Gamer's Paradise Gaming Desk.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/155163930/gamers-paradise-gaming-desk-a-new-way-to-play
Thoughts on use in a development studio setting?
Thoughts on use in a development studio setting?
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Having a headphone/mic jack on the desk is no more better than having front audio ports. Maybe worse, more susceptible to spillage accidents. I've spilt water on my desk a couple of times before in my life, wouldn't wanna do it on this desk!
What I think woulda been better would be if theres a compartment/lid/drawer/something tucked inside the desk, for the plugs AND cables to go - or some kinda hovering box thing at the back to store all the plugs (for extra large plugs).
Personally don't like the upside down sockets, I think they might fall off or at least it'll be easier to kick them off by accident. And it'll still be a wirey mess everywhere.
Ideally the cable storage should be big enough to fit all the cables and tuck them in if/when it comes to moving the desk, so you can leave the cables inside it neatly and rebuild your workstation with less effort. But how often do people move their desks? Not enough to warrant buying this for sure
Actually, on second thought...
The PC should be built INTO the desk, so you won't have that floating pc and all the cables connecting to it. Removable/upgradeable components inside the desk of course, just like a normal PC.
Plus an entrance for the keyboard usb via the keyboard arm under the desk. And another compartment/tray on a side of this desk to store things like wacoms/ipads/laptops.
Get a regular cheap IKEA desk, some zip-ties, some double-sided tape, powered USB hub of your own styling choice
Now use double-tape to fasten a power cord extender with 4-8 sockets on the underside of the desk, plug stuff in, zip-tie cords to clean stuff up and you will probably be closing in on 1/4th of the price of some silly "designer" shit like this desk..
Plus when you need more space, need to move house or generally want to swap out desks, you can do so without ending up with an old desk that serves no function but to be laughed at by your friends and family.
And if you are feeling particularly fancy.. double tape this to the underside of your desk too for 15 bucks (can probably be had MUCH cheaper if you shop around)
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ps.. who gives a crap if the surface of the desk works for just about any mouse.. what self respecting gamer does NOT have a mouse pad...
Also, hanging a PC tower to a hollow desk made out of metal and vinyl with steel wires will make the desk act like a giant amplifier for any and all vibrations originating from the PC.. Which is any fan and any hard-drive, of which most gaming PC´s have many of, and not always in pristine condition.
Plus shiny desks get sticky when hot and you sweat on them, and icky and ice cold when it gets cold outside..
Quite honestly, I´d say this desk idea is about the worst idea for a functional gaming or workstation desk I have seen yet, bar the few that are made of glass.
Which on its own is just the worst material in existence for a computer desk of any sort.
Wood desks ftw.. even cheap wood beats all high end materials for desk surfaces.
I guess this desk must appeal to some people, but I don't see it.
the desk also has a hole in it for cables to be passed through.
and my mouse mat cost £2.99 from ASDA, i've had it 2 years, and it's fucking amazing lol.
this is something i wouldn't considder buying even with a gun at my head. as Snader says, invest the money in a good chair instead.
Because the layout sucks. It's basically Ikea furniture with some wiring built in to cut down on cable mess.
I have a straight front / rectangular desk at home for my workstation and it's a constant frustration. At work, I have a great right angle desk with the room to lay out several monitors in a nice wraparound, wacom and keyboard room, and enough leftover real estate to put the rest of my stuff. I'd rather pay for that than the wiring gimmick.
Tell you what - sell the electrical modules that are built in as a separate kit I can retrofit to an existing desk, sell them for less than the cost of buying similar off the shelf parts piecemeal online, and THEN you have something I'm keenly interested in.
And a cup holder. I don't understand why more desks don't have integrated cup holders. My cats knock over my cup on a weakly basis.