Hydra Forum

Hi, This will be my first post here on the forums. I just wanted to say a Massive Thank you to Nicola and the team at Hydra for such an amazing product. I know, I have been very much a pain, always asking when the desk will be available. However The desk and it's quality and flexibility compared to any other Desk is more than I could have ever hoped for, I hope you make many more like this for years to come. I will post All my Pictures of the desk during and completed once it has been done. Again Thank you very much Everyone at Hydra 😀 All the best for the future. Brian

Hi guys! I'm planning a big build on the hydra desk for next fall - better play it early, right? The only thing the desk is missing IMO is the ability to attach a monitor. Using it with the native mount takes away space from the beautiful glass panel and everything underneath, especially if you have two or three screens. On the other hand, vesa stands can't be used because you can't pierce the glass to attach them, and the table is too thick for the clamp. The only option left is to have a vesa wall mount, but if there is no wall behind the desk the situation becomes complicated. Maybe you could think of an accessory that can pop out from behind the desk somehow, and allow you to attach the screens directly to the table without sacrificing glass space and without having to put the desk against a wall. If anyone can think of something like this, it's you. I can't wait for the desk to go back into production! Saluti da Bologna!

At Hydra we are better known for our Hydra Desk and Hydra Mini PC cases, but our first "regular" (so to call it) case after launching the Hydra Desk was the Defcon One. This was our first venture out of Desk Cases and into "Just Cases" and we decided to be bold about it: the case would be compact, have space for 2 GPUs on the opposite side of the motherboard and two windowed panels, to show off all of the hardware. The very first version of this case was the most compact of them all, but the design was too "old" for it to go anywhere - the case housed mATX motherboards, ATX power supplies, up to 2 GPUs on the opposite side of the motherboard and had space for a single 120 mm liquid cooler. We went back to the drawing board and came up with the first revision; the Mk I improved cable management, moved the PSU to the bottom and hid it under a shroud, added fan space and space for a 240 mm radiator! It was a step in the right direction, and with all the good feedback we received, we ran a crowdfunding campaign for it! The main goal was to kickstart the product, and we did reach the target we had set - aside for sending empty cases, we also build a couple PCs (these were the top-end pledges). I even had a Defcon One for a long time! it was quite a nifty build and had a GTX970 Zotac in it, one of the GPUs I am most fond of. As the project took a while to be ready, times went on, and SLI configurations started to become a thing of the past, while water-cooling became a staple of high-end gaming PC and was no longer and obscure art for a few geeks. We redesigned the case again, this time with even better water-cooling support (front and top), a bit more space and a tempered glass panel at the front. This version however never was the light and remained a prototype in renders only, as we saw the market and interest for this case fading away and moved onto other projects ourselves. What do you think of this case? Would you like to see it come back?