quality of plexiglas cases ?
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It depends on the manufacturer of the product. Do you know who it is?
They vary in quality. I was looking at one years ago, but in the end decided against it. Cheapest new one at the time was £35, but it looked very low in quality. Akasa had one at the time for about £60 I think. Scratching is the biggest problem, a quality one would only break if it was mishandled. I tend to tinker about too much with my PC, so all that handling would just end up marking the perspex too much.
Looking back, I was almost suckered in by that 'ooh wow' factor. Glad I didn't get one now.
Looking back, I was almost suckered in by that 'ooh wow' factor. Glad I didn't get one now.
I don't know the guy, it's a second hand ad. Here is the link for the case. Here is the link :
http://www.pc-look.com/boutik/Prod_Sunbeam_Boitier-Tour-Plexi-Transparent__940_en.html?language=en
http://www.pc-look.com/boutik/Prod_Sunbeam_Boitier-Tour-Plexi-Transparent__940_en.html?language=en
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80mm fan holes = not worth it for £50
£30 maybe but not £50 - as you can get a quality 1 year old case for that.
£30 maybe but not £50 - as you can get a quality 1 year old case for that.
It's not Plexiglas, it's probably acrylic. Plexiglas is a safety acrylic and it weighs a ton. Just ordinary acrylic weighs a lot too, but a PC case made from genuine Plexiglas would be seriously heavy.
Plexiglas is a tradename of a big German chemical firm (I used to work for them) and they don't sell to any computer case manufacturers. I had the only Plexiglas glazed case about 3 years ago and it was made for me as a design project by a Degussa/Roehm apprentice and was a standard mATX computer case with a sliding 'sunroof' that opened when the PC was switched on and a fan rose up to cool the PC. It was a work of art and I gave it back to him when he finished his apprenticeship.
Acrylic cases are a pain. Don't do it. You need to handle it with gloves to avoid getting fingerprints on it. The screws are threaded into inserts in the acrylic sheets that generally start to turn once they've been screwed up tight once or twice. They generally don't line up square and all the ones I've seen (Akasa, Jellybean, ClearPC, Sunbeam, Mountain Mods) just look like poo with a computer inside them. And then there's the dust build-up issues. Because you can see everything, and the acrylic is slightly electrostatically charged it actually attracts dust.
Plexiglas is a tradename of a big German chemical firm (I used to work for them) and they don't sell to any computer case manufacturers. I had the only Plexiglas glazed case about 3 years ago and it was made for me as a design project by a Degussa/Roehm apprentice and was a standard mATX computer case with a sliding 'sunroof' that opened when the PC was switched on and a fan rose up to cool the PC. It was a work of art and I gave it back to him when he finished his apprenticeship.
Acrylic cases are a pain. Don't do it. You need to handle it with gloves to avoid getting fingerprints on it. The screws are threaded into inserts in the acrylic sheets that generally start to turn once they've been screwed up tight once or twice. They generally don't line up square and all the ones I've seen (Akasa, Jellybean, ClearPC, Sunbeam, Mountain Mods) just look like poo with a computer inside them. And then there's the dust build-up issues. Because you can see everything, and the acrylic is slightly electrostatically charged it actually attracts dust.
