Buy glass separately?

karlosthemarra · 19 Jan 2019 at 14:09

Bought a Bit Fenix nova midi case for my build in December, it dosnt have a glass panel on the side because at the time it didn’t interest me at all. Unfortunately for me me now it does lol.

Can I just buy a glass side and use that on the case? Or is the tempered glass version of the case different? If I can just buy the glass side, where’s best to get them?

Raggs · 20 Jan 2019 at 02:42

some manufactures sell glass / perspex version of the side panel as an extra i was able to get one off coolermaster for mine be worth emailing bitfinex.if not i guess you could buy a perspex sheet cut too size too cover the whole side of the case but you'd have too mod the case some how too secure it

Kurgen · 20 Jan 2019 at 11:54

if you had comrade or neos, you can by the windowed side panel separately but not the nova, the nova glass panel wont fit your case, the basic nova doesn't have the mounting positions.

karlosthemarra · 20 Jan 2019 at 14:16

Kurgen said:
if you had comrade or neos, you can by the windowed side panel separately but not the nova, the nova glass panel wont fit your case, the basic nova doesn't have the mounting positions.

Cheers for the reply. Looks like no window for me for a while

drakulton · 20 Jan 2019 at 17:13

Why don't you mod it yourself?

karlosthemarra · 20 Jan 2019 at 17:57

drakulton said:
Why don't you mod it yourself?

Not gonna lie, that looks like a lot of time, effort, materials and expense when you could just buy a new case and swap components over? Probably work out a hell of a lot cheaper too.

Very cool though!

Kurgen · 21 Jan 2019 at 11:30

there are quite a few budget cases with windows. Is your motherboard ATX or MATX as Antec have a great value tempered glass MATX case coming out soon, the Zalman one ive listed is acrylic (scratches easily)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Antec DP301M Dark Phantom Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £39.95
1 x Zalman S3 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £31.99

Total: £83.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)

Nisar Khan · 24 Aug 2019 at 21:08

Kurgen said:
there are quite a few budget cases with windows. Is your motherboard ATX or MATX as Antec have a great value tempered glass MATX case coming out soon, the Zalman one ive listed is acrylic (scratches easily)

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Antec DP301M Dark Phantom Micro-ATX Case - Black Window= £39.95

1 x Zalman S3 Midi Tower Case - Black Window= £31.99

Total: £83.64 (includes shipping: £11.70)

Nisar Khan · 24 Aug 2019 at 21:16

Hi folks I am using the Zalman S3 for a new build using the MSI B450, RX580 & Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply. The problem I have is the power leads from the psu do not reach the motherboard's connectors. Either i'm not passing them through the right cut outs or the cables are not adequate. Also the Rx580's fans blow air back onto the psu which to me sounds counter productive, surely you wouldn't want to push even more hot air towards a psu....???
Like I said either I'm going about this all wrong or the case has not been thought out enough to allow cables to reach their destination easily. The product description talks about 6 cut outs for cables but after installing the B450 there are only 2 left over....Please tell me I'm wrong & that I'm going about this all wrong and please put me on the proper path...much obliged