>case breaks in shipping >break metal bracket >break Motherboard LED's >PSU cable too short >Replacement PSU not the right type >Water is out Truly a cursed project.
Well it was during a the big winter storm of 2022, he's just lucky he did not have any pipes bust, or have a hot water freeze over like a lot of people did in my area a bit further south.
Clint is the *only* guy I know that would review a junk aquarium PC case on a random day that would also happen to be the day the water gets shut down out of nowhere.
I really appreciate how skeptical you are in regards to ethically keeping fish in such a small aquarium. It's refreshing to see people not concerned with what they can stuff inside the aquarium and be more concerned with ethically keeping animals
I agree Saw a video of a dude modifying a toilet tank to have the toilet tank part with the fish tank part around it… while not at all expanding the size of the toilet tank. Dude didn’t think about how possibly, the doo doo water going down with loud noises and a tiny space would stress the fish out
It's also interesting how hotly debated it still is on the internet while it really doesn't matter all that much. As long as you don't make a huge mess and your thermals afterwards are fine then whatever pattern and quantity you applied is good enough :)
It always makes me cringe when you see comments about thermal paste application when someone shows it on video, as if it's rocket science. Like, tell me you are a kid and just learned about computers without saying it, 😆
18:12 City is out of water. Clint goes to the next town to buy water. Decides that building a PC case is the best immediate use of the momentary finite water supply. Awesome!
There were some interesting Aquarium PCs back in the day where they actually put the motherboard IN the aquarium, filled with mineral oil. No live fish, obviously, but the oil isn't conductive and the cooling fans actually worked fine to circulate the oil and cool the PC. Maybe something to recreate in the future...
As I understand it the Mineral oil quickly made all the plastics brittle and caused a lot of stuff to fail prematurely, and that can extend to the tank or adhesives too so catastrophic leaks were a potential and that stuff is a pain to clean up, that might be why it didn't really stick around
Marimo Moss balls are tough right now. There was a few cases of Zebra Mussels found in them, so they got cracked down on pretty hard. They are a great plant though!
Yeah, some moss balls and a couple cherry shrimp would do ok. I have seen 3.5 gal planted nano tanks with a betta work fine, but you need to be really good at maintaining water balance. That and a lid, I'm not sure how people stop their fish from jumping out of rimless tanks.
@@PondScummer Sheer luck. My betta's in a 10 gallon rimless, but I work from home and she's at my desk, so I watch her like a hawk. Still, I have a lid ready if she tries anything. Personally I'd never do it with any other fish.
Agreed, 3.5 gallons is too small for any fish (yes, even Bettas). Though, you could add snails, or even shrimp if you keep an eye on the water quality.
You recording this on the day your water goes out is peak LGR. Stuff always goes wrong in your videos, but that is a whole other level. If I didn't know any better, I would swear someone put a curse on you!
32:28 That LED really highlights the rainy fizz coming from those tiny bubbles. The desk area around the PC is going to get pretty moist after a while.
I could imagine the fishes when they swim in this tank and seeing the duke bust like: "Ah yes ! An ancient relic made by human-hands gifted to us that must be an image of their god they are praying to . Fascinating , majestic and very inspirational. "
I'm a PC builder by profession who just got into the fishkeeping hobby. Coincidentally, I just finished cleaning my PC and doing water change on my two tanks. This video couldn't have come at a better time. Right when I'm sat to take a rest and some ice cream. Perfect!
Fish are on another level. Weve had dogs and Cats for 10k years domesticated, but Aquariums could only be possible in recent decades. I went from freshwater to Salt in the last 2-3 years man, its such an under rated hobby. GL with it
@@toxictimeless6655 I'm really lucky to be living in Southeast Asia. Fish products here are cheap in comparison. I had to go through 4 different HOB filters until I find the right one that filters really good. I 100% agree there's something relaxing about water changes.
"The water is out in my city, better use what water I managed to get to test fill this silly fish tank case!" Your dedication to the craft is inspiring LGR. I could totally see myself doing the same thing, I hate leaving a project unfinished.
That's great that your proxy service actually went through a bit of an RMA process for you to get the item fixed, rather than just kick it on down the road to you without disclosure. Sounds like a quality service!
Fish nerd here - 3 gallons would be okay (not ideal) for a betta, but I wouldn't put much else in there. Maybe one Pea Puffer? What it would be ideal for would be snails and/or shrimp! (Although a snail would need a lid). If I had it, I'd make sure the temp was stable and livable, add some live plants and a small piece of cholla wood, and maybe a month later I'd add some Cherry Shrimps!
Thank you for being concerned about the wellbeing of any beasties to go into such a tank. I fear not many people realise how much space a fish requires. Or that the buggers can leap out. One of the fish I have chose me, I was in the shop and it leapt from the tank and I somehow grabbed it before it hit the floor. Guess you're coming home with me then.
@@PondScummer Amen to that! My weather loaches could qualify for the Olympic high jump. If you wanna leave your atmosphere please be building spaceships my dudes.
12:09 I have to say what a joy it was to install a Noctua CPU cooler. The old clip style I've dealt with on other coolers always felt like I was going to snap the motherboard.
Sorry about the water outage, that really sucks especially around this time of year, I hope it's resolved soon for all of those affected. Thank you for still sharing this hilarious and awesome case/fish tank, Merry Christmas and Heppy New Year
@@LGR I'm watching this video from my waterless apartment in the area and though to myself "I wonder if LGR has water" Then, lo and behold, the sink is dry haha Hoping it gets fixed soon, I'm going on about 4 days now with no water. Kinda ridiculous! Hope you're managing!
Just have to say your content is so amazing. I'm 40 and my childhood with computers started with win3.1 when I was 10. Your channel is like a magic bullseye into my nostalgia and memories growing up. Please NEVER stop making fantastic videos! ❤
Clint, If you are OK with Duke being in there permanently you could replace the water with clear epoxy resin to make it *look* like there's water in there but not have the risk of the whole spilling water everywhere thing
While that’s a neat idea, the Water adds an ambience too it that resin can’t replicate, really the best thing to do is add some more waterproofing features, like mabye some smalle inserts that’s go inside the actual case to protect the components better.
@@johnnylego807 How about, uh, some thickening agent like gelatin? Or just, you know, give 'er with the silicon gun around the edged inside to make sure there will be no leaks.
Imagine finding the tank to one of these cases lying around somewhere, only it's filled with clear epoxy resin and there's a Duke Nukem bust in there. Just, completely stripped of context and with no explanation.
Actually, forget the water, this'd be pretty cool to put a model in. Imagine working in an office where everyone's PC was in one of these and you were invited to personalise the inside of the plexiglass box (turned upside down). A protected Space Battleship Yamato or Delorean? Yes please!
I paint Warhammer models and was thinking the same kind of thing. I could totally see someone setting up a display ontop of the computer and putting the 'tank' upside down on top of it after fitting LED lights. Hmmm. I wonder how much one of these cases would cost...
"I think it's dumb... and I like it!" could be the alternate name of this channel (and that's a compliment). I often fall in that camp too. Love the channel and thanks for taking the time to do this (even when Asheville lost water for 4 days!)
I live in the same area as LGR and the second the camera was pointing at his sink I thought to myself "oh I wonder if he lost water like a lot of the town did recently?" and of course he did. Perfect timing to make this video about a weird PC case even more complicated!
Final LGR Video of 2022 That Fish Tank PC Rig is pure gold, and really makes it much more amazed. That’s why it’s called a “ARCquarium PC” since it has a Intel Arc Graphics Card in it.
Thank you for explaining that this is not a suitable home for fish. I’ve seen way too many people online who use fish as nothing more than decoration and take poor care of them, so I just appreciate hearing someone vouch for taking proper care of fish.
Should have a French gutter between the tank and computer. Would not help with a catastrophic failure but would ensure a errant drop never makes it into the computer. In fact I think it could be modified by either replacing the acrylic sheet that broke in shipping or putting on top of it so that any water leakage would be redirected to an empty reservoir behind it. If you have the time and resources.
Much props to you for not showing how much thermal paste you're *actually* putting on your CPUs. Prevents a shitton of genuinely unnecessary discussion :)
as a hardwear guy kinda im super glad you got an arc we need more competition in the gfx market. More arc sales if more types of gfx cards on the market thats a good thing
Glad your back online. Love the videos. ASHEVILLE - Some areas are still under a boil water advisory as the city says service is slowly returning with a water treatment plant - often referred to as the Mills River Intake - back online. As of 8 p.m. Dec. 29, the majority of Mills River and Arden were brought back online, according to a news release from the city of Asheville.
Sadly no plants nor fish would be happy in such a small tank that would be constantly being exposed to rapid changes in temperature. Aquarium fish, shrimp and plants are very sensitive to temperature changes. Fish usually die within one or two weeks of a temperature shock. That's one reason among many that in the EU it is illegal to keep adult vertebrates in a tank smaller than 30 liters (8 gallons). I really loved the way you aproached this project and handled it as a weird gimmick.
EU should have had very violent debate about law details about limiting to vertebrates. Or they just don't believe people about anything which is not regulated with law enforcements.....
This is still one of my favorite videos of yours from 2022. It was a ride to watch considering how much stuff went wrong but you still got to the end fine somehow. Hope you have something else in store for us at the end of 2023.
I'm a sucker for weird PC cases and this video is really really well made and entertaining. Thank you mister LGR for the best way to end this year with the one of the most bizarre cases yet (will this case qualify for oddware in the future?)
The two types of videos I watch on RUclips: Computers/video games, and aquarium keeping. LGR out here saving me time and effort by finally bringing them together. Edit: After seeing it only holds two gallons, that really limits what you could put, but it might be fun for sea monkeys? You don't have to clean sea monkey tanks so you'd have a lot less likelihood of accidentally splashing the computer.
Excellent. A new LGR video. 👍 Time to enjoy fishies. 😃 What a weird, weird thing since there is such small space for the fishies and the protection is... well not very good. 😅 Looks nice though. 😄 I was laughing way too much for that water shortage problem. 😂 Not the best day to Clint (and other people on that area) for sure.
I'm no aquarium expert, but 3.5 gallons seems very small for a fish tank. I worry that some people who don't know any better will try putting a bunch of fish unsuitable for that kind of environment in one of these things.
Very cool project! i have to say the water tank adds an ambience too it that is really nice. I actually really love the look of it, mabye some additional waterproofing methods would benefit it very well, like some inserts for the computer case itself. Very cool video! 🔥🔥🔥
Your water being out gave me a good, hearty chuckle. I can fully empathise with your plight, I know that feeling all too well. As I like to think, if you can't have a laugh when things are bad or chuckle at fate's irony, then what good is having a sense of humor? On a side note, Unreal Tournament must be one of the most compatible games ever. If it's a Windows PC that can run 32-bit applications, UT is going to run. On top of that it's still really fun, and still looks surprisingly good for a game of legal drinking age in U.S.
It will collect a lot of dust, which is something you don't want in your loop. It will clog the microfins in your CPU block. You also would have to be careful about which decorations to put inside the tank, or you'll make your coolant conductive. That's not as risky as it sounds, but still probably not a thing you want. Radiator-less cooling loops kind of work, but frankly you'd be better off getting something like a Mo-Ra 3 420. It's a humongous radiator which holds something like two litres of water, and has enough surface area to even work completely passively. My computer at full load draws about 800W, but even after several hours of crunching numbers my Mo-Ra never needs to spin the fans up above 300rpm, which is the minimum they can do. It's a very effective piece of kit.
The cheap price and the idea of water spilling around / dripping down the side of the case / getting knocked over or something gives me fair anxiety lol. Also you are right that heating up fish is a bad idea, small temperature changes can kill them !
Only small temp changes if being put into new water without acclimating them first could harm them, majority of fish can do fine with decent temp swings through the day in water they're used to.
Oh, dang. We live in the same town! I'm thankfully in an area that didn't lose water. Truth be told, I didn't even know the city lost water until seeing this video. I'm disabled so I don't get out much. lol Checked the news after watching and it looks like it's still out for a lot of places. Hope that if you haven't gotten it back yet, you get it back soon. Either way, this is an amazing, if nerve-wracking case. Amazing. Thank you for sharing it and the city's apparent sense of irony. Best wishes in the new year and beyond.
Me initially reading the title "oh cool what weird era of PC building did this come from?" "2022" "yeah that's a pretty weird era of PC building alright."
LGR to me is like my bowl of hot ramen after a hard day. Your my go to man I watch all kinds of video but if I want to relax to professional film creation on the nostalgia I love I always head straight to LGR. I’ve never watched a video that I didn’t like. Thanks for what you do man from a fan from Texas
Hey, at least you're not one of those insane RUclipsrs who tries to force a betta fish into a LIGHT BULB (or slightly larger softball-sized light bulb bowl for the thumbnail)!! I get so mad scrolling thru that BS sometimes... Keep up the animal rights, Clint! 🐠💕🐟
Agreed. When I saw him actually, you know, RESEARCH if it was ok to just dump a poor fish into this this, I was very impressed when he decided not to. A ton of RUclipsrs (or worse, TikTok "stars"...) would have thrown a betta into this without any research, made the video, then tossed out the fish or returned it to the store. A+ for LGR yet again!
@@Chaos89P Tik Tok is full of bullshit like this. Even those distressing videos of dogs getting scared by wild animals (but plot twist they're friends). I hate that shit.
I'm sure some fiddler crabs would be happy with the warmth of a computer, they would be trying to make a jail break constantly however. they are like that. lol
The issue with this tank would be the temperature differentials. Any high-end gaming for long periods is gonna spike the temperature at least subtly and even some differences in temps can disturb fish. If you just did a plants-only setup this might be cool, otherwise it seems like something that would seriously stress out the fish.
The issue is the size and maintaining the water quality in such a small volume, fish are a lot more hardy with temps than people realise. Temp changes matter when acclimating to new water, that's when they're most prone. I keep tropical fish outdoors, the temps at night can go down to 18c and swing up to 26c in the day, for weeks on end and the fish act, eat and breed just fine.
So aquarist here. The tank's fine. Rimless aquariums are a thing and very popular, especially topless ones for planted tanks. What bugs me here is the...frankly inadequate filtration and substrate included. I could 100% turn this into a dope planted tank, but basically everything except the tank it's self and the case would need to go, different substrate, lamp, filter, all of it. ...also water changes could prove to be a challenge if you aren't careful.
>case breaks in shipping
>break metal bracket
>break Motherboard LED's
>PSU cable too short
>Replacement PSU not the right type
>Water is out
Truly a cursed project.
He clearly needs a dealer in magical spells.
That Gotham Knight's game code
It's like divine intervention just kept escalating as he persisted forward.
This is the true disappointment build, better than the Gamer's Nexus one, but the duke nukem statue is rad.
The universe is telling you to NOT build this PC.
The irony of a water outage when building a fish tank PC is just priceless.
Too funny. Imagine dying of thirst because you needed to make the aquarium PC
@@abrahamicreligionsbowbefor3585 Now is a good time to imitate the cats.
Well it was during a the big winter storm of 2022, he's just lucky he did not have any pipes bust, or have a hot water freeze over like a lot of people did in my area a bit further south.
Was wondering why he didn't just melt a bunch of snow in buckets
@@HaakonAnderson Snow? Haven't had snow here all year!
The winter storms we've been having have been nothing but sub-zero temperatures and high wind.
Clint is the *only* guy I know that would review a junk aquarium PC case on a random day that would also happen to be the day the water gets shut down out of nowhere.
I really appreciate how skeptical you are in regards to ethically keeping fish in such a small aquarium. It's refreshing to see people not concerned with what they can stuff inside the aquarium and be more concerned with ethically keeping animals
I’d put the snack that smiles back in there lol
Totally agree! It's rare to come across someone who actually cares about that (I worked in aquatics for years, it really is rare).
I agree
Saw a video of a dude modifying a toilet tank to have the toilet tank part with the fish tank part around it… while not at all expanding the size of the toilet tank.
Dude didn’t think about how possibly, the doo doo water going down with loud noises and a tiny space would stress the fish out
I reckon it'd be okay for a few Tetra, no more than 5 though. You wouldn't need to worry about a heater . . .
It might be okay for shrimp. I'm a fish keeper myself. I wouldn't put fish in but shrimp seem quite happy in smaller spaces. They barely move
Instead of "Watch a man break a fish tank", it's "Watch a fish tank break a man".
Truth.
@@LGR You need to do a tropical tank and use it as a cooler reservoir .
Watch a fish tank break Clint
How did you find out about the water outage?
I was trying to fill up my computer's fishtank.
Pardon?
Nothing.
haha good one!
I love how you refuse to show how much cooling paste you apply to your builds. It's so perfectly Internet savy.
The perfect thermal paste application is the one you can never see!
It's also interesting how hotly debated it still is on the internet while it really doesn't matter all that much. As long as you don't make a huge mess and your thermals afterwards are fine then whatever pattern and quantity you applied is good enough :)
Schroedinger's Paste
It always makes me cringe when you see comments about thermal paste application when someone shows it on video, as if it's rocket science.
Like, tell me you are a kid and just learned about computers without saying it, 😆
Lol yea even if you use whole 10 gram tube it will cool bout the same... the heatsink squeezes out excess anyway
I really appreciate you spreading awareness about keeping the proper fish in the proper size aquarium
Are you saying 10 gallons is too small for my tiger Oscar’s?
That tank would fit a betta, i actually had to downsize once because it was stressing my lil guy out
Who cares. Just dumb fish
The other thing I can't help but think about... it has a pump that aerates the water, but what about filtering the water?
Fish will be dead before you need to worry about that.
Duke is the best aquarium decoration ever. That’s soo good
Is that a Real aquarium decoration? Otherwise it might poison your fish.
@@jacemachine no it's a bust that came with Duke Nukem Nukem forever collector's edition.
Nothing can ever just work on projects like these, but an entire town losing water is some next level stuff 😂
This was such a journey, man.
Unpredictable twists and turns!
Can you build a Home Dinner PC?
@brutalmoose happy to see you watch good youtube
Hey Ian! Looking forward to more adventures in the Magic Forest!
18:12 City is out of water. Clint goes to the next town to buy water. Decides that building a PC case is the best immediate use of the momentary finite water supply.
Awesome!
There were some interesting Aquarium PCs back in the day where they actually put the motherboard IN the aquarium, filled with mineral oil. No live fish, obviously, but the oil isn't conductive and the cooling fans actually worked fine to circulate the oil and cool the PC. Maybe something to recreate in the future...
As I understand it the Mineral oil quickly made all the plastics brittle and caused a lot of stuff to fail prematurely, and that can extend to the tank or adhesives too so catastrophic leaks were a potential and that stuff is a pain to clean up, that might be why it didn't really stick around
The fact you left all the issues in including no running water makes the video Perfect
This would probably best be used for aquatic plants all things considered. I think a Marimo Moss ball would be the best tankmate to Duke Nukem.
Marimo Moss balls are tough right now. There was a few cases of Zebra Mussels found in them, so they got cracked down on pretty hard.
They are a great plant though!
Yeah, some moss balls and a couple cherry shrimp would do ok. I have seen 3.5 gal planted nano tanks with a betta work fine, but you need to be really good at maintaining water balance. That and a lid, I'm not sure how people stop their fish from jumping out of rimless tanks.
nice design for the tank with that statue.
@@PondScummer Sheer luck. My betta's in a 10 gallon rimless, but I work from home and she's at my desk, so I watch her like a hawk. Still, I have a lid ready if she tries anything. Personally I'd never do it with any other fish.
Agreed, 3.5 gallons is too small for any fish (yes, even Bettas). Though, you could add snails, or even shrimp if you keep an eye on the water quality.
You recording this on the day your water goes out is peak LGR. Stuff always goes wrong in your videos, but that is a whole other level. If I didn't know any better, I would swear someone put a curse on you!
32:28 That LED really highlights the rainy fizz coming from those tiny bubbles. The desk area around the PC is going to get pretty moist after a while.
I could imagine the fishes when they swim in this tank and seeing the duke bust like:
"Ah yes ! An ancient relic made by human-hands gifted to us that must be an image of their god they are praying to . Fascinating , majestic and very inspirational. "
I'm a PC builder by profession who just got into the fishkeeping hobby. Coincidentally, I just finished cleaning my PC and doing water change on my two tanks. This video couldn't have come at a better time. Right when I'm sat to take a rest and some ice cream. Perfect!
Fish are on another level. Weve had dogs and Cats for 10k years domesticated, but Aquariums could only be possible in recent decades. I went from freshwater to Salt in the last 2-3 years man, its such an under rated hobby. GL with it
There's something so zen about doing water changes, I used to hate doing them then I realized I just hated my old HOB filter.
@@toxictimeless6655 I'm really lucky to be living in Southeast Asia. Fish products here are cheap in comparison. I had to go through 4 different HOB filters until I find the right one that filters really good. I 100% agree there's something relaxing about water changes.
@@im160bpmplus true! requires some level of discipline and dedication. Thanks!
Fellow fish nerd here, we breed guppies. 7 tanks and a 150 gallon porch pond! (Also african dwarf frogs, cherry shrimp, and many various snails.)
This might be my favorite LGR moment in 10 years of watching the channel. A water outage while filming a fish tank case video.
Hmm
Definitely would use this for growing plants.
Actually a cool idea, a terrarium PC would look awesome!
That's what I was thinking as well, this would be way better as a terrarium than a fish tank.
This has got to be the most ridiculous and hilarious thing I’ve seen in awhile. The Carpe Dukem statue is the perfect accent. Well done.
I loved all the things that came in his way. LOL so typical :D
Now we just need some carpe in there to really seize the diem.
"The water is out in my city, better use what water I managed to get to test fill this silly fish tank case!"
Your dedication to the craft is inspiring LGR. I could totally see myself doing the same thing, I hate leaving a project unfinished.
Totally used the water to flush my toilet when I was through here, so win-win 😉
@@LGR hopefully you've got the dihydrogen monoxide back by now!
Oh shit
@@xbox990 literally
@@LGR that was about a $4.00 flush man!!!
You really gave us one last get before the new year. Wasn’t expecting this much to happen in one episode. Thank you for that!
Yeah this turned out to be quite a ride unintentionally! Thanks for watching :)
That's great that your proxy service actually went through a bit of an RMA process for you to get the item fixed, rather than just kick it on down the road to you without disclosure. Sounds like a quality service!
Agreed, I was impressed! Superbuy was the service I used btw
That Duke Nukem statue really completed the look!
This was a great video - between the lack of water and the short PSU wire. Thank you for the laughs!
Glad my frustration proved entertaining at least 😁
It seems like an appropriate way to end 2022, for sure.
I don’t think I need this kind of anxiety in my life just using a pc 😂
Water-cooling is bad enough but this is another level of anxiety.
I would never put a aquarium above my pc but a terrarium would look crazy good
Fish nerd here -
3 gallons would be okay (not ideal) for a betta, but I wouldn't put much else in there. Maybe one Pea Puffer?
What it would be ideal for would be snails and/or shrimp! (Although a snail would need a lid).
If I had it, I'd make sure the temp was stable and livable, add some live plants and a small piece of cholla wood, and maybe a month later I'd add some Cherry Shrimps!
I still wouldn't put a beta in a tank this small, but shrip would be a great addition!
@@DiscussToUnderstand Honestly I wouldn't either. They would live, but it wouldn't be the happiest home.
the biggest issue is gonna be that pcs get hot and also turn off, both of which cause temp fluctautions that will hurt the fish
Thank you for being concerned about the wellbeing of any beasties to go into such a tank. I fear not many people realise how much space a fish requires. Or that the buggers can leap out. One of the fish I have chose me, I was in the shop and it leapt from the tank and I somehow grabbed it before it hit the floor. Guess you're coming home with me then.
It meant it liked you :)
My friends always asked why I had such a large tank for 3 goldfish.
Even fish people say never jump, will jump. In my experience fish are very good at finding ways to kill themselves no matter what.
That's an interesting story about how you got your fish 😳🐟
And a good message about being thoughtful about pets!
@@PondScummer Amen to that! My weather loaches could qualify for the Olympic high jump. If you wanna leave your atmosphere please be building spaceships my dudes.
12:09 I have to say what a joy it was to install a Noctua CPU cooler. The old clip style I've dealt with on other coolers always felt like I was going to snap the motherboard.
Absolutely, it’s effortless and confidence-inducing stuff
Sorry about the water outage, that really sucks especially around this time of year, I hope it's resolved soon for all of those affected. Thank you for still sharing this hilarious and awesome case/fish tank, Merry Christmas and Heppy New Year
That is so cool! Fake floating fish would be fun. That's how a liquid cooling solution should look (but with some way to seal it at the top).
i'm sorry to hear about the water issues! that's awful, I had no idea that was happening, on christmas even. hope you're doing alright
Doing okay all things considered! Though we _STILL_ don't have water in the entire area, even now as I type this
@@LGR Oh my god! I'm so sorry for you and others in the area.
@@LGR I'm watching this video from my waterless apartment in the area and though to myself "I wonder if LGR has water"
Then, lo and behold, the sink is dry haha
Hoping it gets fixed soon, I'm going on about 4 days now with no water. Kinda ridiculous! Hope you're managing!
@@LGR WOW! I assumed that you did get water.
Hats off to your persistence in completing the setup. And the video.
@@LGR Yep. I heard these things happen when you use an Intel Arc GPU. Here’s hoping the next driver update solves the issues with failed water mains.
Just have to say your content is so amazing. I'm 40 and my childhood with computers started with win3.1 when I was 10. Your channel is like a magic bullseye into my nostalgia and memories growing up. Please NEVER stop making fantastic videos! ❤
Clint, If you are OK with Duke being in there permanently you could replace the water with clear epoxy resin to make it *look* like there's water in there but not have the risk of the whole spilling water everywhere thing
While that’s a neat idea, the Water adds an ambience too it that resin can’t replicate, really the best thing to do is add some more waterproofing features, like mabye some smalle inserts that’s go inside the actual case to protect the components better.
Or some plain ole mineral oil
@@johnnylego807 How about, uh, some thickening agent like gelatin? Or just, you know, give 'er with the silicon gun around the edged inside to make sure there will be no leaks.
@@sinni800 Not a bad idea, Those measures would definitely help. i’m sure there’s quite a few options on the table to help waterproof.
Imagine finding the tank to one of these cases lying around somewhere, only it's filled with clear epoxy resin and there's a Duke Nukem bust in there.
Just, completely stripped of context and with no explanation.
By far my favorite LGR video of 2022. Nice work!
4090 with a 12900k and a salmon in the tank. Couple of hours gaming and you have dinner, none of that heat wasted.
Nah, for that you need some classics, FX-8350 and either a GTX 480 or R9 295x2.
Savage 😂
Insane how the heat joke has switched from AMD to Intel/Nvidia
Actually, forget the water, this'd be pretty cool to put a model in. Imagine working in an office where everyone's PC was in one of these and you were invited to personalise the inside of the plexiglass box (turned upside down). A protected Space Battleship Yamato or Delorean? Yes please!
Or maybe Funko Pops would do nicely as well
They'd fit better inside the microwave
RIP Leiji Matsumoto, you will be missed.
I paint Warhammer models and was thinking the same kind of thing. I could totally see someone setting up a display ontop of the computer and putting the 'tank' upside down on top of it after fitting LED lights.
Hmmm. I wonder how much one of these cases would cost...
@@LOLMAN9538 funko shits
17:48 : General mind-losing vocalizations - Love the Closed Captioning :)
The pain when you set aside something to build months later and then you find out there are some parts broken or missing, oh the PAIN.
or the whole frkin town loses it's water supply, which usually would not be a problem for a pc build. usually...
Definitely can out a tarantula in this! They would love the warmth (if any) and MAYBE the vibrations.
"I think it's dumb... and I like it!" could be the alternate name of this channel (and that's a compliment). I often fall in that camp too. Love the channel and thanks for taking the time to do this (even when Asheville lost water for 4 days!)
I live in the same area as LGR and the second the camera was pointing at his sink I thought to myself "oh I wonder if he lost water like a lot of the town did recently?" and of course he did. Perfect timing to make this video about a weird PC case even more complicated!
Of all the things to go wrong with a fish tank PC case, the water company going out has to be the craziest and funniest!
Aquarium PC?!
Let that sink in!
INSANIQUARIUM! Thanks for unlocking a lost memory, my jaw dropped when I saw it.
This video just kept getting better and better! I laughed so hard when there was no water 😂
Thanks for being responsible about fish
Final LGR Video of 2022
That Fish Tank PC Rig is pure gold, and really makes it much more amazed.
That’s why it’s called a “ARCquarium PC” since it has a Intel Arc Graphics Card in it.
Next week: SimCity 2000 Retrospective: 30 years later
Thank you for explaining that this is not a suitable home for fish. I’ve seen way too many people online who use fish as nothing more than decoration and take poor care of them, so I just appreciate hearing someone vouch for taking proper care of fish.
My hardest "you do not need this do not buy this" ive ever had to tell myself oh my god i love this silly beauty
Should have a French gutter between the tank and computer. Would not help with a catastrophic failure but would ensure a errant drop never makes it into the computer.
In fact I think it could be modified by either replacing the acrylic sheet that broke in shipping or putting on top of it so that any water leakage would be redirected to an empty reservoir behind it. If you have the time and resources.
What a cursed build, so many mishaps. On the plus side, without the tank, the base case actually looks pretty handsome.
Yeah I'd almost buy it to just have the lower portion
As someone who both keeps aquariums and likes PCs, the thought of combining the two has never occurred to me. 😂
Much props to you for not showing how much thermal paste you're *actually* putting on your CPUs. Prevents a shitton of genuinely unnecessary discussion :)
A terrarium would work just fine on top.
Gives a new meaning to water cooling.
as a hardwear guy kinda im super glad you got an arc we need more competition in the gfx market. More arc sales if more types of gfx cards on the market thats a good thing
Glad your back online. Love the videos.
ASHEVILLE - Some areas are still under a boil water advisory as the city says service is slowly returning with a water treatment plant - often referred to as the Mills River Intake - back online.
As of 8 p.m. Dec. 29, the majority of Mills River and Arden were brought back online, according to a news release from the city of Asheville.
🤣🤣🤣 the tap not working broke me
😂 I'm glad that you put this all together so that no one else has to. Oh, the trials and tribulations to make it happen. Amazing.
PC maintenance would be a nightmare! You’d have to empty the tank every time the system needs hardware upgraded or changed out. So wild! 😂
Sadly no plants nor fish would be happy in such a small tank that would be constantly being exposed to rapid changes in temperature. Aquarium fish, shrimp and plants are very sensitive to temperature changes. Fish usually die within one or two weeks of a temperature shock. That's one reason among many that in the EU it is illegal to keep adult vertebrates in a tank smaller than 30 liters (8 gallons). I really loved the way you aproached this project and handled it as a weird gimmick.
EU should have had very violent debate about law details about limiting to vertebrates.
Or they just don't believe people about anything which is not regulated with law enforcements.....
Maybe it's not the LGR video Clint wanted, but it's the LGR video about the fish tank computer that we needed.
This is still one of my favorite videos of yours from 2022. It was a ride to watch considering how much stuff went wrong but you still got to the end fine somehow.
Hope you have something else in store for us at the end of 2023.
This might be your best video yet
I'm a sucker for weird PC cases and this video is really really well made and entertaining. Thank you mister LGR for the best way to end this year with the one of the most bizarre cases yet (will this case qualify for oddware in the future?)
The two types of videos I watch on RUclips: Computers/video games, and aquarium keeping. LGR out here saving me time and effort by finally bringing them together.
Edit: After seeing it only holds two gallons, that really limits what you could put, but it might be fun for sea monkeys? You don't have to clean sea monkey tanks so you'd have a lot less likelihood of accidentally splashing the computer.
The fish community thanks you for pointing out that this is not suitable for live fish and that most require more than 2-3 gallons of water.
Clint when you went to turn on the water I died 😭 Great video!
I'd love to see you build a computer case out of an IKEA coffee table which you can use to display your collection of antique anvils.
Excellent. A new LGR video. 👍
Time to enjoy fishies. 😃
What a weird, weird thing since there is such small space for the fishies and the protection is... well not very good. 😅
Looks nice though. 😄
I was laughing way too much for that water shortage problem. 😂
Not the best day to Clint (and other people on that area) for sure.
LGR: " Awh man I'm so excited to start this PC bui-"
The Universe: "N O"
Oh my god. I had no idea I was about to watch one of the greatest Comedy of Errors I've seen in a long time! Brilliant stuff!
I'm no aquarium expert, but 3.5 gallons seems very small for a fish tank. I worry that some people who don't know any better will try putting a bunch of fish unsuitable for that kind of environment in one of these things.
I recently looked after a cat and I had to feed the boy's fish. It was a tank smaller than this and the one fish left was about 4mm long.
Yeah you could probably only put a single Betta fish in this thing. Maybe a snail or couple shrimp to go along with it
@@jehjehfish that's still too much for something this size
Very cool project! i have to say the water tank adds an ambience too it that is really nice. I actually really love the look of it, mabye some additional waterproofing methods would benefit it very well, like some inserts for the computer case itself. Very cool video! 🔥🔥🔥
Your water being out gave me a good, hearty chuckle. I can fully empathise with your plight, I know that feeling all too well. As I like to think, if you can't have a laugh when things are bad or chuckle at fate's irony, then what good is having a sense of humor?
On a side note, Unreal Tournament must be one of the most compatible games ever. If it's a Windows PC that can run 32-bit applications, UT is going to run. On top of that it's still really fun, and still looks surprisingly good for a game of legal drinking age in U.S.
This case is so cool. I'm only a little disappointed you can't use the aquarium portion as a water cooling reservoir.
It will collect a lot of dust, which is something you don't want in your loop. It will clog the microfins in your CPU block. You also would have to be careful about which decorations to put inside the tank, or you'll make your coolant conductive. That's not as risky as it sounds, but still probably not a thing you want.
Radiator-less cooling loops kind of work, but frankly you'd be better off getting something like a Mo-Ra 3 420. It's a humongous radiator which holds something like two litres of water, and has enough surface area to even work completely passively. My computer at full load draws about 800W, but even after several hours of crunching numbers my Mo-Ra never needs to spin the fans up above 300rpm, which is the minimum they can do. It's a very effective piece of kit.
But then you wouldn't be able to play games without accidentally making dinner.
@@CycahhaCepreebha Cover?
The cheap price and the idea of water spilling around / dripping down the side of the case / getting knocked over or something gives me fair anxiety lol. Also you are right that heating up fish is a bad idea, small temperature changes can kill them !
Only small temp changes if being put into new water without acclimating them first could harm them, majority of fish can do fine with decent temp swings through the day in water they're used to.
Oh, dang. We live in the same town! I'm thankfully in an area that didn't lose water. Truth be told, I didn't even know the city lost water until seeing this video. I'm disabled so I don't get out much. lol
Checked the news after watching and it looks like it's still out for a lot of places. Hope that if you haven't gotten it back yet, you get it back soon.
Either way, this is an amazing, if nerve-wracking case. Amazing. Thank you for sharing it and the city's apparent sense of irony. Best wishes in the new year and beyond.
Me initially reading the title "oh cool what weird era of PC building did this come from?"
"2022"
"yeah that's a pretty weird era of PC building alright."
I feel like it would be great for a miniature diorama, like the ones at natural history museums.
Pleasant aesthetics indeed. I've always enjoyed aquariums and this is pretty cool looking. Now for some fun with selecting fish 🐠
The way you avoided showing how much thermal paste you used was simply genius. An excellent way to avoid comment section drama 👌
LGR to me is like my bowl of hot ramen after a hard day. Your my go to man I watch all kinds of video but if I want to relax to professional film creation on the nostalgia I love I always head straight to LGR. I’ve never watched a video that I didn’t like. Thanks for what you do man from a fan from Texas
Nothing like watching someone else just completely lose their marbles instead of experiencing it myself.
Hey, at least you're not one of those insane RUclipsrs who tries to force a betta fish into a LIGHT BULB (or slightly larger softball-sized light bulb bowl for the thumbnail)!! I get so mad scrolling thru that BS sometimes... Keep up the animal rights, Clint! 🐠💕🐟
yea it is really quite depressing that this is one of the "better" of the gimmicky fish tanks
Agreed. When I saw him actually, you know, RESEARCH if it was ok to just dump a poor fish into this this, I was very impressed when he decided not to. A ton of RUclipsrs (or worse, TikTok "stars"...) would have thrown a betta into this without any research, made the video, then tossed out the fish or returned it to the store. A+ for LGR yet again!
@@munktayl0rd When I thought TikTokers couldn't get any "stupider."
Our local pet megastore has a selection of betta fish on display in plastic cups. I take it that’s not enough space..?
@@Chaos89P Tik Tok is full of bullshit like this. Even those distressing videos of dogs getting scared by wild animals (but plot twist they're friends). I hate that shit.
Gonna be honest here, that tank; with the duke nukem statue in it, it feels like something duke would do.
You maintained your composure admirably. I would have lost my you-know-what at the realization of no functioning toilet.
I'm sure some fiddler crabs would be happy with the warmth of a computer, they would be trying to make a jail break constantly however. they are like that. lol
Cool crab irl.
@@chadmasta5 exactly.
I suppose that the movie to play on this computer would be Waterworld.. :D
Wouldn't Finding Nemo be more appropriate?
@@carltonleboss Or Little Mermaid i suppose.
Well, if you notice, he did run Insaniquarium and an Aquarium screensaver. :-)
Happy New Years, LGR. Thanks for a great video! Looking forward to what you do in 2023^_^
I'm impressed you were able to get a new power supply in less than 24 hours.
The issue with this tank would be the temperature differentials. Any high-end gaming for long periods is gonna spike the temperature at least subtly and even some differences in temps can disturb fish. If you just did a plants-only setup this might be cool, otherwise it seems like something that would seriously stress out the fish.
Thanks tank facts! I was going to type up a reason why fish would be bad to maintain in this tank but you nailed it.
Use puddle fish like killies or guppies. They ban handle temp spikes.
The issue is the size and maintaining the water quality in such a small volume, fish are a lot more hardy with temps than people realise. Temp changes matter when acclimating to new water, that's when they're most prone. I keep tropical fish outdoors, the temps at night can go down to 18c and swing up to 26c in the day, for weeks on end and the fish act, eat and breed just fine.
It is sooo weird hearing you talk about modern parts!
@@rockapartie Threadripper build from 5/2020? Just watched it! Not sure how I missed it.
Thanks for buying and building this so no one else has to!
So aquarist here.
The tank's fine.
Rimless aquariums are a thing and very popular, especially topless ones for planted tanks.
What bugs me here is the...frankly inadequate filtration and substrate included. I could 100% turn this into a dope planted tank, but basically everything except the tank it's self and the case would need to go, different substrate, lamp, filter, all of it.
...also water changes could prove to be a challenge if you aren't careful.
That's a cool reservoir for a water cooling setup.
WATER we waiting for!? :D