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Ikea offer mounts to hang your tower on the underside of the desk, I'd recommend looking at that.
I can recommend these. I sprang the extra £12 to get one with my recent desk and it's super-convenient. It's great having the desk space cleared up, and the fact that it's hanging below, not resting on the floor means that there's less dust clogging up the intakes.
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Ikea offer mounts to hang your tower on the underside of the desk, I'd recommend looking at that.
I can recommend these. I sprang the extra £12 to get one with my recent desk and it's super-convenient. It's great having the desk space cleared up, and the fact that it's hanging below, not resting on the floor means that there's less dust clogging up the intakes.
Wow, curiously enough I was thinking of getting one of those.. specifically this one.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
Ikea offer mounts to hang your tower on the underside of the desk, I'd recommend looking at that.
I can recommend these. I sprang the extra £12 to get one with my recent desk and it's super-convenient. It's great having the desk space cleared up, and the fact that it's hanging below, not resting on the floor means that there's less dust clogging up the intakes.
Wow, curiously enough I was thinking of getting one of those.. specifically this one.
That's the one I got. It happily fits my Antec 900 with room to spare, and the straps mean you can knock your knees into it occasionally and not worry about sending your computer flying.
The only problem I had with it was the bolts and the hole in the mount were all powder-coated too thickly, so I had trouble getting the bolt in. I had to set the mount up in a vice and use BFI to get it half-way, then slide the mount into the desk-top and then finish tightening it with a torque-wrench. It was a bit of a nightmare, but hey, Ikea.
SporkAndrew on
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
Ikea offer mounts to hang your tower on the underside of the desk, I'd recommend looking at that.
I can recommend these. I sprang the extra £12 to get one with my recent desk and it's super-convenient. It's great having the desk space cleared up, and the fact that it's hanging below, not resting on the floor means that there's less dust clogging up the intakes.
Wow, curiously enough I was thinking of getting one of those.. specifically this one.
That's the one I got. It happily fits my Antec 900 with room to spare, and the straps mean you can knock your knees into it occasionally and not worry about sending your computer flying.
The only problem I had with it was the bolts and the hole in the mount were all powder-coated too thickly, so I had trouble getting the bolt in. I had to set the mount up in a vice and use BFI to get it half-way, then slide the mount into the desk-top and then finish tightening it with a torque-wrench. It was a bit of a nightmare, but hey, Ikea.
Ideally, you do not want to keep your head tilted the same way for extended periods of time. My personal opinion is that the monitor is in a good default position when the upper half of the screen is aligned at eye-level.
The problem here is you used the word "opinion".
Every single ergonomics training class (and trust me, as a government peon, I've had to sit through my fair share of them) on the planet will state that the ideal positioning for a monitor is below eye level. OSHA specifies that the center of the screen should be 15-20 degrees below horizontal.. for average sized screens, this will put the very top of the monitor right at eye level.
Personal preference and comfort always supersedes these recommendations, all of us are built a little different and we have to find a position that lets us stay comfortable. But that doesn't mean that putting the monitor down low is "weird", which a number of posters in this thread have suggested.
Ideally, you do not want to keep your head tilted the same way for extended periods of time. My personal opinion is that the monitor is in a good default position when the upper half of the screen is aligned at eye-level.
The problem here is you used the word "opinion".
Every single ergonomics training class (and trust me, as a government peon, I've had to sit through my fair share of them) on the planet will state that the ideal positioning for a monitor is below eye level. OSHA specifies that the center of the screen should be 15-20 degrees below horizontal.. for average sized screens, this will put the very top of the monitor right at eye level.
Personal preference and comfort always supersedes these recommendations, all of us are built a little different and we have to find a position that lets us stay comfortable. But that doesn't mean that putting the monitor down low is "weird", which a number of posters in this thread have suggested.
Yes, I think I made it quite clear I was expressing an opinion I can confirm that keeping the top of the monitor at eye level is the recommendation I've heard as well.
However, all desks I've seen that puts the monitor on a lower plane end up with a monitor placed way too low. As an example, my desk at work puts the top of the screen 20cm or so below eye level which is a good thing in that particular case since I need to see a lot of stuff in front of me to do my work, watching the computer monitors is secondary. I wouldn't recommend a setup like that for a home desk though.
As far as monitors go, just sitting them on the desk, not higher or lower, has always worked wonders for me. Unless you have a monitor with a ridiculously tall base or something, just sitting it on the desk brings it to a perfect ergonomic height.
That split level desk looks absolutely bizarre. Why lower the monitors?
I think for a classroom environment, it's so you can see the instructor/whiteboard/screen. Other than that, it would drive me nuts.
I would like that desk for use with a desktop PC because I could keep the tower on the desk, but kind of tucked away at a slightly lower position, behind the displays. The lower section would also be a nice area to tuck away power supplies for things like a laptop, or a camera. I could keep the cords on top so I could easily disconnect the chargers to take with me, but when they're there they'll be relatively out of sight.
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I can recommend these. I sprang the extra £12 to get one with my recent desk and it's super-convenient. It's great having the desk space cleared up, and the fact that it's hanging below, not resting on the floor means that there's less dust clogging up the intakes.
Wow, curiously enough I was thinking of getting one of those.. specifically this one.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
That's the one I got. It happily fits my Antec 900 with room to spare, and the straps mean you can knock your knees into it occasionally and not worry about sending your computer flying.
The only problem I had with it was the bolts and the hole in the mount were all powder-coated too thickly, so I had trouble getting the bolt in. I had to set the mount up in a vice and use BFI to get it half-way, then slide the mount into the desk-top and then finish tightening it with a torque-wrench. It was a bit of a nightmare, but hey, Ikea.
This is my case..
Mine's the one on the left.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
The problem here is you used the word "opinion".
Every single ergonomics training class (and trust me, as a government peon, I've had to sit through my fair share of them) on the planet will state that the ideal positioning for a monitor is below eye level. OSHA specifies that the center of the screen should be 15-20 degrees below horizontal.. for average sized screens, this will put the very top of the monitor right at eye level.
Personal preference and comfort always supersedes these recommendations, all of us are built a little different and we have to find a position that lets us stay comfortable. But that doesn't mean that putting the monitor down low is "weird", which a number of posters in this thread have suggested.
Yes, I think I made it quite clear I was expressing an opinion
However, all desks I've seen that puts the monitor on a lower plane end up with a monitor placed way too low. As an example, my desk at work puts the top of the screen 20cm or so below eye level which is a good thing in that particular case since I need to see a lot of stuff in front of me to do my work, watching the computer monitors is secondary. I wouldn't recommend a setup like that for a home desk though.
I would like that desk for use with a desktop PC because I could keep the tower on the desk, but kind of tucked away at a slightly lower position, behind the displays. The lower section would also be a nice area to tuck away power supplies for things like a laptop, or a camera. I could keep the cords on top so I could easily disconnect the chargers to take with me, but when they're there they'll be relatively out of sight.