I have a lot of bad experiences with glass side panels. I desperately needed to upgrade my PC case and Microcenter had a beautiful Corsair ICUE 4000X on clearance for $50.

The catch: No screws (which I didn’t care about), and a glass side panel.

For perspective, I have a 5950x and a 3080ti. I’ve been using a cheap $30 case ever since I had to retire my NZXT Phantom 530 and my PC has been overheating ever since. I CAAAN spent like $200 on a beautiful new case that doesn’t have a glass side panel but that wouldn’t be very financially responsible for me.

So I’m stuck with this. I want to modify the side panel to make sure that when it does inevitably shatter, it won’t create a huge mess and result in me stepping on glass. I’m wondering if anybody has tried applying anti-shatter films to their side panels and how successful its been.

  • SuperJonesy408@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Might be best to find your local plastic fabricator like TAP Plastics and get a piece of lexan or acrylic cut as a drop-in replacement.

    I have used them for other projects in the past and it’s been easy going.

    No experience with the anti-shatter films on tempered glass due to the nature of why the glass shstters.

  • DragonDa@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Tempered glass does not shatter or leave sharp splinters when it breaks. My case came with a plexiglass window which I replaced with tempered glass.

  • 1996Primera@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Just buy a piece of clear vinyl or go to a paint shop/car wrapping shop and get a piece of clear bra/paint protection film

    I use it on all my builds

    If a panel breaks it holds all/99.9999 % of the pieces together

    • tomytronics@alien.topBEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Keyword might be “contact paper” Clean the glass, apply clear contact paper as flat as possible, then trim the edges. Cover both sides to catch any small pieces that may try to escape.