Why aren't there many cases without glass?

[Knight47]

Get the H7 flow and an extra mesh side panel to replace the glass, I don't mind the glass on mine, but use the fans on the base for intake so the "flow" is bottom to top.

Again. How do I block the front without looking like ass and the side mesh panel is for the wrong side

 

[Dristun]

You're overthinking it. If you have intake fans on the front and exhaust fans on the back, most of the air will flow that way, even accounting for distortions from GPU and CPU. If you have intakes on the side and exhaust on the back - it will flow that way. Check out airflow simulations on youtube, or, if you have spare time and really curious, run some yourself. In other words, there's no need to seal anything or create special side intakes unless it's for some other reason the exact thing you want. Practicality-wise you're not winning much by doing all that.
In any case (lol), Phanteks (1, 2) has some full metal cases and Silverstone has many more. Like this one. If you really want something specific, then yeah, you'll have to google through hundreds of old designs or ask someone to make a custom one for your specific needs. Which would be really cool, actually — if you have money to burn, having custom shit built for you is amazing + you get to support a small business in your area.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I still wish the industry would go back to the drawing board on motherboard designs and power delivery. We really need a shift that accounts for cooling needs. Not just airflow, but weight and stress on the components. Considering the size of the market, they could start at the high-end and work down. Also, there are companies like ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte and more that make pretty much ALL the components already. Seems like an opportunity to drive your own sales by offering a case, motherboard, GPU and cooling solution that accomplishes all this (where the user can still mix and match). The only thing we seem to get are those super-compact overpriced designs that don’t really improve on anything but space. I would think that if designed right, we could do with fewer fans and all the fretting about cable management and airflow.

 

[y2faulty]

it honestly already exists though: liquid cooling. Liquid coolers take all the weight and "space consumption" away from the mobo and put it somewhere else (the spot you place the radiator in).

 

[Knight47]

If you really want something specific, then yeah, you'll have to google through hundreds of old designs or ask someone to make a custom one for your specific needs. Which would be really cool, actually — if you have money to burn, having custom shit built for you is amazing + you get to support a small business in your area.

So which ones old cases look like the Lian Li O11 but without glass? I can't find even one.
I want one with 3x140mm right side intake but you guys link cases with single or double 120mm left side intake, really?

 

[freeagent]

Buy the case you like.

You can buy a Torrent without glass. I'm sure there are others.