Why the fuck are desks so fucking expensive? Hell, I find like

Office grade desks tend to be designed to take a shitload of wear and tear. Though a lot of places do overprice them.

Otherwise you are paying for materials, or even design. I do feel a lot of "traditional" desks use a clunky unergonomic design personally.

>>58827206
I just want something fairly priced for what it's designed for. I'm reconstructing my office space, which is my room, and I'm looking to get a good spacial workspace.

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>>58827183
No anon. Desks aren't expensive.

>>58827183
Just go to Ikea.
Ikea has good desks (like the Malm one I use) at a reasonable price.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/desks/desk-computer-desks/malm-desk-with-pull-out-panel-black-brown-art-60214183/

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>>58827234
Where are you from? If you're in Europe you might be able to get old stuff that the municipality or county hospitals and schools are replacing.
They're usually high quality stuff here in Sweden (pic related).

>>58827321
Are ikea desks reliable? Heard horror stories

>>58827328
I'm in the US, but craigslist usually has some alright deals on some old desks they're replacing, whether its in a school or office.

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>>58827321

>Ikea has good desks

anon

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>>58827334
>>58827356
dont buy the cheap shit wooden filler stuff

get a Jerker (ye lol)

>>58827183
I know that feel. I just got a desk for $30 last year and refurbished it myself. It's real wood and the same size a $500 one was going for at a local furniture store.

It werks though.

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OP brings up a good point. Where does one find a desk that is good but doesn't cost an arm and a leg? Any recommendations?

>>58827361
How much will I be paying to surpass the cheap threshold?

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Best computer desks are utility tables, usually built to take a lot of stress and weight for garage stuff.

Depending on your area thrift stores may be an option, salvation army close to me consistently has extremely sturdy 20-70 year old solid wood furniture of all types for less than $30-50

>>58827365
At my old staying, I got a damn good big ass desk from someone moving for free. The shit was great, and the only reason I didn't bring it with me is because it was so damn big. It held everything on it.

Because it's one of those things that the user often doesn't pay for. As a rule of thumb that's a good way to drive up prices. "Business class laptops" work the same way, for example.

It's as good a time as any to learn how to assemble furniture out of dimensional lumber, though. Make it simple at first and expand with parts as you learn.

>>58827382
Only thing I have against wood is that it attracts insects.

>>58827376
i dont know, i bought that desk second hand for $50 a few years ago. it's metal and solid wood, as long as you stick to that you should be fine with most desks.

>>58827373
DID YOU TRY FUCKING IKEA?

Y)OU KNOW, THAT WEBSITE THAT HAS $40 60 INCH LONG TABLETOPS AND $10 LEGS THAT SCREW INTO THEM?

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>>58827334
Mine is. I built it by myself and though I am over 6ft and quite strong, it was a little surprising to see just how heavy it was. Don't take that in a bad way though, its heavy in a good way.
This desk has been with me for over a year and doesn't have even the slightest sign of any wear/tear/wobbles, and I've got my computer (with fully custom water cool solution in there, CPU+GPU), monitor, speakers, lamp, pig figurines, the lot.
Not the slightest bit of instability.

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>>58827409

>>58827409

I know my wood does

>>58827382
True this.

>>58827334
I got an Ikea Galant, held up well over the past 8 years, but wasn't that cheap either

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>>58827183
Not exactly like your pic OP, but I picked my desk up at a thrift store for $45. They're big and really hard to move, be warned.

>>58827417
Not the Anon to whom you're replying but since I'm using exactly what you just described, I'll point out a caveat: this is ever so slightly too tall for a desk. if I could be bothered I'd look for new legs about 2-3" shorter since I can't really lop anything off these ones.

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shop at ikea they said

>>58827453
ikea sells height adjustable legs though

>>58827440
weight has always been the one thing I think about for buying a desk. I live on the second floor of an apartment, so transportation will be a pain in the ass.

>>58827460
I should stop being lazy and order them, then.

Hopefully everyone else reading this now knows to do that from the start and not repeat my mistake.

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>>58827457
you do realize that this is an electric height adjustable desk, don't you?

you fucking retard

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/desks/desk-computer-desks/fredde-workstation-black-art-50219044/

This thing is pretty battle station class.

>>58827392
Yeah, there are good used desks that are big. I was lucky to be able to load mine from the store. Moving it again isn't a worry now.

>>58827474
Didnt say shit about it, but you can see why such a thing can bring about perception on desk prices.

>>58827475
Got a recommendation for a desk that can hold a lot of work?

>>58827457
not even power lifted is it? wow.

>>58827504
>- You can adjust the height of the table top electrically from 22" to 48" to ensure an ergonomic working position.

????

>>58827516
manually

there is no motor on the desk

Cheap furniture is almost always a waste of money. When your young you think otherwise, but then you see that Ikea crap you bought 3 years ago falls apart completely overtime while that properly built furniture you bought at a garage sale is 20 years old and will last another 20 years easily.

>>58827457
i can guarantee that the shit companies and govt buys is twice as expensive

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I would unironically buy this if it came in adult size. But it looks too small and I'm too tall to fit beneath that shit.

>>58827475
I looked at that in store when I got my Malm (I was actually going there for a different type, I think, when my partner recommended the Malm instead.)
That desk is flimsy as shit, or damn well feels like it.
Oh sure, its metal, but its flimsy, weak metal. Too ornate, not very practical.

>>58827504
Do you not see the fucking up/down buttons? Yes its fucking motorised.
The non-motor one has a hand crank.

>>58827558
>electric
>manual

what?

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>>58827568
but they do .... ?

>>58827585

It doesn't say anywhere in this image >>58827457 that it is electric

>>58827610
I dont even want to know the price

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>>58827409
>>58827429
Posting this because the actual name of the product is "Bait Station"

>not ceran wrapping your furniture

>>58827623
there's shit from a few hundred to a grand.

>>58827610
I can assure you, I wouldn't feel comfortable climbing up those hollow "stairs". Nothing good can come of a fully grown adult climbing what is essentially a chest of drawers.

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>>58827183
I got this at office depot for $50
don't cheap out on desks, this is a massive piece of shit and can barely fit 2 monitors on and is flimsy as fuck

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>>58827663

How fat are you anon?

>>58827690
One sec, will weigh myself after I take a shit.

>>58827663
thats a designers imagniation, any sane person would use thick steps you dumbass

>>58827672
I can tell from it alone that I wouldnt trust my rig on that thing. Provided, my rig would probably be near my feet, but still.

My former rommate had a rad black modern desk. It could only fit one monitor, but man was it comfortable to sit at. Though I give more credit to the chair he had being high enough to be there.

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>>58827571
>partner

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>>58827334
define reliable
I got that exact Malm desk, the glue holding a thin layer of painted wood one of the sides let go within 6 months, the paint on the edge facing me started to go around that time also and has gotten worse over 3 years. Got water damaged pretty quickly as well due to a desk plant, so now one end is all lumpy. Extremely easy to scratch as well. Also the wire management pocket under the desk is a disaster and hard as shit to maintain, and dust is impossible to clean out from where the retractable desk bit meets the main desk.

But is it ""reliable"" as in "does it hold shit"? Yea sure its like 5 slabs of wood and it does its job I guess. If I could though, I'd go back and buy a real desk instead of this ikea shit. Local Costco has brought in some way better shit over the yeras for just ~40-60 dollars more.

>>58827709
>Not having your own personal cuteboy partner
Don't you know that having one increases your programming ability by 200%?

Im from a 3rd world country so im not sure this will be relatable to you but why dont you check your local carpenter if there is one ?

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you guys remember these? so glad this retarded fad died.

>>58827741
that glass looks thick. he had to have forced something on it

>>58827690
>>58827701
110kg = 17.3 stone = 242.5lbs
6'3"
I'm fat, but not hamplanet fat.

>>58827709
I find it a bit odd calling my 53 year old ladyfriend a "girlfriend", especially when she's my fiancee.

>>58827763
might be some CGI but there's plenty of real stories

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>>58827741
I'll never understand why they were made with real glass and not plexi-glass or at least tampered glass

>>58827776
that is tempered glass you mong

>>58827776
i believe most are tempered aka safety glass but many of these broken ones might be cheap cunts just buying whatever they found and not taking weight into account.

i dont think acrylic is a good choice here cus it flexes and scratches too easily

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>>58827776
>>58827741

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>>58827183
they aren't if you make your own

>>58827826
>you have died

pottery

>>58827826
that fucking chair, tho

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>>58827836

>>58827836
I'm a programmer, not a carpenter. But I live in Texas, so I'm sure there's someone I can commission around here.

>>58827356
If you actually go to the show room you can find which desks aren't just paper pieced together. There's a lot of them that are pretty solid.

>>58827856
that defeats the whole fucking purpose and will be just as expensive as buying something good unless you can make a trade or know a guy.

Ok, here is my tip if you aren't a complete faggot.

Look at particleboard, look at how thick it is, look at how much it costs.

Shit by me costs 25$ for a 4 foot by 8 foot board.

Now, any desk that isn't real word IS particle board, so you know the kind of weight it can take.

get 2 boards and have them glued/bolted/screwed together and make legs out of the area you cut out. buy a 3rd board would likely give you shelf space

a bit of creativity with the particleboard, some aluminum braces possibly wheels, and you now have sliding drawers.

get a cheap hard wood and make some braces out of it, you know just to be sure, the particleboard doubled up will take anything you put on it within reason, but better safe then sorry.

and with this you have a desk that is 15-20 square feet of space for under 150$

Now, you can cast a urethane top on it, and that will cost you a bit but be perfect for your needs, just need to watch those bubbles or you are fixing shit later.

you could also put some vinyl stickers on it or glue some nice vanerar to it but both of these are costly.

another thing you could do is what my school did for art. They gut a fuck ton of wood, stood it on its side, and glued it together, that way at the end of the year, they could sand the fuck out of the top, put down a new lacquer coating, and call it a day, and they could do this for the next 100 years and not run out of wood. then you stand it up with some metal or thick pvc pipes and call it a done job.

If you have access to a router, you can easily add flourishes to the desk

all in all, 200$ for something a store would sell for 1000$ isn't bad at all.

>>58827815
Sorry, didn't mean tempered. I'm not sure what the word is for what I mean.
I like the anti-shatter shit that they put on car windows so it doesn't just fall into pieces when it gets broken

>>58827183
Build one. I bought 3 thick zebrawood boards and 5 walnut wood boards for legs which cost me around $120 together. Desks aren't cheap, if it isnt chink garbage you are paying atleast 2/3 just for the craftsmanship so don't expect much from a sub $500 desk

>>58827856
Don't expect it to be cheap

>>58827871
I have neither. So yes, I'm probably better off just buying a premade.

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>>58827836
this

I'm about to make my own desk too, so I can sit on the floor next time I'm using my computer, can lay on the floor to rest if I want.

>>58827875
Except this implies you own or have free access to the tools needed to do this

>>58827875
Sure, he'll go out back to his fully custom workshop right now except he likely doesn't have anything like that dumbass

>>58827741
>>58827776
>>58827815
>>58827818
I have some cheap ones. They're just an aluminium frame with tempered glass on them.
Thinking about replacing the glass with a simple wooden plate.
Glass is pretty uncomfortable and yes i'm afraid it brakes one day.
They still served solid 7 years.

>>58827836
>>58827854
simple but not that bad.
Would use

>>58827893
That looks uncomfortable as fuck
Are you supposed to sit with your legs crossed?

>>58827900
Or even know how to use them
I was lucky that my high school had shop classes to take

>>58827911
maybe his legs got cut off

>>58827183
Sit standing desk frames are cheap now for around $300.

Just get a table top from Ikea, a door, or some plywood or whatever and put in on the frame.

>>58827893
maybe try to make it convertable so you can switch it to a full desk or even a full standing desk. sitting on the ground or laying on it isn't that comfy after all.

>>58827856
>"I can learn how to build myself a desk but I won't do it, because I'm a programmer!!! What the fuck do you think I am?"

>>58827875
>particle board
At least use plywood, or even OSB. Most people can't make joints, a pocket hole jig works wonders

>>58827934
Anybody can learn how to do that, but to make anything of quality takes skill, something that not everyone has

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>>58827890
if you have building materials place near you just buy some thing fucking square logs and a bunch of metal angles and bolts plus a solid wood tabletop. could probably get good instructions over at >>>/diy/

pic somewhat related

>>58827934
I'm not going to spend about three to six months learning how to build a desk. I actually waste more time (=money) doing that when I can just get one economically.

>>58827946
btw most places can cut the planks for you, then you just have to drill and bolt it together and lay the table on top

>>58827946
>Invest a few hundred to save less than a hundred
gee thanks
If you have the tools already on hand then thats different but not everyone here has the space for them

>>58827911
well, you can sit however you want, it's not that necessary about how you gonna to sit.

>>58827976
pretty sure some friend, your parents or friends parents have all the tools you'd need. Just make yourself a plan, buy the materials and built it yourself. Not that hard desu

>>58827976
you only need a drill you fucking retard, see >>58827969

>>58827992
You'd have to pull it away from the wall to sit with your legs out though

>>58827702
A sane person will make a steel frame but non of /g/ can do basic "man" stuff e.g. fix a car engine let alone wield stuff.

>>58827183
I made my own, designed it and made it, so worth it, everything is as I want it

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>tfw free black linoleum artek table

C O M F Y

O

M

F

Y

Just get an Ikea table

>>58828013
most likely more expensive so no, also at least learn to spell simple words when you try to look like a cool tough man

>>58827946
>just build a desk out of wolmanized 2"x8"

Anon pls

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>>58828049
>too stupid to realize it was an example of how to bolt shit together

>>58827183
I found that getting a "desk shell" gets you a much better desk than buying a regular desk. Its like one part of a proper set.

Get this steel desk frame https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=15721 and cut some plywood and you're done. Under $300 for a good quality desk that can adjust height.

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>>58828075
>spend that much on good metal frame
>finish it off with cheap fucking plywood top
people like you should be fucking shot

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>>58828075
>$230 for a small peice of steel that could you could barely fit your entire setup on

>saying people should build their own desks just to save a hundred bucks

Might as well tell people to build their own cars and houses while at it.

>>58828075
hi linus

I'd fucking me some fat old ass Commy desk.

>>58828001
Some screws, sandpaper, lack, brush could come in handy aswell.

>>58828075
looks intresting

>>58828092
read the description.

>>58828102
those are completely different things and require way more knowledge than a simple fucking desk

fuck off retard

Make it from MDF you autist. And don't just use screws use steel joints. You know how much weight standard 30mm MDF table with 12 steel joint can take - 1.1 tons.

>>58828075
>>58828120
samefag

>>58828091
Then get or make a table top from where ever. Ikea countertop or tabletop or something.

>>58828138
You're still telling people to waste their time doing something outside their skill set. Not everyone can be as cheap as you. In fact, you'll waste more time and money trying to make it yourself, which increases with how inexperience the person is.

>>58828139
still not enough to hold up your mom you ghetto ass nigger, fuck off

>>58828160
still too small for most people

>>58828102
Fags like you shouldn't be consider human since you can't even do basic human things that exists thousand years ago like building a house from scratch. Fuck off faggot

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I got a desk like this one for $15 at goodwill. It is a like a $1000+ desk

>>58828180
Building a house isnt a basic skill. Humans back in primal times weren't experts, either. They lived beneath shoddy sticks and rock. It was the people who specialized in those skills that made better living places. Learn that a community is built on each person having a job and not being the everyman since it's impossible, jackass.

>>58828102
might aswell tell people to design and fabricate their own CPU GPU and PCB while at it

>>58827183
I don't know 100% but a lot of it is logistics
logistics, cheaper to transport and move smaller/lighter stuff
cheaper to purchase and manufacture materials
can be sold for cheaper selling more, more often with planned obsolescence makes more money than having fewer buyers for a more expensive better made product.
I think a lot of it has to do with cost as people have to save up longer for a better one and a cheaper one sooner probably gives more satisfaction than having a pillow and tower on the floor and propping the monitor up on a box. it's not like most people are rolling in money where they can go buy quality made products for something that's just going to sit there unused a lot of the time

>>58828184
Thats a solid ass desk

>>58828207
>He doesn't mine his own ores
Look at this pleb

>>58828184
dang
thats pretty much exactly what I want

>>58828184
Do you live in Alabama by any chance? Because that looks just like my dads old desk that he got rid of a few years ago

>>58828222
fuck you i manipulate individual atoms to construct everything i need

>>58828234
Your desk isnt unique

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/fuo/5984457770.html

>>58828254
The desk and chair look exactly like my dads and I was just wondering if they managed to end up with someone else

>>58827614
You can see the height adjust controls on the right.

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What the fuck happened to wrap around desks?
I used to see them all the time and now everyone seems so focused on having the smallest desk possible

>>58827702
>>58828013
3/4" plywood is perfectly Capable of supporting a large person in such a use case. The only thing that would be questionable is how the stairs are secured seeing as there doesn't appear to be any actual support at the top or than whatever holds it to the frame / wall. Would still suggest use of at least 1" plywood, and anyone concerned about the structural integrity could use 2"x4"s to reinforce the runners. But a 2 foot span on 3/4" plywood can support a ridiculous amount of weight.

>>58828065
So use galvanized carriage bolts to build a desk?

You're a Neanderthal, stop recommending how to build desks and go back to rough hewn sheds or something.

>>58828102
But I did build (some) of my house, and I was on the engine team for a hybrid in college.

Shit was fun, and fiscally sound.

>>58827854
Nigga that's beautiful.

>>58827560
Tfw my furniture from office Max and IKEA have been serving me just fine.

>>58828075
minimum height is way too high. 29.5" plus an extra 1-2" for the tabletop is higher than the standard desk height at it's lowest. stupid product.

>>58829095
Yeah that's dumb, the electric one is much lower at 24.4" but more expensive at $360.

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>>58827183
Varies from country to country how expensive they are, and what option you'll find the most cost effective.

I had this baby custom built for 259 USD taking current exchange rates into account. The only store bought item was the "ALEX" drawer unit from IKEA for another 53 USD, so in total I paid 312 USD.

>>58829354
>literally covering your desk in trash
I'm actually amazed you don't also use a tripcode.

>>58829391
If your desk is mostly empty, you don't need a desk of that size to begin with. Do you also buy 32 GB RAM because it feels good to stare at 20 something gigabytes of it free?

Completely retarded habit senpai.

>>58827183
Because is USA
You like pay 15$ for toilet paper

>>58829354
That's pretty autistic but in a good way. May steal that design from you desu fampai.

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>get a desk for free
>midi keyboard and wacom tablet fits perfectly on it

>>58827766
How old are you gramps?

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>>58829354
Wait a minute...

>using logitech speakers

Anon, anon anon anon... You need to upgrade. https://youtu.be/-3wrOEP-aPc

>>58829556
Stop shilling your youtube channel

>>58829556
I tried half a dozen speakers from 2.1 computer to stereo near field monitors up to 300 dollars, none of them had the sound characteristics I desired. Either the bass was lacking, or completely fake, present in ranges it had no business being in, or the highs were way too recessed, or the horizontal dispersion was utter shit compared to mine.

I have yet to find a speaker system that is a direct upgrade in every conceivable aspect.

>>58827690
Kill yourself, you dumb fucking shit stain.

>>58827183
depending on what you want: build your own
I kid you not
buy an 1" thick sheet of plywood and maybe make it narrower and then you have a supersweet 1m x 2.40m HUGE desk that can even look good after sanding and oiling.

I commissioned a carpenter to build one for me with a design I liked, among other things, I chose the dimensions and height. It's L shaped and also came with drawers.

300 dollaridoos, maybe a bit on the expensive side according to OP, but I really like my desk and has a 3 year guarantee

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Pros/cons of a glass desk? This is $132 on amazon.

>>58828627
it's also ugly as fuck and splinters easier

>>58828799
>example of how to bolt
>HURR SO U SHOULD USE THAT TYPE OF WOOD AND BOLTS?! DURRR
you really are retarded, kys faggot.

>>58829734
Pros:
cheap

Cons:
they break
they're impossible to move to a new place or new room
they look like shit after a little while
they're cold and uncomfortable
you can't set hot drinks on them or they might break

I got my L-shaped desk from Amazon, but it's wooden. It's solid enough. Doesn't look bad, it's durable, and it does the job.

>>58829556
This video is spot on for my audio preferences, and seeing that it also features the speakers I have (the X-230) it is more likely than not, a direct upgrade. Did you make it?

>>58829734
scroll up in the thread

>>58829734
I've had one that looks like that but not L shaped for a while now. Biggest complaints are lack of drawers/storage space and the bonding between the pane of glass and the supporting bars wore off at some point, now it's just slides around if you give it more than a gentle push

Other than that it's okay I suppose. It held a crt for a while, and I've put drinks of all temperatures on it, so I don't know what >>58829761 is talking about

>>58829583
see: >>58829648 >>58829769
It's relevant to /g/, just hide my posts. 4chanX makes that easy

>>58829648
Well you gotta include a sub ya dingus. Bookshelf speakers aren't meant to hit any kind of bass.

>>58829769
Yessir. I mean, it's not too much work to set up a decent 2.1 system since there are only 4 parts: sub, speakers, amp, and wire. But yeah this is the system I replaced my X-230s with. Those things lasted forever though (and still work today), which is amazing since they were like $40 in 2006 or whenever I got them.

>>58829704
Holy shit. I haven't seen someone this tilted over a comment on reddit since 1997. Heyooooo.
Anyone seen the fat people hate thread on /fit/?
xD DAE think fat people should die cause they're torturing the person inside them? Like it's a person inside a person. heyyooooo

>>58829852
What can you tell me about horizontal dispersion? Is there a clear spatial awareness, a soundstage that is predominantly present between the two speakers? The X-230 manages to create just that. I hate sound that is predominantly coming from the direction of the two speakers.

Also with a separate sub I'm worried about fake bass. With my current audio setup, the X-230 puts out perfectly accurate bass.

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>>58827206
most desks they sell in stores have pic related under a plastic cover and will break if you have more than 10kg weight on it

>>58827321
yo, i have this desk, can confirm it's gud

After years of trying to find the optimal chair+desk combo, I just sit on a cushion on the floor My workspace is practically limitless now. Life is fantastic.

On related topic, can anyone recommend a good desk chair? The one's I've bought start peeling away after a year so. I want something comfy and relatively durable.

>>58827183
That's a nice desk. Sitting at that would make me feel like an executive at a powerful company.

>>58827568
>>58827610
I have a loft in my room. It's really nice. I put an LED strip on the bottom of the bedframe to illuminate my desk.

>>58827856
>I'm a programmer, not a carpenter.

All I hear is that constant waving of your rolls as you type. Lose some weight fatfuck, then you can do a lot of stuff.

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>>58830115
now thats one hell of a projection jesus christ
you could get a part time job at a theater, anon

>go to lumber store
>1.4x0.8m solid pine tables for $30
>buy two
>had stain lying around, so stain
>Put them in an L-shape

Fits there monitors, my rig and a laptop with room to spare.

>>58827321
>good desks
>ikea

ffs at least link him some dining tables since they can at least hold stuff and don't feel cheap as fuck there

the only desk table top worth noting is "Gerton table top", since it's solid wood+ it's very cheap

>>58827457
this is still very cheap

and it has 10 years warranty iirc

>>58829354
How did you find someone to make you a desk so cheaply?

>>58830230
It's a family business. If there are only two people who need to get paid, they can work with a lot smaller profit margin. Once you go to a company with a dozen employees and shit, things start to get expensive, because they are usually tasked with bigger projects, that are company financed. Three of the four places I sent my request to didn't even bother to reply me.

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i need a desk, but i know ill have to move within the next 6-12 months.


guess this will have to do

>>58828524
Looks claustrophobic.

>>58827900
>>58827906
Jesus you shits, a hammer, a hand drill, hand saw and sandpaper will make you almost anything out of wood.
>b-but muh apartment with no space
Tape up plastic drop cloths in your living room, if you're not using power tools it's not bad in the slightest.

>>58827183
Buy used office stuff from places that are closing down. You can get desks and shit for next to nothing.

>>58829928
>spatial awareness, a soundstage that is predominantly present between the two speakers
Aren't those competing statements? Anyway, stereo imaging is mostly related to where the speakers are actually located, specifically how close together they are. The general guideline I've heard is you want the distance between your speakers to be less than the distance between your speakers and you. So if you sit 2 feet away from your speakers, they should be less than 2 feet apart from each other.

The unfortunate thing with my current desk setup is that I have to have the speakers too far apart (acoustically), otherwise it looks funny. Function over form, I suppose. But when I was in college and only using a single monitor, the speakers were neatly set on either side and I never had any issues with the left and right channels separating themselves. It always appeared to come from the monitor.

>Also with a separate sub I'm worried about fake bass
The only fake bass I'm aware of is from cheaper speakers which boost the midbass (80~150 Hz or so) to sound like they have a full low end range. A separate sub is the only way to ensure that that *doesn't* happen. And Logitech speakers are very well known (despised) for using that trick; same thing with bluetooth and other small form factor speakers. It's been a while since I ran a spectrum test on my X-230s but if I remember right, they dropped off at around 70-80Hz. Much better than a laptop speaker or one built into a monitor, but they simply can't hold a candle to a proper 8"+ subwoofer. That part is just physics, no way around it.

>>58830392
Is that the G402? How do you like it?

>>58830678
>Aren't those competing statements?
Not at all. I don't want to hear sound coming from the speakers. I don't want to be aware of it that I have speakers at all. I want the speakers to position the sound in the space between them. The X-230 does that perfectly. Obviously how acoustics are with the objects around the speakers plays a great part in this.

>distance between your speakers to be less than the distance between your speakers and you
Although speaker placement is important, this particular aspect is irrelevant with good dispersion. I'm sitting about 30 centimeters (12 inches) closer to each speaker than the distance they are apart due to my 34" utra-widescreen.

>It's been a while since I ran a spectrum test on my X-230s but if I remember right, they dropped off at around 70-80Hz.
I don't do measurements. I go by ear, how it feels listening to it. The bass is accurate with my current DAC, only the amount is lacking, due to the obvious physical size restraints.

I swallowed my pride and went to a Catholic second hand store. Bought a solid oak desk for 80 bucks. Didn't realize how heavy it was till I had to take it home. The desk would of cost me around a grand in a regular store.

>>58829734
>>58829761
I have an L-shaped, glass desk.
If you're afraid of too hot/cold drinks, get some coasters.

>>58827183
Take into account that these things might well be a one-time purchase if you don't treat them like shit.

>>58827183
Anon just go to IKEA and you can buy the table tops and legs separately. Get nice wooden tops for like $50 and legs for $5 each. Combine a few if need be.

>>58827844
it's a pretty good indicator that the table was the cheapest shit he could find

>>58829429
t. pajeet

>>58829980
Blame the jews behind the desk bubble

>>58827382
Amerifats so fat they need utility tables to support their arms lmao

>>58831104
>putting your arms on the table
are yuropoors really this bad at life?

>>58831117
We aren't so fat that we can't position our arms in front of ourselves, so we can lean on tables without breaking them.

Can your elbows touch? If they can't, you're fat, and you're indeed better off with just using an armrest.

>>58831104
Get raped and kill yourself, you retarded fucking faggot sack of nigger shit with down syndrome.

>>58831309
Do you actually put your arms on your desk?
Can you not afford a chair with arms?

>>58828102
>Never built anything before
>Built a desk because I hated all the ones that were available.
>Easiest fucking thing in the world to do
Look at this retard.

>>58831360
Again, for fatties like you it's completely alright to have an armrest, but for people who aren't wider than they are tall an armrest is an obstruction, because the distance it creates between the back of the chair and the table edge makes for a shitty sitting position.

>>58831407
How does one even sit so poorly that you need to put your weight onto the desk anyway?

What's a good material for the surface of a desk? Planning on building a custom desk soon. Can only find melamine in white locally and I'd rather have something dark. Was thinking finished plywood might work. Or maybe laminate?

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make your own out of an ikea kitchen countertop and ikea table leps

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2 Ikea tables, $60

The jump in price from mediocre to quality in desks is insane unless you can:
-Find a quality one used near you can you move easily.
-Build your own, this requires access to tools and some decent wood(expensive retail)

>>58831463
I do see how it's impossible to conceptualize difficult things for someone as morbidly obese as you, like being able to pull your chair so close to the table with you sitting in it, that your elbows end up not more than 1-2 inches away from the desk while you're still leaning back - which makes an armrest completely redundant - but at the very least you could try to comprehend what was already written, so I don't have to repeat myself.

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i'm in the market for a desk because i'm upgrading to an ultrawide + a decent secondary monitor in portrait mode, but i need a hell of a lot more space on my desk

found something that looked fitting in aurhaus
>no price tag
>looks like parts are missing
>what's with the stump dude
>nobody who worked there seemed interested in helping me find what i was looking for
>everything else was minimum $500 fake-marked-down from thousands plus
>walk out

>>58828184
i grabbed a HON filing cabinet from a parking lot next to a dumpster and found out recently the thing goes for $1000 new.

>>58827457
I got one of these, but not corner desk. It's actually pretty nice.

>>58831526
>tfw yuropoors don't know what a sliding keyboard rack is
do you also having a standing desk not for health reasons but because you can't afford a chair?

>>58827854
What kind of surface is that? Looks like that black rocklike stuff I always see on chemistry lab tables.

>>58831601
I'd rather stand due to not being able to afford a chair, than sit due to the fact that my joints can't take the stress for more than two hours straight.

>>58831562
HON desks and other heavy office desks are great but I would never pay full price for one

>>58827900
you can rent contractor 'grade' tools for fairly cheap, get all the cutting down one day and that's it, you SHOULD have a drill and if you don't fucking buy one, normal hand drills are good enough for aluminium if you go the metal route, easily with pvc, and most likely you can get them to fit into a socket you can screw onto the desk and not have to worry about drilling at all.

>>58827913
Get some shitty lumber for free, and try out a jigsaw, as this is likely what you are going to be using for the cuts, as a circular saw, while likely better for the job, can run away on you easier.

>>58830603
Whole reason I said particle board instead of plywood, even though ply would be stronger, is particleboard is easier to cut and as fucked as my wrists are even I can still do that.

for apartments, you can get places like home depot to cut them on site usually for free, I have to do this as I don't have a way to transport 8x4 and shipping is fuckin expensive.

>>58827906
saw, screwdriver, nails, paintbrush, and some pieces of hardwood you can glue sandpaper too to help you plane/sand down what you cut. everything to work with particleboard is something you SHOULD OWN as they are common enough tools.
Personally will be using a jigsaw and a hand planer when I make mine cause shit wrists to do full manual hand saw

>>58827936
pocket joints suck, you are better off with wood dowels, glue and a drill, then cut and sand down what comes through the top, then drill on the inside some small aluminum braces, with short screws... but considering my desk is held in place with 2 metal dowels that you screw another thing in to lock them in place and this is particleboard... I would say 3 or 4 wood dowels alone will do just fine. also, the top is in 3 4sqft chunks held together with metal brackets, screws and dowels, this is all shit even a retard could build given the parts.
seeing how my desks were uilt is the entire reason I amd confidante I could also build a custom desk

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Just get some butcher block and throw something under it or make some legs out of metal. Super sturdy, cut to the size you need, looks pretty good, can put drawers or whatever other random shit you want under it.

>>58832424
>Just get some butcher block

I want to know where people just getting slabs this size for a reasonable price

>>58827183
>100x60mm oakwood slab from local carpentry $50
>ikea legs $20
is this really too expensive for you?

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>year 2017 ad, of our Lord and Savior
>still using desks

shiggywiggy

>>58827183
Because they are office supplies. Remember kid, everything that is "front end" is fucking expensive.

>>58832639
not him but either make it yourself, from small cut remains or get used work benches/butcher tables/kitchen tables

or new kitchen supplies like >>58827854
which looks like a simple black kitchen top, no massive wood obviously

>>58827672
have a similar looking table, has a wooden footrest, drawer for keyboard, and small elevated platform to put your dekstop tower on.

managed to barely fit 2 monitors, a 24" in portrait mode and the 27" on a desk clamping swivel vesa mount. The flex is god awful though, goes crooked if you angle the monitor and extend it too far.

The keyboard drawer is so cramped though can't fit a mouse comfortably.

I'd love to get something similar to an updesk so I can switch between sitting and standing. If only they weren't obscenely expensive.

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>>58827334
I have something like pic related and it's shit. The legs are shit, the "wooden" part is shit.

You're better off getting some second hand stuff if you want cheap. As long as it's proper solid wood and is big enough it should be fine.

go for an ikea kitchen top, cut to measure and add ikea legs, done.
kitchen tops are sturdy, water and abrasion resistant and more importantly big and reasonably cheap

If you are looking for a quality and functional piece of office furniture my suggestion would be to visit your local cabinet maker and have something custom made. You'll be able to negotiate a price and be 'rewarded' for paying cash.

>>58834628
http://www.ikea.com/it/it/catalog/products/70335189/

>>58834628
or to the next hardware store and get these >>58827235
i think even ikea has these for tables, but hardware store should be cheaper

>>58827328
we have the same kinda desks at work in finland. nice

>>58827418
>pull-out part on the left hand side
You're actually retarded.

>>58827334
I also own a Malm desk and they're minimalistic if anything. Shit works, and the cable management mini-shelf is sturdy enough to hold my home-defense shotgun.

>>58831320
>projecting
>lists everything that happens in their city
>cries on the train every day
t.swedecuck

>>58833114
Wait a minute, that card...

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>>58835649

>>58828013
Hello faggot, I am mechanic and I assure you, you cannot "fix" any of common problems of "broken" car engine. Let alone swap engines (which is cheaper, faster and right solution when your engine is actually broken). Also; at least learn to spell simple words when you try to look like a cool tough man. Have a good day.

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just get a kitchen countertop

>>58835816
I used JB Weld on a cracked block. Runs like new friendo.

ITT: /g/ further proves it's populated by NEETs who won't spend more than 50 dollars on a desk but can blow thousands of dollars on vidya boxes

>>58835816
Listen to this guy, he is mechanic!

>>58827183
>Tfw I can't find a single desk I like regardless of price
End me

>>58836009
Not everyone is NEET, not everyone is CEO of huge software company :^) Don't worry I will start my studies this spring, thanks for your concern.

>>58827334
>>58834584
I have a similar one to this, and I'd 100% buy it again

it's not perfect, but it cost $40 all-in, and it looks good and is a good size. no, it's not sturdy and yeah it's made of laminate and cardboard, but assuming it's just for your monitor and speakers, it's perfect

>>58827475
my roommate has that. it's fuck ugly and is very limiting. not to mention how shallow it is

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>>58827457
The Bekant is probably the cheapest motorized height-adjustable table you can get. Too bad it's ugly as fuck and wiggles quite a bit when in standing position.

I got pic related about 3 weeks ago. It's fucking amazing and even has a USB cable so I can control it from my computer and set up schedules and stuff.
But it cost a bit over 1000€

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Get one of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006RSQG and the return bridge. I just set mine up about a month ago and I'm digging it.

>>58835816
>>58836047
A slav butchering english is suggesting other people to learn how to spell. That's rich.

>>58830135

"I'm rubber you're glue!", the post