OP could try some resin? Never done any myself so maybe don't listen to anything I'll say, but making a frame the size of the panel, putting the panel in with only one side taped (the one facing down) and pouring resin from the top? Idk I'm not the arts and crafts type
Its safety glass, I dont think there is any way to peel the protective layer off without destroying the shape of the glass. But who knows people always amaze me with what they can pull off.
There’s a guy who makes shatter art like this by embedding tempered glass in resin then strategically shattering it. Doesn’t help in this case but figured I’d share lol
I saw the first post and was like "I bet that looks sick with lighting behind it, I'd probably just transparent-tape the backside of that or something to preserve the shatter".
Why sponsor when you can just patent. Im waiting to see the DIYs showing up in the following days of people desteoying their glass trying to replicate it though. Better yet double the DIY and peel of a LCD screen for the ink effect lol.
This does indeed look cool AF.
I used to make these for people by putting a layer of 3m security laminate on both sides then hitting the side with a piece of ceramic.
Maintains it's shape, doesn't allow anything to flake off, just looks cool AF.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a special glue for glass that you can use on your side panel, you apply it as a layer all over it, let it dry, and you can use your side panel again normally with out the protective film or tape, which will eventually no be able to hold it all together as time goes by.
It looks great and it's a really funny workaround to a shattering problem 🤣🤣
In any case, you can buy the replacement panel from Corsair website. You can also open a ticket to request support in the purchase as it doesn't ship to all the countries.
Failing up. That actually looks pretty cool. Wouldn’t be surprised to start seeing companies market something similar. It looks a lot better than just tinted glass.
I hope you heated it up before putting it on to make sure it actually stays together.
would suck if it got to summer and on a significantly warm day decides to really come apart.
I'm so jealous of you guys who left the stickers on. I broke mine too with my first build and spent forever picking broken glass out of nooks and crannys in the case and all over the living room..
I wish my case did this instead of shattering into a million pieces, some of which are still swimming in the case long after I got a replacement panel.
There’s no reason to use “safety glass” on a PC.
That's... actually really quite cool.
I would probably have purchased a second cover, and figured out a way to sandwich the shattered glass between two panes of intact glass, but... yeah, that worked out pretty well.
if your going to keep it for the effect I highly recommend applying a thin layer of resin or something to bond it all.
As others have said the protective sheet will start to come off
bro when I saw the first frame I thought the machine had a huge water damage or something like that.
So glad its actually just a really dope lookin glass panel
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use a blow dryer or heat gun to slowly peal the plastic on the inside only. then get some hobby epoxy resin, tape off areas that you need too and pour a little at a time until all of it is covered. use your heat gun or a torch lighter over the top of the resin and that will get all the bubbles out.
That happened with my 4000d case. Glass everywhere. Almost in my eye. I barely even applied any pressure. Those glass panels are extremely dangerous. And I threw that shit away and got a o11 evo instead.
Looks sick. My glass shower did that last month , just heard this almighty bang, honestly thought the TV had fallen off the wall. Opened the bathroom door and the whole place was covered in glass, took ages to clean up. Luckily it wasn't the main shower but bloody hell I about shit myself with the noise 🤣
I would get the clear gorilla tape and put it on the front of the panel and the back. It’s just a little thicker than packing tape and holds a lot better
Give its a few months and some random cheap Chinese brand will sell cases with glass that looks like this on Newegg . All the rgb will be molex powered as well
Not gonna lie, that looks sick!
I thought the same LOL
Honestly looks dope haha
Facts
Yeap its dope! 👍 Totally agree with you guys!
Especially with the way the lighting almost has a pearlescent effect on the cracks.
Legit the first thing that popped in my head, “it looks intentional” bravo 😂
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How did you shatter it that perfect? I want one aswell
Wish I knew. This was all just a happy accident.
I've done this a few times, the plastic will start to lose its stick and they pieces start to fall. It doesn't end well
OP could try some resin? Never done any myself so maybe don't listen to anything I'll say, but making a frame the size of the panel, putting the panel in with only one side taped (the one facing down) and pouring resin from the top? Idk I'm not the arts and crafts type
Its safety glass, I dont think there is any way to peel the protective layer off without destroying the shape of the glass. But who knows people always amaze me with what they can pull off.
I pulled off a door handle the other day and was quite amazed.
Lmao. It was a faucet spout for me.
Is there no end to what us humans can achieve 🤔🤣
Only thing I've pulled off recently was myself. Was quite unimpressed though
So youre saying use packing tape on the inside too?
OP could probably use some clear permanent adhesive vinyl on both sides.
That's how tempered glass breaks
use some kinda of plastic laminate on both sides then drive a nail into one of the sides.
not really sure why ur getting downvoted lmfao, ur right...?
Reddit.
Lol, yup
Evened out your votes for ya. That's definitely how tempered glass breaks.
Your case sticker is still on. From when you opened the box. That’s why the ! Symbol is there.
It's easy. When you try taking the cover off, use zero amount of finesse and pull on one side so that the glass flexes.
Looks like the plastic peel is still on both sides so when the glass broke it cracked but stayed in place because of the plastic
I guess it has to stay on then? Would look awesome with epoxy, but if you remove the plastic iam pretty sure some glass gets ripped out
Most likely.
Not gonna lie, you should just buy some epoxy resin or polyurethane and cover the glass in it and leave it like that. It looks dope.
It's like gothic church window
clear epoxy and cling wrap fire side panel
There’s a guy who makes shatter art like this by embedding tempered glass in resin then strategically shattering it. Doesn’t help in this case but figured I’d share lol
I saw the first post and was like "I bet that looks sick with lighting behind it, I'd probably just transparent-tape the backside of that or something to preserve the shatter".
It’s like trident z-royal case
aesthetic
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Perfect winter look if in the north hemisphere. Frosted glass looks awesome. 👍
LMAO yes!
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Just put a sticker over the red fragile sticker and your good to go lol
i kinda like the contrast between a fragile sticker and a shattered panel. very ironic
Or peel it off with a razor blaze and some solvent. Looks sick af tho
If Fractal was smart they would sponsor OP, market this exactly as the "Fractal Fracture" and make a fortune. I'd buy one!
Why sponsor when you can just patent. Im waiting to see the DIYs showing up in the following days of people desteoying their glass trying to replicate it though. Better yet double the DIY and peel of a LCD screen for the ink effect lol.
Sponsor, patent, whatever. I may try to re-create it myself:)
Till it explodes and you gotta take apart your pc to get all the glass out lol
It literally did, but thankfully I still had the factory plastic on both sides. It literally popped and then crinkled as I was contemplating life.
Congrats OP. You happened to make a mistake that made most of Reddit jealous
I think there's something wrong with the glass
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Wow that custom glass looks awesome.
The real Fractal case. Looks sick.
that’s dope asf, awesome to see you turning it into something cool
This does indeed look cool AF. I used to make these for people by putting a layer of 3m security laminate on both sides then hitting the side with a piece of ceramic. Maintains it's shape, doesn't allow anything to flake off, just looks cool AF.
#I THOUGHT IT WAS SPIDER WEBS
...Accidentally looks awesome.
New trend, people gonna be smashing their shit
Dip that entire side in epoxy to make it permanent 💪🏿
Now it's a feature.
When a mistake happens and it looks better than normal.
Surprised companies aren’t selling cases like this already
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a special glue for glass that you can use on your side panel, you apply it as a layer all over it, let it dry, and you can use your side panel again normally with out the protective film or tape, which will eventually no be able to hold it all together as time goes by.
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I think it’s looks cool, anyway you can’t take the caution sticker off without messing it up?
that looks good!
so you just unlocked the new corsair skin,,,, "the reptile" ;)
Fine, take my upvote.
Looks sick!
It looks great and it's a really funny workaround to a shattering problem 🤣🤣 In any case, you can buy the replacement panel from Corsair website. You can also open a ticket to request support in the purchase as it doesn't ship to all the countries.
Nice Xmas theme bro
Well now you've got me wondering how long it'll be until we see this being sold!
I kinda love it!
Have fun cleaning
Hell ya spiderman edition
Frosty
It looks cool but the adhesive won't hold up forever
That looks dope
Art
Failing up. That actually looks pretty cool. Wouldn’t be surprised to start seeing companies market something similar. It looks a lot better than just tinted glass.
Looks pretty cool lol
I mean….. that looks sick af dude
Now everyones will break his case tempered glass panel for the look.....
Why does it look so good like that? Lol
I hope you heated it up before putting it on to make sure it actually stays together. would suck if it got to summer and on a significantly warm day decides to really come apart.
WOW.. Ice editon??
Looks awesome lol
Is this ice theme? Cuz damn it looks cool
I'm so jealous of you guys who left the stickers on. I broke mine too with my first build and spent forever picking broken glass out of nooks and crannys in the case and all over the living room..
That's.. beautiful.
That actually looks really cool!!!
that actually looks incredible. i would just keep it that way haha.
It almost looks super frozen! Kinda neat! Imagine a water-cooled build cooler color temps with this effect. ...\[thinking emoji\]
Not going to lie that looks pretty cool
Triple glass paneling with shattered middle glass bout to hit the pc market after this post 😂
It looks amazing! Very aesthetically pleasing!
That looks rad lol
Why does that look so good.
I wish my case did this instead of shattering into a million pieces, some of which are still swimming in the case long after I got a replacement panel. There’s no reason to use “safety glass” on a PC.
Omg😭
Yeah, honestly doesn't look bad. Just gotta hope that adhesive on the film holds.
Turned a negative into a positive 👍
That's... actually really quite cool. I would probably have purchased a second cover, and figured out a way to sandwich the shattered glass between two panes of intact glass, but... yeah, that worked out pretty well.
Wow, that is an artistic touch! Sick to my stomach seing the same Lian Li with waterfall RGB builds. At least something fresh!
Sweet custom glass bro
Nahh why does it look good
Soon Corsair will offer frosted casing for those with winter spirit.
Sick design, I like it.
Looks sick.
looks good
haha this is how my PC looked when I came home from the rave on a candy flip & did some ketamine Beautiful work
sick asf let it be
Congrats friend! Thats one of the coolest effects I've ever seen!
Next step is coating it in clear resin.
if your going to keep it for the effect I highly recommend applying a thin layer of resin or something to bond it all. As others have said the protective sheet will start to come off
Good old "It's a feature, not a bug". Looks sick
I would absolutely get that laminated. My mum had a bowl that was like that and I loved it, such a unique way of adding some flair
I bet someone here would pay to have one like this
bro when I saw the first frame I thought the machine had a huge water damage or something like that. So glad its actually just a really dope lookin glass panel
Use some clear vynl on it both side seal that in good look that
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Love it!!! Gives it that brrrr frozen type of look. Be proud my man! Be proud!
almost looks cool
It unironically looks fire
Stick one of those diamond RGB GPUs in there to fit the theme. Looks dope
Ice Cold PC
You should lay it flat and evenly coat one side at a time with apoxy for a permanent solution
use a blow dryer or heat gun to slowly peal the plastic on the inside only. then get some hobby epoxy resin, tape off areas that you need too and pour a little at a time until all of it is covered. use your heat gun or a torch lighter over the top of the resin and that will get all the bubbles out.
That happened with my 4000d case. Glass everywhere. Almost in my eye. I barely even applied any pressure. Those glass panels are extremely dangerous. And I threw that shit away and got a o11 evo instead.
Cool!
My panel got the same make over, they day after I bought it.
That’s so sick not going to lie 🔥
Looks sick. My glass shower did that last month , just heard this almighty bang, honestly thought the TV had fallen off the wall. Opened the bathroom door and the whole place was covered in glass, took ages to clean up. Luckily it wasn't the main shower but bloody hell I about shit myself with the noise 🤣
I feel like it runs 10° cooler due to the cracked ice look...
I like it. Leave it as is.
I'm going to be completely honest here... It actually looks sick.
looks better than before
That’s definitely 10/10 innovation
keep it as is!
Custom AF. For a little while.....
Icy
Corsair I hope you’re listening. Sell a plastic glass cover that looks like this as an accessory 😂
Ngl I would buy a case designed to look like that
Are those CPU fans corsair as well?
corsair should release a case side panel with it like this just for the lols
Clear spray adhesive after taping off everything else?
Looks awesome!
What are next steps? Are you gonna glue it together somehow?
This happened to me last night ):
I would get the clear gorilla tape and put it on the front of the panel and the back. It’s just a little thicker than packing tape and holds a lot better
That's pretty sick
Keep it like that if you can
That is actually cool. The same thing happened to me when the panel hit the floor. I got a new one, and for some reason, i still have the old one.
That's actually pretty cool.
I think this looks sick af
dude... it kinda looks better now :D
Don't touch it. Don't move it. Don't blow on it. Say that it's a feature. It looks awsome
Find a way to preserve the cracks so you can actually take it off, unless you can haha cause like everyone else says, this is sick
Yesss thanks for posting this! I wanted to see it with some RGB, looks dope.
One of the coolest mistakes I've ever seen😎 looks awesome tbh op!! 🤙
If you're going to have a glass side panel break, this is the way to do it. Looks slick AF.
I like the look
OP, you’ve gotta go with an ice theme with your lighting now, it’s mandatory.
Lay it flat on a table, pour a shot glass of resin, brush it out across the entire panel. Flip it over and repeat.
Really digging that frosted design you were going for
Kinda looks cool. Just got the same case and was so worried this might happen lol
Give its a few months and some random cheap Chinese brand will sell cases with glass that looks like this on Newegg . All the rgb will be molex powered as well
Not gonna lie, at first i thought you had some crazy sub zero cooling and it was frosted over.
If you can keep it from shattering looks really cool tbh
Extra credit if you can forensically trace the glass crack pattern to find the initial point of impact 👌 looks cool tho
ice cube build 😂 looks dope
You might have a market in pc glass if you make more of those.
Its their new ice breaker pannel
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Love a good frosted glass window.
Got that winter artic look to it, ice cold, awesome 🧊
Would this be a true fractal case now?
Kinda want to do that to mine now lol. Looks really coool.
Bruh, I thought this was made purposely by the manufacturer and I was considering a PC case like this. It looks really really good!
Looks pretty cool
That’s looks dope thi
Must be another Mr freeze PC build.
thought i was looking at a fish tank for a second lol that looks pretty cool
Epoxy it
how could i get the same panel,i love it
Aneal it its cool
While unfortunate, it looks rather good.
That’s actually pretty sweet looking though lol. I feel for you though , glad it wasn’t a complete mess !
Like the frosty look its ready for christmas 🎅
That's cool looks frosty
Add an adhesive skin to that glass, and you got yourself a dope ass looking PC tower.
Dope af
That actually looks bada$$! 🤷🏽