The ultimate neat-freak gaming cabinet

Posted Dec 10, 2006 at 10:30PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii, PS3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 Tags: DIY, LED Mod
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For anyone who's pretty much gone out and bought almost every console out in the market, you might want to consider getting one of these. This won't only make your consoles happy (if they even have emotions), but it will also keep the rest of your household from tripping over your gaming machines when trying to cross the living room.

Not to be confused with the ultimate gaming DESK, this shelf was created by kriseattle22. We find this piece of furniture to be rather impressive for several reasons. One reason would be how it keeps everything so neat and tidy, with the pretty consoles all lined up nicely, and the controllers hung up at the side of the cabinet in an orderly fashion, just waiting to be picked up. So yeah, with this thing, you won't have to worry too much about your couch eating your controllers anymore.

Next, we love the ventilation on this cabinet. Not only do the consoles get to prettily sit on an elevated platform to keep the bottoms aired, but the maker has also fitted some LED fans on either side of each console to keep it nice and cool.

Now what else could we have asked for with this design? Hmm... probably a system to keep all of the wires out of sight as well.

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Comments

by - 2006-12-10 23:00:44
I WANT ONE!

WHO EVER MADE DIS MAKE ME ONE. ONE CON: TO MANY DAM WIRE IN THE BACK ESPECIALLY WITH A COMPUTER ON THE SIDE.

by iNCREDiPiNOY - 2006-12-10 23:08:39
I want one too

I prefer the Horizontal Double-Shelf with all the system on upright. Its alot easier than Vertical Multi-Shelf. Too much wires. I mean, if you have wireless router then its easier to leave less space for the power cord and cable cord. I like the modded blue fans and it look like it come from XBox or PC part, lol! Your TV projector is too big and you should get an LCD HDTV to match your design!

by - 2006-12-10 23:26:39
Cool

but did this really deserve a newspost? It's not like it's some engineering marvel. And are the blue LED fans really necessary?

by - 2006-12-11 00:34:54
pretty cool, but...

Dam, that wiring must have been a nightmare, and judging by the 50 or so fans, this guy must be an obssessive compulsive or something, but yeh, thats a great set-up anyways.

by - 2006-12-11 00:35:44
Slow news...

Come on ... this has been around for like two weeks, i've seen this all over... And why does the Wii section get all this BS? It's just annoying to see this console specific section get butchered.

by BULL3TPR00F - 2006-12-11 00:46:18
nice

i want one of those! but damn for $500, it better come with all the hardware

by BULL3TPR00F - 2006-12-11 00:48:20
oops

this was supposed to be posted in the comments of the ULTIMATE GAMING DESK

by BULL3TPR00F - 2006-12-11 00:51:29
cool

but the major problem with tower units is the taller they are the less sturdy (more susceptible to tip over i mean). But this looks like its built solid. Nice work. But another concern is that if one of the higher platforms break (even tho it looks well built, im just saying), everything is going to come crashing down onto the unit below it. Thats gonna create a whole heap of expensive pieces of plastic and metal.

by - 2006-12-11 00:51:47
what a nerd

what a nerd

by - 2006-12-11 01:14:23
Yawn........

This "news" must be a week old at least.

by - 2006-12-11 01:51:45
yawn

Your such a wank yawn, so elite as well.. 'thats like sooo 5 minutes ago' i flame you because i hate people who flame people so i do it in the hope that i will never have to do it to you again.. learn your lesson fool! ps. wicked setup!!

by - 2006-12-11 01:57:57
aa

Damn that Wii looks small

by - 2006-12-11 02:31:06
......

Wiis look *****ty.

by - 2006-12-11 02:32:35
hmmm

i must be the only one to think its not a bad idea. If the wires could be hidden, and the unit made smaller, it'd look fantastic

by - 2006-12-11 04:41:29
one problem

The only problem I can see here is that it has a lame ass ps3 at the top there. I dont think I have ever been so disapointed with a console. As soon as you plug the thing in and your greated to a lame psp menu screen its just downhill from there on. Then you have the framerate problems the loading times the *****ty tilt feature and the no rumble. Then you put linux on it expecting some great performance and the menus lag and the system runs like crap. Then you quickly repackage it and sell it on ebay and forget that you ever laid eyes on the worthless piece of *****. Then you go out swallow your pride and buy an xbox 360 and then experience true nextgen games and a true well built well priced system. Seriosly I hope sonys ps3 crashes and burns.

by - 2006-12-11 04:56:38
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FAKE

by - 2006-12-11 05:37:07
Sound setup?

what sound setup? lol what is it? its either crap or THX certified, please enlighten us.

by - 2006-12-11 05:48:54
watch out im a bastard....

i dont wanna be too bad but most of the people ive seen with all these games at home had no friends to go to.....

by - 2006-12-11 06:02:05
Wii is small!

small graphix, small hardware a womans toy *_* i think this "cabinet" is made by a 21yo total nerd who lives in grandma's garage and buys every ***** where are "pokemon's" or anything like this are stamped on... ill prefere glass-door racks where you can put all cables into a big wire on the side

by - 2006-12-11 06:03:58
yup!!

lol ur right... N.E.R.D... maybe pharrell will visit him ones to play with him games

by - 2006-12-11 07:03:10
lol

whoever said 50 fans is a retard. I only count 10. Its a pretty cool idea but I like to mod the systems itself instead of a shelf. I would probably like it better if the shelf was black.

by - 2006-12-11 08:34:50
ill pass

Whis is this 500$, cause it has some 6 dollar fans installed in it? this thing wouldnt hold half my systems. This thing sucks and shouldnt be posted as wii news.

by - 2006-12-11 09:15:47
What the H*LL?

You homos is wiitarded. The only ps3 you got is a ***** Stretched 3inches. You wouldn't know a 360 if you spun a whole circle and it kicked you in yo little white nuts, biatches.

by - 2006-12-11 09:50:40
dude

just buy something like this from IKEA. Prolly only aobut $30 at most.

by - 2006-12-11 10:07:03
Cool

Although it looks decent, its nothing over the top. I mean I give you a hand for it, it would definately sell on Ebay. Oh and yoyodiggity, your comment just made me a bit dumber, please tone down your douchebaggery.

by - 2006-12-11 10:12:10
System Selector

Awesome, couldn't you just use a system selector though and hide the wires somwhere behind the "console stand" or something

by - 2006-12-11 10:35:57
not a fan

Pretty ugly. I want sleek and contemporary.

by senjutsu - 2006-12-11 11:37:50
so ugly

I love something neat, like the wii and the ps3, and hate the x360 hardware or PC big boxes with cables, I want wireless, and I love the mac style :D So this ugly thing is not for me AT ALL!

by - 2006-12-11 11:52:07
OK

I hope there is a option to turn the led's off.....

by - 2006-12-11 11:54:54
how is this a design?

it isnt a design really its just a shelf with some holes for fans and elevated places for systems. im gonna steal this and use it on my own shelf all i need is some wood something to cut the shelf with and buy some fans its still a very good idea but it are led lights necessary XD

by Figboy - 2006-12-11 14:41:26
interesting

have you actually played a PS3? so far, i've experience no framerate issues, no lag while playing 40 player online matches in Resistance, no overheating, no loudness, no crashes, and, if your TV is capable of sound, you don't even notice the lack of rumble, because the expert sound design rocks you pretty nicely. for those that have a PS3, and not a 360, i highly recommend Resistance: Fall of Man, and Fight Night Round 3. Marvel Ultimate Alliance is passable, though it has it's issues. it's a great piece of hardware, now it's just the obligatory wait for better software to come about (though Resistance is easily it's first killer app, and a solid 9/10 in my book). anyway, back to Ezeck: last i checked, the defect rate of the 360 is pretty high, well built probably wouldn't be the best term to use when describing the console. surprisingly enough, the PS3 is well built, especially considering all the issues with the PS2. you don't think they actually....*listened* to us, did you? no, can't be *rolls eyes*. i plan on getting a 360 at some point, but after spending a lot of time with the PS3 (had it since launch), it's not the trainwreck that oh so many ignorant folk on the internet wish it to be. remember: the internet isn't as influential as some of you people think it is (look at Snakes on a Plane and WTC as examples of this phenomenon; Snakes was hyped to all get out on the internet, and bombed miserably at the Box Office. WTC was touted as being a failure and insensitive across the net, and ended up being critically and commercially well recieved) enjoy your X Box 360, us PS3 owners will welcome you back after you get wind of some of the killer titles heading it's way (it did, after all, take the 360 a year to get Gears of War. the PS3 has been out for barely a month, but at least it hit with Resistance).

by - 2006-12-11 15:28:28
That setup sucks

This is nothing more than a shelf. The air is supposed to flow from front to back not side to side. Why lift them on blocks they'll just fall over? The LEDs are gay. The systems aren't even protected at all from dust which I think killed my PS2. What's with that huge compartment for the Wii? Why does the surround sound receiver have to go on the top? My setup is cheaper, works better, and has no worthless PS3 taking up space.

by - 2006-12-11 15:48:04
HAHA ^^^^^

the wii controller even looks like a womans toy (DILDO) hahahahaha

by - 2006-12-11 15:49:13
Queers Of War

fanboy biatch above QUEERS OF WAR

by overlord - 2006-12-11 17:35:31
ya...

the fans are a bit to much

by - 2006-12-11 17:42:56
to Queer

And of course you're the only one on the board who uses the Wiimote as a dildo, you giant gaping *****.

by - 2006-12-11 19:29:26
your dumb

the fans help circulate air through ech of the systems so they dont overheat..doesnt matter which way its comming from as long as its staying cool..and they are sitting on blocks so they can breath from underneath..dummy all the compartments are the same..and how the hell would you protect it from dust?..its almost impossible i agree about the ps3 take up space but the LED lights..iono..lol

by - 2006-12-12 07:57:36
*****

*****

by - 2006-12-12 08:51:03
nuh uh you're the dummy mr. poopy pants

The consoles are designed to intake air from the side or front and blow it out the back. They are also designed to either stand or sit so it's not needed to lift them up and they'd be more likely to fall over. The wii doesn't need a fan and I don't think it even has one built in. I have a degree in industrial maintenance so I think I know what I'm talking about. In my setup I have a filter on the front and a fan blowing out the back to protect from dust. You can shut the f*ck up now thank you.

by - 2006-12-20 06:32:10
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