Literally Fishy PC Case Arrives With An Aquarium On Top
To invite serenity into their workspaces, most people fill them with plants. But if you’re not most people, one manufacturer suggests introducing fish into your line of sight to “feel relaxed and calm” as you make video calls with clients and fill out your timesheets.
A regular fishbowl, apparently, is unremarkable. Try making fishies a part of your computer. Living up to its name, Chinese company MetalFish has rolled out a PC case with a fish tank upper (and it’s apparently not its first, as Tom’s Hardware discovers). The Y2 Fish Tank Chassis features an aquarium at the top half of its 370 x 250 x 290 mm body, allowing about 13 liters of water to keep your fish in.
(Talk about achieving work-life balance.)
Water, electricity, and live animals rarely go together, but this computer case somehow finds a way to fuse those. Towering the fish tank is an LED strip supposedly designed to support fish and plant health, and there’s also a three-in-one, USB-powered pump, filter, and oxygenator.
Two rainbow fans stashed in front bring 360-degree heat dissipation—a necessary feature because you don’t want to fry fish and (computer) chips on your desk. At the same time, the firm claims the case can support high-performance graphics cards. An acrylic layer separates marine and electronic ecosystems.
The silver box has just enough real estate for a Micro-ATX or Mini-ITX motherboard. There’s also space for a 2.5-inch hard drive and two USB 3.0 ports. The chassis is reported to be priced at about US$75.
Just wanted to float this up.
[via Tom’s Hardware and PCMag, images via MetalFish]
