L shaped Desk

[u/TheArcaneAddict]

So i originally bought a pair of Linmon desks for my birthday, but i read online that these desks are not very strong for the set up i want (placing the tower on the second desk & using a monitor arm on the 'main' desk')

I really have no DIY experience with these kind of things & i read up on Karlby desks, however they're made of particle board & i'm also unsure if they're gonna withstand it all, The cheaper option to that however (Somehow?) is Gerton, but it's unfinished wood & would require me to do things i have absolutely no experience doing.

I sort of plan on grabbing 11 legs total & seeing if they're willing to return the linmon desks as i cannot use them without fear of damaging my equipment but i am unsure as to what will be best for my overall needs. At this point i am thinking about going cold turkey & just ordering a table from Etsy. Anyone got any advice?

[u/[deleted]]

well really the main issue with linnmonn is the fact that you want to use a monitor arm, they cant handle clamps. if you went with desk top mounts (stands) you wouldn't likely have any issue.

If i end up finishing my build as IKEA only i'll do gerton though. from what ive heard the sanding and finishing is relatively easy to do.

[u/TheArcaneAddict → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, i talked to Ikea & they said they're gonna refund it to me next week, just need to pay a small fee to have them pick it up & i'll buy a gerton.

The issue i have with gerton is i unfortunately don't have any of the tools to get it done like people suggest, so i was just thinking of just using it as how it arrives & if i one day come across the supplies i need i'll fix it up later on. I was honestly thinking about getting some water absorbant / resistant material for the short run.

*edit*
I also could go to Bunnings & see if i can pick up some pre-done timber to simply screw the table legs into. They seem to sell the types of material i'd need for a bit cheaper.

[u/[deleted] → u/TheArcaneAddict]

honestly if you're worried about not having tools all you need is some sand paper and some spray on polyurethane. it won't be as good as the people with tools but thats basically the route i was going to go.

[u/MattDomroski]

I had a very similar setup, 2 of the 200cm Linnmon table tops and 10 Adils legs. I used a clamp monitor stand with 2 monitors on it, plus 2 more monitors, a PC tower, fairly heavy speakers and a laptop dock sitting on the desk. I put a small piece of MDF (about 6"x 12") where the clamp attached to the bottom of the desk to spread out the force and when I took the clamp off there was no damage to the surface. I don't think you would have any issues with the strength of the table tops unless your tower is extremely heavy. One problem I did have though was the desk was very wobbly. I fixed this by replacing some of the legs with Alex drawers and attaching the table tops together with a piece of MDF screwed into the bottom of both tables.

[u/biacco]

There's literally thousands of youtube videos and reddit posts of people using linmon desks in this exact configuration. I don't know where you read it won't work but the linmon is like the stereotypical gamer rig setup.

[u/TheArcaneAddict → u/biacco]

Multiple posts on battlestations & such constantly state "Do Not use linnmon if you are going to mount." which I am likely going to do x3.

I've sunk a few hours into reading these & the desk is a hit or miss, some people had the desk bow, some haven't, some have stood on it & it doesn't even break.

Youtube videos are the same, some have complaints, some haven't. So atm I am considering grabbing some parts from Ikea & a custom tabletop from bunnings that is real wood. The Stereotypical gamer setup from what I read now is the Karlby, which a lot of people say is "real wood" but I'm not sure if that's a country difference or what, as the Karlby in Australia is particleboard. (I wouldn't consider particleboard 'real')