BESTA Computer By: Bastien

Here is a project that I finally materialized. Put my computer in a BESTA shelf. I’ve never done it before because I was always afraid of heat problem. You cannot put a computer in a closed wood box without a minimum precaution.

First one thing to know is that my computer is a passive computer (except my graphics card that I added later). It is composed of element that emit little heat and will not need to be ventilated. It needs radiators but no fans. I added a fan at the back of the shelf when I added my graphic card for gaming. I admit the fan do a lot. Even if my computer don’t need a fan I can feel the difference when I use it.

On picture you can see my computer in its metal case, on the BESTA wood board, in the shelf and how I screwed it onto the board.

Buy ventilation fans.

via IKEA Hackers http://ift.tt/1jkVozU From Bastien

BESTA HiFi shelf By: Bastien

Simple hack. It’s a single unit of BESTA shelf unit with doors (Width: 120 cm, Depth: 40 cm, Height: 64 cm) plus

- a horizontal white board on it (Width: 170 cm, Depth: 60 cm)

- a vertical white board at right to maintain the horizontal one (Depth: 60 cm, Height: 64 cm)

- two horizontal glasses to put a HiFi unit/xbox or whatever you want on it. (A HiFi unit standard is 43cm and my glasses are (Width: 50 cm, Depth: 40 cm)

The white board depth is 60cm… 20cm more than the besta shelf. So I have 20cm for TV and HiFi cables. I removed the back board od the BESTA shelf and reinforced everything.

via IKEA Hackers http://ift.tt/1bDDT9d From Bastien