Question Under desk mount

[HerrKaLeu]

Apologies if that is the wrong forum.
I'm getting a motorized standing desk and want to suspend the PC under the desk so it moves up and down with the desk. One of my cases is the Fractal Design R5, the others are smaller. No glass panels. I like the flexibility to fit any under it. I'm wondering what i actually want and don't want to learn later there was that one feature i really would have liked. Some questions:

• Is swiveling useful? I can't see myself using that feature
• Are there options that allow me to open the side panel, or will such mount always require me to take the PC out if i need to "do something inside"?
• there is a heavier duty (66lb) tube design. Other designs are rated for 22 lb. i never weight my PC, but fear with a large case, tower cooler etc. the 22lb rated ones are too tinny. Are the tubed ones less practical?
• I don't have a glass panel, but if i ever had one, is there a mount that works nicer with a window panel? Meaning not covering part of the window? (not a deal breaker at all, I don't have a window panel)
• there are sliding options. Is that useful at all?
• What are the good brands? Google brings me Vivo a lot, I'm not sure if that is a good brand or not. i want something that will work a long time and can be adjusted to differing well and doesn't have me cursing every time i need to work on the PC.

Those companies call the computer they hold the "CPU". Obviously if I only needed to hold the CPU, I didn't need such large device... 🙂

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

I wouldn't advise suspending a PC under a desk, potential for disaster if it comes adrift and falls off, too much hassle when you need to open the case for upgrades or cleaning. You shouldn't need to touch the case on a daily basis anyway (except to power it on if your a fan of every day shutdowns) so what's the point?

 

[HerrKaLeu]

I wouldn't advise suspending a PC under a desk, potential for disaster if it comes adrift and falls off, too much hassle when you need to open the case for upgrades or cleaning. You shouldn't need to touch the case on a daily basis anyway (except to power it on if your a fan of every day shutdowns) so what's the point?

Aren't they arrested or strapped? The desk is too small to have the case on it (it is a hand-me-down) and i have large 43" monitors. And since the desk moves up and down, that would be really weird to have the PC on the floor and the peripheral and monitor cables expanding and contracting. With the PC attached tot he desk, only power and CAT cable need to move up and down. so I don't see a good way to do that without having the PC under the desk suspended (but I'm open to suggestions). My plan is to use the motorized feature and switch between standing and sitting.

Maybe I'm over-stating the need to open the desk. It is just, members of this forum are people that dig into the case all the time. Normal people probably never open the case anyway. I pay attention to good dust filters.

 

[VIVO-US]

I wouldn't advise suspending a PC under a desk, potential for disaster if it comes adrift and falls off, too much hassle when you need to open the case for upgrades or cleaning. You shouldn't need to touch the case on a daily basis anyway (except to power it on if your a fan of every day shutdowns) so what's the point?

As long as the mounts are properly installed and the PC is within the rated weight limit, there's no risk of it falling on its own. The only times we've seen one of our PC mounts fall from a desk is when it was improperly mounted or used on a very weak desktop material.

When used with a motorized desk, mounting the PC underneath saves a lot of hassle with cable management. When the PC is on the floor, you have to get longer cables to compensate for when the desk is raised to standing height, and additional cable management systems may be needed to keep things clean and organized. The mount also keeps the PC away from dusty floors.

 

[HerrKaLeu]

So I got the desk. it is a 48"x 30" Varidesk. Actually this model must be older since it has a cross-brace. they don't seem to have a desktop mount accessory. the legs are so outboard that the PC would have to be on the inside of a leg. that makes me think it could be too close to my knees. There is also the problem that the horizontal steel beam between the two legs is kind of in the middle (looking at the depth dimension). So a PC couldn't be too long, unless it is a few inches below the table top. But the under-desk mount seems to have the PC all the way up. So this isn't too suitable and I now see whey they wanted to have 60" wide desks (this is a hand-down from someone who didn't like it 48" only).

I haven't committed what PC I use yet. Right now I use my employer's tablet with a hub. Not ideal, and at some point I need to transition to my own PC. But it seems the above issues will determine what type of case i will need to make it look good.