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.
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.