I’ve noticed this trend quite a lot. People are reselling IKEA stuff for inflated prices.
@OP
If you are from Mumbai/Pune, IKEA started online deliveries to both the cities and Fredde is one of the best computer desks you can get for that price. It includes speaker stands to the sides, headphones holders below the upper deck and routing cables is easy on this table and the bottom decks are wide enough even for a printer.
Thats some huge markup on the reseller’s side. Thing is they know that we can’t get the stuff locally and they can charge whatever they want.
Pretty much like Uber’s surge pricing. If you need it badly enough you will pay the asking price.
Theres a simple IKEA kit I was looking at which is this one.
And if you want to go full on RGB-fied and tacticool gamer then there’s this lot. Anyone here uses these kind of stuff? If I manage to ignore the gaming laptop-esque in your face deisgn elements are there any real-life advantages?
After spending a lot of time on online sites, I decided to look for a carpenter, since mainstream seems to have moved away from desktop to laptops. So tables are built as per that requirement. My requirement included space for a 29"-32" ultrawide monitor, separate space for NAS in future and also space for Subwoofer and UPS on the table itself. I designed this table after taking required measurements:
You are okay with the slideout keyboard trays? I hate them as my wrists hurt after a bit of gaming on those. I like the built-in footrest though. Nice thinking there.
Whats the height and depth of the desk surface?
Slide out keyboards are great if made correctly. I have observed that they help me keep my shoulders in a better position, as long as keyboard and mouse are not on different slide outs. And the channels used should be of good quality and tightened well so as not to have sideways play. And if the slide out keyboard tray is deep enough, it helps a lot since you can then adjust for a more comfortable position. May sound neurotic, but I did pay attention to these things. Only thing is that the raised beading placed at the end of the tray is not working for me (He thought if prevents keyboards to fall out). Will have to get that removed.
Get a standing desk for the computer. You will find many good desks on Amazon. Right now I am using the VIVO standing desk which I purchased from Amazon in Dec 2019.
