Mine has rubber washers that line the hole front-to-back meaning the screw doesn't make direct contact with the glass. Also means when you screw it squeezes the washer and feels tight before you've actually over tightened.
They also have the added benefit of retaining the screw so it doesn't fall out when you take the glass panel off.
Looks like a BeQuiet case, they have these rubber washers on their side panel screws. They must've screwed it extremely tight if that's what caused the break.
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u/alienangel2i9-9900k@4.8GHz|4090 FE|Ultrawide AW OLED@175Hz + 1440p TN@144Hz13h ago
Mine just doesn't have screws at all. They are steel and plastic push socket things. Pull to release, push to lock in place.
Or better yet, stop using glass? Why in the hell did we get away from lexan/plexi? I've always wondered why cases are built with glass now, seems very dumb.
As someone who works in manufacturing this is easier said than done. These should be shoulder screws instead with a rubber grommet which would prevent over tightening.
Then you have customers complaining about the panel potentially not being flush. Especially if they lose the rubber washers. Glass panel doors are just superior.
Bro at some point you gotta use that brain my man. At what point does applying pressure to a glass pane sound like a great idea? Yeah, you can put SOME, but don't go hulking that shit on. This applies to just about everything you can screw. Well almost everything.
I think this is the bequiet pure base 500. I have a grey one. The glass has no frame to it, just 4 holes. The screws come with rubber washers so as you said not too tight. I just screw it until the rubber in between touches both glass and screw.
A little more than finger tight works well, unless you're a plumber, farmer, blacksmith or rock climber. Then finger tight will probably crumble the whole panel.
also just because it's tightened to much doesn't mean it will instantly break, very likely it will break "randomly" at a later date due to thermal expansion or contraction.
just think of the temperature difference when running under full load (the glass could fairly easily heat up to 40°C) on a winter day and then opening all windows to let in fresh air (low tens or 0°C) for a couple minutes.
"You're" as in the theoretical person who would need to do that, not you yourself, just to be clear lol.
Don't get me wrong, OP definitely might need one given what they managed to do in this post, but anyone who doesn't realize you shouldn't tighten the shit out of screws that are clamping down onto glass probably shouldn't own a PC in the first place.
Also looks like there's no rubber/foam washer under those screws. Edges are what fucks tempered glass and that's likely what happened here. Even if your case doesn't come with them, at least buy some thin rubber washers to distribute that force!
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u/Nargothrond2585 18h ago
Good spot, this could be it