yeah but Cable model do completely custom link so 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:12.560 I'll just send them exactly what we need 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:16.759 then for this is stuff that I'm actually kind 00:08:14.840 --> 00:08:25.120 of worried about like how to get here to here we have an extended we do yes don't 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:25.120 you put this here minus like go like 00:08:26.440 --> 00:08:32.800 this um cuz you're still interfering no 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:39.080 you're still here no you're still going to hit it I 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:43.680 think hit it there instead of using hard drives we could just use SSD like this 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:47.880 are you sure hold on Jake we might be okay here okay hold my dad might have 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:53.839 solved the problem are we planning to do hard pipe 00:08:50.800 --> 00:08:56.080 on this we can measure those in the bom 00:08:53.839 --> 00:08:59.600 uh do you want to hard that doesn't uh I don't think we really need 00:08:58.079 --> 00:09:03.880 to it might look kind of ghetto if we don't 00:09:02.079 --> 00:09:11.200 okay so we could do these here we could go pump pump Y and then we could go res 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:13.480 res we still end up with some oh you 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:19.120 know what no so we go like res res and then we go how many 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:23.839 hard drives are there uh like four are they ssds no I don't I don't think we 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:30.399 have a choice on that one so basically we go up and we bring this pump up no we 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:32.480 can't no we can't we can't bring the 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:37.640 no we no no that's fine because we want no we want to hit the top of it so we go 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:39.399 up to the top of this pump then how are 00:09:37.640 --> 00:09:43.040 we going to oh we have a right angle thing um but there are still there's 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:46.600 still the challenge of IO so power button I think is pretty I think it's 00:09:44.839 --> 00:09:52.200 pretty straight forward we just need to find like a couple cool LEDs and power 00:09:49.800 --> 00:09:58.000 buttons that we can put in the wood at the front right or we could just do we 00:09:55.040 --> 00:10:02.839 could just do a hole and then just have a piece of have a piece of wood that 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:06.200 covers that just comes out to cover the cables that are plugged in yeah okay and 00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:09.560 we just make it that simple so basically we would just glue a piece of cables in 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:16.000 but right here yeah it would be a little tough but 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:16.000 honestly it would be once it's 00:10:16.160 --> 00:10:22.760 mounted okay so if that's the case then we'll do the exact same thing here mhm 00:10:21.160 --> 00:10:26.480 and then and then we'll do the exact same thing here so actually would we 00:10:25.079 --> 00:10:33.040 okay so how about this then would we just cover okay so we have a plan now and it 00:10:30.880 --> 00:10:40.480 only took until after the desk was already basically finished being 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:42.680 constructed planning anyway so IO is 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:47.680 going to go here that's good cuz I'm right-handed and it's good because the 00:10:44.560 --> 00:10:48.800 user is going to sit right about here is 00:10:47.680 --> 00:10:55.680 kind of back a little bit you won't really see that so we're going to just bring our power button front USB blah 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:58.800 blah blah Etc couple LEDs right up there 00:10:55.680 --> 00:11:01.800 then CPU and GPU are both going to have 00:10:58.800 --> 00:11:04.760 two going between them and then over 00:11:01.800 --> 00:11:08.519 across here we're going to we're going to try and do Hardline tubing wish me 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:11.760 freaking luck with this one anyway the point is uh you're going to get over to 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:16.160 these radiators they're going to go to their pumps and both of these pumps are 00:11:14.040 --> 00:11:19.240 going to be able to draw air directly from a reservoir meaning that we're not 00:11:17.839 --> 00:11:24.639 going to have issues with bleeding the loop um something that I have definitely 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:28.040 had to deal with in the past these fans are going to have White chromax Corners 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:32.720 so we're going to have like a black and white color scheme kind of thing going 00:11:29.680 --> 00:11:34.600 on in here and in terms of power we're 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:39.720 going to use custom cable mod cables to go up over to here over to here over to 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:44.240 here similar to my last desk PC and then we're going to have um we're going to 00:11:41.160 --> 00:11:46.160 use this lip under here see that it goes 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:49.480 all the way around the outside to run power to these drives and we're also 00:11:47.800 --> 00:11:52.680 going to have cable mod SATA cables over to these drives from this direction and 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:57.480 then we're going to run power over to the pumps and fans over here hiding them 00:11:54.760 --> 00:12:02.600 under the lip as best we can the other thing we're going to run around the 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:04.320 entire outside is RGB LED strips though 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:07.760 don't worry we're not just going to go one solid strip around the whole thing 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:12.160 and make it like a like a light show inside uh we're going to use extensions 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:16.360 to create gaps so we're just accent lighting the right pieces that was my 00:12:13.920 --> 00:12:23.040 idea uh Jake was not responsible for that at 00:12:18.760 --> 00:12:25.440 all and uh I mean yeah oh right right 00:12:23.040 --> 00:12:29.680 right last thing so shroud um my dad says it's pretty simple to kind of go 00:12:27.079 --> 00:12:33.360 over here and then down and then over so all we're going to do is put some holes 00:12:31.160 --> 00:12:38.320 in the side so you can access your IO that makes this setup a little bit more 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:41.240 flexible for the future like oh I don't necessarily want to use DisplayPort 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:44.240 anymore like if we used extensions to get over there or something no no no 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:50.560 we're just going to have holes you can reach in you can do whatever it is you need to do now the Keen eyed among you 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:56.199 are probably asking yourselves ginus well you've got a bunch of exhaust 00:12:52.959 --> 00:12:58.480 fanss where are you drawing air in to 00:12:56.199 --> 00:13:03.360 which my reply is don't worry about it we have taking away the top we're not 00:13:02.040 --> 00:13:09.440 going to put a piece of glass on it anymore new idea monitor balance is here 00:13:06.880 --> 00:13:14.639 okay keyboard goes kind of right here kind of across here for stability while 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:17.079 gaming mouse get this you are going to 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:22.279 use the top of the water block of the video card making you the world's 00:13:20.199 --> 00:13:27.160 biggest badass that's stupid isn't it yes okay 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:32.120 so no the piece of glass is still going over top but what we're going to do is 00:13:29.839 --> 00:13:36.440 we're either going to use like these uh Silverstone filters or maybe we'll do 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:41.160 like a custom sort of larger mesh and we're going to do one intake right here 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:45.199 so because we're using High static pressure fans over on the other side 00:13:43.040 --> 00:13:49.800 we're actually going to have a pretty decent amount of air flow sucked through 00:13:47.880 --> 00:13:54.680 that filtered intake across the motherboard down towards the power 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:57.120 supply and over here and then out down 00:13:54.680 --> 00:14:02.759 here over on the left and that is how we do it 00:14:00.199 --> 00:14:08.279 when we plan everything after the fact oh yeah I didn't even explain the 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:12.000 disaster almost that was the radiators 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:13.720 so not having given my dad any guidance 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:19.079 in fact I said specifically I didn't care he did these cool angled feet under 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:22.800 the desk that almost made it impossible for us to mount these radiators over 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:26.240 here that's why they're kind of offset like this but it it ended up looking 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:29.839 like yeah we meant to do that so maybe we'll just leave this clip out and then 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:36.120 you'll never know that we didn't mean to do that cuz that's how video works 00:14:33.880 --> 00:14:42.040 kids so the last thing here is we're doing a quick test fit of the glass you 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:43.839 can see the uh the4 in uh extra that we 00:14:42.040 --> 00:14:49.120 have around now at this stage in the game you would have a couple of options 00:14:46.040 --> 00:14:52.839 you could rebuild your table or you can 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:56.759 actually just get glass that is custom 00:14:52.839 --> 00:14:58.000 made to to fit exactly um but we're 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:02.199 probably not going to worry about that for the purposes of this video video what I did want to say though is now 00:15:00.839 --> 00:15:05.880 that we've got this on here we've realized you know you can even with 00:15:04.160 --> 00:15:09.720 paint and even with sanding like you're going to see some of this so an optional 00:15:08.040 --> 00:15:14.839 step at this stage would be to put some kind of a veneer over top of here so you 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:18.959 don't really see all these joins um might make it look a little sharper and 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:23.079 then to keep the glass from slipping uh and moving around you might also want to 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:28.199 consider putting like maybe like a roll on clear silicone around the edge so 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:33.639 that once you put it down it kind of sticks in place we'll let the silicone 00:15:31.040 --> 00:15:36.759 dry first so it's just a grippy like a grippy texture around the outside so 00:15:35.680 --> 00:15:42.360 you'd actually be able to lift it straight off you just won't be able to slide it so this this chair is a little 00:15:40.959 --> 00:15:46.199 tall that's not how high the chair will be but check it out the knee Gap is 00:15:45.199 --> 00:15:53.120 right there boom that's freaking awesome okay 00:15:49.920 --> 00:15:56.000 so we're going to cover some of these 00:15:53.120 --> 00:16:00.639 imperfections like right there so this is optional you don't really need to do 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:05.880 this because you could just painted that and once you put the the sort of 00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:10.639 friction surface like silicone or some rubber surface you wouldn't see these 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:15.920 little marks anyway but we decided to go with a little bit of an ear so that's 00:16:13.199 --> 00:16:20.199 optional so anyway the test fit with the glass looks awesome other than the 00:16:18.199 --> 00:16:25.040 calculation error with the outside edge so the next step then is to see if we 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:30.399 can get around our half-ass planning and get all the components actually mounted 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:33.319 inside stay tuned for part 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:38.199 two I did say it was going to be a multi parter but maybe you don't want to build 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:41.920 a desk computer maybe you want to build a beautiful functional website well 00:16:40.160 --> 00:16:47.399 don't worry we've got that taken care of too squarespace.com is the place to go 00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:51.279 if you want to do that thing that I just said the one with the website not the 00:16:48.959 --> 00:16:56.360 one with the computer they offer 247 support via live chat and email their 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:59.560 templates look great across any device 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:01.920 and it is super 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