*Pop* goes the side panel (i.e. shattered tempered glass side panels)

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Glass panel I'd prefer one seeing there is no static electricity unlike plexi glass hell just slowly put you arm close to plexi panel your hairs will stand
I read static electricity is good for electronics

 

[caroline!]

Glass anything on a computer is dumb.

Yeah, I still miss the days when desktops were engineered to sit on the desk's top (i.e. horizontally, under your monitor).
These days, you have to use a proper desk. One that has a PC compartment so the case doesn't sit on the floor. But these are rather hard to find, most of them are designed poorly and restrict access to the cables at the back.

Cases would be too thicc and top panels certainly bend under my monitor's weight.

I'm eyeing an used full tower case that would fit even more hard drives and a dual socket mobo with 2 large air coolers.

Using a thick piece of wood (old kitchen countertop cut in half) on top of six cinder blocks to support a 60kg UPS next to the desk.

Spoiler

I'm gonna need the other half countertop if I switch to a bigger case, and 6 more cinder blocks.

 

[80251]

I can't imagine the insanity of that glass computer desk breaking and then taking out a pair of monitors. I'll never be buying a glass computer desk.

 

[freeagent]

Glass anything on a computer is dumb.

Yeah I thought the same.. until I put my computer in one. Looks great with the dark tint, even on the back side

The glass is thicker than steel, I think it may help with it being as quiet as it is.. but I could be wrong.

 

[tabascosauz]

My case has a slightly inset acrylic side panel protected by no less than 2" of aluminum panel on any side. This feature was highly undesired at the time of purchase but they do make inspecting the state of fans and cpu cooler heatsink as simple as a sidewards glance.

Protective plastic has never come off the outside. I'm sure the inside has scratches just from dust particles passing over it. A perfect record of never cleaning it once in multiple years of daily use is highly acceptable to me. Glass

I could never get away with not cleaning like that

One thing I appreciate about TG is that acrylic warps pretty easily. Not so much a problem with mainstream cases very thin windows, but Sliger's acrylic panels are literally acrylic slabs with a thin aluminium frame glued (riveted??) on top. Over time I managed to coax the panel to flatten enough to use but for the first few months I couldn't bear even look at it, it was so curved

At one point I seriously considered getting a custom cut piece of TG and gluing magnets to the back to make a custom TG panel, but I stopped using the Cerberus X again.

Hi,
Glass panel I'd prefer one seeing there is no static electricity unlike plexi glass hell just slowly put you arm close to plexi panel your hairs will stand
I read static electricity is good for electronics

I HATE that property of acrylic. I'd carefully clean the panel inside and out with a wet microfiber cloth, look away to check my phone, and by the time I looked back the dust would be settling on it again.

The loop finally allowed me to use the windowed panel and it was marvelous......for the better part of 2 days before I started noticing how dusty it was

 

[caroline!]

Yeah I thought the same.. until I put my computer in one. Looks great with the dark tint, even on the back side

The glass is thicker than steel, I think it may help with it being as quiet as it is.. but I could be wrong.

I don't route cables they just hang all over the place for quick access.
Windowed cases require time dedicated to make the computer pretty. Guess mine is just like me, ugly but functional /s

I can't imagine the insanity of that glass computer desk breaking and then taking out a pair of monitors. I'll never be buying a glass computer desk.

Definitely not if you play Touhou Project games. Mine is made out of dark hard wood and if I dare hit it I'd bruise my hands, old stuff was built different.

 

[johnspack]

One thing about acrylic... you can handle it and not need windex every dam time! Just about to take off my deepcool case glass panel... it's only held on by 4 screws.
That's even more annoying. Try to put it back on without fingerprints.... arg.

 

[InVasMani]

I can just hear it shattering now in my mind the first time I try to take the side panel off.

 

[Fouquin]

The tragedy of the tempered glass desks. One probably shouldn't put heavy objects on a pane of glass.

One should know the load limits of their pane of glass, and also not use a desk-mount multi-monitor setup that stresses the edge of tempered glass. I know not everyone understands the physics of tempered glass, but a VERY BASIC understanding is DO NOT APPLY CLAMPING FORCE, and DO NOT STRIKE THE EDGE.

The glass does not care about your aesthetics, about your desire to clamp your monitor stand to the edge, or about your desire to pile your entire setup onto the desk surface.

Thickness, area, support span. Know your glass before you load it.

 

[Dirt Chip]

Don`t build your rig using glass, don`t put water inside it and avoid un-necessary cables and other power consuming parts that to nothing beside light.

Sound pretty trivial to me...

 

[Chomiq]

Maybe they could use bullet proof glass instead of tempered glass?

Good luck trying to lift your case with them installed.

 

[AM4isGOD]

Well the glass in my Li Li case seems to be good quality, but who knows. If struck it will shatter still, no doubt, though can't say i have heard on the net of a Li Li panel shattering.

 

[Vario]

One should know the load limits of their pane of glass, and also not use a desk-mount multi-monitor setup that stresses the edge of tempered glass. I know not everyone understands the physics of tempered glass, but a VERY BASIC understanding is DO NOT APPLY CLAMPING FORCE, and DO NOT STRIKE THE EDGE.

The glass does not care about your aesthetics, about your desire to clamp your monitor stand to the edge, or about your desire to pile your entire setup onto the desk surface.

Thickness, area, support span. Know your glass before you load it.

I am amazed that someone actually thought it was a good idea to clamp their monitors to the glass.

 

[silkstone]

Take note, all of these cases, including the one posted here above, are on the floor.

Pro tip. Don't place your case on the floor, next to your feet... Darwin agrees... common sense has arrived. It wasn't a good idea to place a case on floor level even prior to glass panels, because its the worst place for dust.

'Pop' goes the side panel... yeah... or some fools trying to find excuses for their own stupidity? Build quality... I guess. But there is always a user in the mix here, glass panels don't just say pop because you look at them funny.

I had my case on the desk. Took the side panel off and it exploded in my hands when carefully placing it on a tile floor. Rubber mounts on the screw-holes. Tempered glass can be unpredictable and you don't know what microfractures/stress has occurred during the manufacturing process. I'd never have a tempered glass desk, but I just got a non-tempered glass replacement for my side panel.
For the record it's a Xigmatek Aquarius.

 

[ThrashZone]

I HATE that property of acrylic. I'd carefully clean the panel inside and out with a wet microfiber cloth, look away to check my phone, and by the time I looked back the dust would be settling on it again.

The loop finally allowed me to use the windowed panel and it was marvelous......for the better part of 2 days before I started noticing how dusty it was

Hi,
Think both are pretty good dust magnets

 

[Arco]

I am amazed that someone actually thought it was a good idea to clamp their monitors to the glass.

XD, ah yes, let's put a heavy height that doesn't take up a lot of space and has to clamp down on the edge of a brittle thin glass pane.

 

[Dirt Chip]

I am amazed that someone actually thought it was a good idea to clamp their monitors to the glass.

It worked, until it doesn't.

 

[nomdeplume]

I could never get away with not cleaning like that

More accurate way to state this would've been the acrylic has never been wiped off. I normally just decharge the static and give the whole panel a whack.

Knocking the dust off compared to actually cleaning everything else.

 

[Vayra86]

I had my case on the desk. Took the side panel off and it exploded in my hands when carefully placing it on a tile floor. Rubber mounts on the screw-holes. Tempered glass can be unpredictable and you don't know what microfractures/stress has occurred during the manufacturing process. I'd never have a tempered glass desk, but I just got a non-tempered glass replacement for my side panel.
For the record it's a Xigmatek Aquarius.

Ill just pray Fractal makes decent cases then with my Define TG...

I do know its my last one with glass. Gimmick feature wore off about a month after purchase. Now Im like okay, I can see how dusty it is so I know when to clean

 

[Arco]

I'd rather just put the money towards performance or function. I'm not looking at my pc case, I'm looking at the screens! Other than the keyboard or some bias lighting. I don't really see the point of RGB and glass if it costs more and is more complex to set up.

 

[caroline!]

Good luck trying to lift your case with them installed.
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everyone knows how much a 757 cabin door weighs...... americans will use anything rather than kg lol

 

[Vayra86]

If one uses the desk for many things having the computer tucked away is almost essential. Plus most cases are so very boring looking and having them out and visible doesn't fly with me any more.


Agreed.

Get a bigger desk No really though, its about priorities.
And boring case <> picking TGlass seems counter intuitive...

 

[Athlonite]

There is a downside to placing your unit on your desk. It can be tiped over or it might fall if you live in an active seismic zone. I have yet to figure out a mount that will secure it on my desk while making it easy to remove when i need to clean or tinker with it.

My PC weighs upwards of 25KG good luck in accidentally tipping it over or it doing so in an Earthquake (it's already been through several in its lifetime). Or you could change your desktop configuration to something like this

 

[Arco]

My PC weighs upwards of 25KG good luck in accidentally tipping it over or it doing so in an Earthquake (it's already been through several in its lifetime). Or you could change your desktop configuration to something like this

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Simple fix! just hot glue it! XD Maybe double-sided tape could work. Maybe put something to the sides that would help stabilize it.

You could be a chad and use it as a monitor stand.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

This reminds me of this vid:

When I bought my first tempered glass side panel case 'In Win 101C' I was also worried but so far it survived 4 years already with maybe a scratch or two on it.
Yes I do keep my PC on my desk and I take care of it and even then whenever I have to take off the side panel I'm extra cautious and I think that should be normal while handling anything glass.

On the other hand my previous acrylic side panel case looked like ass after a few years cause of all the scratches and all the random damage it collected.
Personally I like tempered glass cases and I wouldn't go back to anything else. 'If I break it then thats on me'

Was just going to post this.