No… THIS is the CLEANEST Setup

We’ve made clean setups before but always had to compromise. This time we’ve gone to extreme lengths to make sure unsightly cables are seen on this desktop.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Desk years in the making
1:34 Zero compromise peripherals
4:44 GAMING 😎
5:10 Wait, what happened to the rest of the cables?
8:49 Maintenance and cost

[LinusTechTips]

What other peripherals would you add to this set up? Remember, it has to be wireless!


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[MASViper]

Imagined if Linus teams up with DIY Perks. They could make the best no compromised, invisible PC....

[MaoZedongCatMapping]

The fact that Linus is spending 1/3 of his day managing cables is insane

[Gbb]

As someone who custom builds their desk from scratch, I really like what you've done here. I think the coolest thing though was the cable raceway that you built in, probably the lowest tech thing you did there and I think one of the easiest to implement and best result features of that desk

[mcmilkshakess]

would LOVE a video documenting the process building the desk - everything from the design process to assembly including proper sanding/staining!

[matejzima]

Framework expansion cards integrated into a desk would be cool too, as your IO needs change, you could adjust your stuff in seconds.

[Omaricon]

I've had the idea of placing the powerplay mat under a desk for years, but it has always seemed like such a daunting task to do it alone! I'm happy to see someone has finally done it!

[tailoftwokittens]

With all the work that was put into the desk I can see a future line of LTT desks coming in the next 5-10 years (I would have guessed less but I know how long the screwdriver took to develop and how much of a perfectionist Linus is)

[jcg]

Linus has finally been beaten, BasicallyHomeless has done it…

THE INVISIBLE SETUP!!!

[matthewsjardine]

Hats off to the editing team. That squeaky sound when Linus throws things down or hits the table totally floored me 😂😂

[henribrillon]

Very cool build! The only thing I would change is to put the I/O port on the left side of the desk. Two reasons for this: 1. most people use the mouse with their right hand, thus leaving more room on the left side of the desk for accessories; 2. most headphones with only one cable have the cable attached to the left ear, so it would make more sense to have that side attached to the audio plug.

[evertopandus]

Yay for more furniture! Something related to my day job (Furniture designer). A couple options to make a cleaner look and less hassle install/maintenance would be to have a built up edge on 3 sides and then the bottom is held on with fasteners+inserts. The metal legs and even the monitor stand could be modified to accept a black plastic wire cover strip on the back side so that wire feed through is minimal. The Baltic Birch 5x5 is no longer readily available these days due to the Russian import bans (so if you are getting it don't rely on it long term). But the same methods can be applied to a pre-existing Ikea desk top and routering out 70-80% of it and adding a bottom cover.

[galacticviper]

Your last desk like this was a huge inspiration for me to build my own desk and, while it's not as clean as yours, I LOVE it, and the experience of building it was amazing. Thank You!

[TheYrthenarc]

Nice setup, I'd maybe only point out one thing that grabbed my attention. The side mounted I/O is nice, but on almost all single cable headphones the cable attaches to the left ear cup. This way you'll have the cable draped across your lap, putting the jack connector on the other side might have been slightly better.

[grayray]

Very cool project and extremely clean looking result. 👍 I would have loved if you guys had shown more of the building process in the video, because for me that's the most interesting part to watch.

[SunoPics]

all i gotta say is i need a LTT x DiyPerks collab. A team of LTT engineers, Linus and a man that makes wood cases for every electronic he owns would go hard

[thereallantesh]

I gotta give you guys credit. This came our really nice. I actually prefer to use wired peripherals, but for those going completely wireless this looks really cool.

[fleetingsound]

I’d love to see the full process of the desk build itself. Already inspired some idea for me to DIY and seeing the process more could give me insight on the process to save me trial and error. Even if it’s a floatplane exclusive, I’d check it out

[Papinak]

To make it easier to make, I'd take inspiration from DIY perks Invisible PC with "sandwich" approach. It'd make assembly and service a bit easier. Just instead of aluminium, glass fibre sheets would have to be used to allow for EM waves to pass through.
Also, instead of "umbilical cord", there could be just a couple of connectors on the stand, so there are no dangling cables when it's moved around

[graealex]

The QI standard actually has a free-position variant of their charger with overlapping, hexagonal coils, where you can actually freely position the load on the surface. It's quite a few years old, and not a single implementation has ever surfaced. Without specialized ASICs it would also be very costly, although even the 8-layer PCB would already be either way.