Many times we have heard about water cooling. Some high-end e-sports consoles or modified players with a certain budget will modify their computers in this regard, and add lighting effects to add vitality and artistry to the monotonous water pipes. However, using a computer host as a fish tank is a bit weird. China’s MetalFish is a company that mainly produces cases, radiators and power supplies. They have launched Mini ITX fish tank cases in the past. Recently, this meme has been used again. Apparently they know that users don’t like fish tanks that are too small, so they have enlarged the size to Micro ATX specifications. By the way, the fish tank has also been enlarged, so that computer gamers who like to keep fish can also have a strange fish tank.
When assembling a computer, the core components are usually the most important. This part has a great impact. Many players will carefully evaluate the performance they need and then choose their ideal menu. The chassis and radiator will only be evaluated after the core components and power supply are selected. Usually most players have consumed most of their budget at this stage, and the choice of chassis is relatively careless. However, if you are a player who pays more attention to appearance or usage rituals, you will also invest a lot of budget in the choice of chassis and cooling modifications to create an ideal computer. Therefore, even if some chassis are obviously focused on the consumer group at the top of the pyramid, they still have a certain customer base to support them.
Chinese radiator manufacturer MetalFish has used a strange creativity in case design. They have previously made a combination of a computer host and a fish tank on a Mini ITX case called FISH CUBE. Recently, they have continued to use this design concept and launched a new case called “Y2 Fish Tank Case”. As you can see from the name, this new case still has a slash, integrating the fish tank and the MicroATX case. Users can use the fish tank to raise fish while using the computer.
Of course, since you want to make a slash case, the other part besides the case can’t be too bad. The fish tank portion of the MetalFish Y2 fish tank case also comes with a USB powered water pump/filter/oxygenator. The water tank composed of a 5mm thick glass panel also has an LED light bar specially used for raising fish and aquatic plants. Since it is an ecological light, it will not change color simultaneously with other RGB gaming external devices. The case part has independent RGB light-emitting elements that can be switched and adjusted through the included remote control.
However, it is still unknown whether attaching a fish tank…or whether the fish tank is attached to the case will affect the temperature inside the case and the water temperature in the water tank. The large amount of clean water in the water tank may allow the computer to cool down slightly, and the operating temperature of the computer may also slightly increase the water temperature in the fish tank.
Since it is a chassis with Micro ATX motherboard specifications, you can at least be sure that it is also compatible with Mini ITX motherboards. There is a bracket for a 2.5-inch storage device inside the case. Considering the depth and height of the case, the CPU cooler is limited to 90 cm in height, and the length of the graphics card cannot exceed 22 cm. The power supply can only install a small 1U or FlexATX power supply. Overall, although the motherboard supports Micro ATX specifications, the chassis configuration is similar to the popular HTPC host in the past. The graphics card is limited to 22 centimeters, which means this computer cannot use a very powerful graphics card. Finally, power supply specifications are quite difficult to find, but China has a strong online auction environment with complex supply sources, so perhaps this problem should not be difficult to solve.
In terms of selling price, the author found a store for this case on the Chinese JD.com website. The case is only priced at RMB 439, which is about NT$1,900 without the power supply. The price is not expensive, but if you have to buy all the other computer components and other components of the fish tank, the cost may be NT$30,000 or more.
Source: KOCPC Chinese