Enthusiast builds a PC big enough to live in — humans in this RGB-lit fish tank case look just like figurines

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Enthusiast builds a PC big enough to live in — humans in this RGB-lit fish tank case look just like figurines Colossal build appears to have been a stunt to sell air conditioning systems in China. You’ve probably seen a few examples of PC DIYers installing figurines in their elaborate, RGB-infused fishtank builds. Chinese TechTuber Soda Baka has scaled this phenomenon up to create a tower PC large enough for a human to work and play inside. What looks like a figurine in some of these PC pictures is actually the TechTuber posing. The video is shared on China’s Bilibili. We aren’t 100% sure of the purpose of this build, other than spectacle, due to things getting lost in translation. However, a short skit in the video (machine translated) indicates the build was influenced by Baka’s little cousin being barked at by his mom “You play computer games all day, why don’t you just live in a computer!” Something like that. We also get the feeling this is a canny video sponsorship deal as air conditioners start to become highly desirable, now that we are moving into warmer months in the Northern Hemisphere. Article continues belowThe human-habitable PC tower project gets underway with Soda Baka sketching and modeling before the construction begins in earnest. We see various huge components being fabricated, that look like case fans, GPUs, AiO CPU coolers, RAM sticks and so on. The TechTuber doesn’t forget to add splashes of RGB lighting, of course. Some real-PC stuff is installed in the mega-PC, so there’s something to do once the side panel is put on… You can see Soda Baka sitting at a compact desk playing a game on the screen attached to the AiO – how modern. Now things heat up, literally, as to simulate PC-scale heat at this large scale some hot-coal sauna installations are used. We see the TechTuber boosting the heat/humidity levels with a bottle of water. Apparently it doesn’t take long for the enclosed computer room (in the PC) temperatures to rise above 100°F (38 degrees Celsius). Because all the huge fans and coolers are fake, our trapped TechTuber has to turn on the installed 12kW AC unit, which boasts 820m3/hr air circulation to cool the ‘PC system.’ Quickly enough the atmosphere changes to become “like a spring evening in the North [of China].” Was it all an elaborate Midea 3rd Gen Pro AC unit sponsorship promotional video? Maybe it was. Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox. Follow Tom's Hardware on Google News, or add us as a preferred source, to get our latest news, analysis, & reviews in your feeds. Mark Tyson is a news editor at Tom's Hardware. He enjoys covering the full breadth of PC tech; from business and semiconductor design to products approaching the edge of reason. - chaos215bar2 Very cool project.Reply Although the sexualized school girl look ads a bit of a weird creep factor vibe to the whole thing. - AggregatVier Reply Thank you for pointing that out, your Holiness.chaos215bar2 said:Very cool project. Although the sexualized school girl look ads a bit of a weird creep factor vibe to the whole thing. - DingusDog Reply It's not like Asian girls actually dress like that or anything... You probably shouldn't ever go to Asia because you'll get creep factor vibes every time you walk down the street.chaos215bar2 said:Very cool project. Although the sexualized school girl look ads a bit of a weird creep factor vibe to the whole thing. - Ryan F. Mercer Reply Maybe she *likes* dressing that way and the only one sexualizing it you.chaos215bar2 said:Very cool project. Although the sexualized school girl look ads a bit of a weird creep factor vibe to the whole thing. - Jabberwocky79 Wow, the power cables are kinda the coolest thing for me. Wonder what they are made of?Reply