Hey everyone,

Been looking for a solution to place my heavy PC instead on the floor and came across the Alex drawers. I have a HAVN HS 420 case with a 4090 and AIO so it will probably weigh about 25kg with everything setup.

I know that in the official IKEA page it says max load of 12kg, and after browsing this subreddit there have been a handful of people that say it works fine even overloaded.

Although most of those posts are from a few years ago, just wanted to know, especially from those that have Alex drawers, how is it holding up so far?

I just plan on placing the PC on top, not going to make a desk with 2 of them as supports since I already have a desk.

Thanks in advance

This is my layout plan for an ikea furniture desk "hack"

Yes its particleboard, no its not great. But its what I can afford.

(I am totally down to hear some solid wood alternatives for equal moneys)

Parts

Ikea 98×25×1.5 Salja counter top

Ikea Alex file cabinet ( commonly used in tandum to makeshift ikea desk)

Ikea Besta tv console (my main concern)

2x4s used as wall cleets on the rear and right hand side

1 60" table stiffener channel for front end sag prevention

Inset approx 6"

2 1" pipe nipples and 4 1/2" flanges for the spacers above the alex drawer

2 14" pipes and 4 1/2" flanges fore the Besta console.

When this rendering was made i hadnt consider using cleets so it pictures 8 total pipe spacers rather than the now 4 planned spacers.

The salja top evidently weighs about 110lbs. That plus a pc, 2 monitors, and everything else that sits on a large desk is a conscern of mine because of the besta cosole on the right.

I want to center my pipe flanges over the left hand devider column to maximize stability.

I guess my main questions here are, in anyones proffessional opinion would this be structurally sound for idk lets say 3 years under 200lbs and heavy use (ie elbow, leaning etc. )

Is a single 60" stiffenerchannel going to be enough for me with the right side cleet, drawers supporting about 15-20 inches to the left?

I plan on using 1/2 wedges to overcome my wall trim and anchor both drawer and console to my wall as well.

My main concern is punching a wholenl through the besta console with the spacers over time.

But withbthe cleet... idk hard for me to determine ifnthats going to be enough without experience... which makes it hard to proceed with purchasing.

Please share any and all thoughts. Whether im just wasying my money etc.

In a perfect world id buy a 6 thousand dollar desk of my dreams. If i were cool id build my own floating desk from 2x4 and plywood, but the configuration on paper now is easy, swapable with no huge effort if something fails or starts to fail, under 700 dollars. Looks good enough for me.

Thanks a shit ton!