Minimalism in a workspace is like pulling off a magic trick, literally. For YouTube’s Basically Homeless, the hunt for a clutter-free desk sparked a wild idea: cramming a beastly gaming PC into an office chair, hiding all that power in plain sight.
The whole plan kicked off with a mission to ditch the clunky PC tower that screams “mess” in a sleek setup. Desktop rigs, with their cable spaghetti and hulking cases, are the nemesis of clean aesthetics, so Basically Homeless, a maestro of offbeat tech hacks, decided to flip the script completely. “I wanted clean lines on the desk,” he explained in his YouTube video, a sentiment that resonates with anyone who’s ever wrestled with cable management. His solution? Tuck the entire system—motherboard, CPU, GPU, and all—into the one place nobody would suspect: the chair you’re sitting on. The result is a setup that looks like a standard office chair but hums with the power of a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 64GB of RAM, and an RTX 4060 GPU.
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The chair’s wooden base was modified with 50mm aluminum standoffs, creating a slim cavity between the base and the seat’s hardware. This space, roughly two inches deep, became the home for a carefully curated selection of low-profile components. The GPU, a low-profile RTX 4060, lies flat, connected via a PCIe riser cable to maintain the compact footprint. “It’s like fitting a sports car engine into a bicycle frame,” commented a viewer on the YouTube video, capturing the audacity of cramming such powerful hardware into such a confined space. Every component—motherboard, power supply, cooling—was picked for its slim fit, keeping the chair comfy to sit in while secretly packing serious computing muscle.
Flexispot donated the chair, which got a 3D-printed shell to blend in, looking just like a regular seat while hiding the high-tech components. From the outside, it’s just a stylish office chair—cables neatly tucked away, no glowing RGB lights betraying its secret. “You’d never know it’s a PC unless you flip it over,” Basically Homeless noted in the video, a grin audible in his voice. This sneaky design is pure genius, a dream for anyone who wants a workspace that’s as sharp-looking as it is practical, with the 3D-printed case masking the tech while keeping the chair’s ergonomics spot-on, so you’re not trading comfort for a powerhouse PC.
High-performance components like the Ryzen 7 and RTX 4060 generate significant heat, and a chair isn’t exactly designed with airflow in mind. Strategic placement of low-profile fans and careful component selection mitigated the issue. “The heat dissipation is surprisingly effective,” remarked another commenter on the video, noting that the aluminum standoffs likely help with passive cooling.
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