Although the Secretlab Magnus is sort of simply the very best gaming desk with all of its magnetic devices and gizmos, it’s lacking a key characteristic in 2022: a standing operate. Fear not, although, as the corporate has heard your cries and is ushering in top adjustable variations of the floor referred to as the Secretlab Magnus Pro and Magnus Pro XL.
This isn’t a hack job, although. Secretlab hasn’t simply chucked a pair of motorised legs and a collision detection sensor on its already spectacular desk, no siree. Both revisions come full of new options I’ve personally by no means seen earlier than, aiming to say the title of finest standing desk, too.
Firstly, you’ll discover that the management panel isn’t a poorly positioned hanging appendage you possibly can whack your leg in opposition to as you roll your gaming chair round. It’s fastidiously constructed into the aspect of the desk itself and consists of all the standard suspects: backlit up and down buttons, three customisable presets, and a display screen that shows your present top – which ranges between 65cm to 125cm.
While the unique Magnus is a dab hand at serving to you handle cables with a desk-length tray on the rear – which makes a return right here – Secretlab goes a step additional in serving to you conceal your wires. The left leg doubles up as an influence provide column that delivers energy into an outlet tucked into the tray itself, which means you possibly can plug in your personal extension twine and fully conceal your spaghetti monster. It offers you all of the instruments to make this the smartest desk on the market.
New magnetic equipment
Both the Magnus Pro and Pro XL have the identical magnetic DNA because the static counterpart, which suggests they help the identical equipment. It’ll include the newer, brighter Nanoleaf-powered MagRGB mild strip by default and a Magpad desk mat in a design of your selecting (Batman, Assassin’s Creed, Team Liquid, you identify it). You also can nonetheless get your arms on cable anchors, sheaths, and the headphone hanger, however there are a pair extra additions to the roster.
Putting your gaming PC on the ground with a standing desk isn’t a lot of an choice, since your cables will both stretch or tangle relying on what mode you’re in. Rather than anticipating you to plonk your system on prime, taking over useful floor area, Secretlab now has a Premium PC Mount so you possibly can connect your system to the underside of your desk, out of the best way. The attachment gained’t work with something however the brand new Pro and Pro XL, so authentic Magnus homeowners are out of luck, nevertheless it ought to help the vast majority of PC circumstances.
Secretlab can be launching its new single and twin monitor arms, which gel effectively with the cable tray. I’m an enormous fan of attaching my gaming monitor to an arm, notably if it helps me keep away from a garish V-shaped stand, nevertheless it’s a good match getting a clamp in there with out scratching the steel. The Magnus Monitor Arms remedy this with ultra-slim top-mounted base clamps. They’re additionally fairly trendy, matching the aesthetics of the Magnus with magnetic cable guides to cover the wires.
As you would possibly be capable of guess, the distinction between the Magnus Pro and Magnus Pro XL is measurement and weight. The Magnus Pro is 150cm in size and holds as much as 100kg, whereas the Magnus Pro XL is 177cm lengthy and withstands as much as 120kg. Since the unique weighed a hefty 42kg, you possibly can anticipate both of those new ones to be a two-person job when establishing, however Secretlab says you may get it achieved in 15 minutes with a little bit of know-how – for what it’s value, the unique is especially straightforward to arrange.
It’s clear that Secretlab is reinventing what it means to be a gaming desk, with an try to topple the very crown it’s held onto for the previous 4 months. You’ll want to attend for the PCGamesN overview to see whether or not it lives as much as the hype, however the authentic has left such a very good impression that the Magnus Pro and Magnus Pro XL look promising.
You can get the Magnus Pro from $799 USD / £729 and the Magnus Pro XL from $949 USD / £829. The single Magnus Monitor Arm is available in at $149 USD / £149 GBP, the double at $249 USD / £239 GBP, the PC mount at $89 USD / £79 GBP, and there are even LAN cable extensions and surge-protected energy stips quickly to observe.
