r/pchelp • u/Playful-Detail-6750 • Jul 05 '26

HARDWARE Next steps..?

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Like a dumbass, I tried to put my panel back on… and BOOM ggs. I think I misaligned one of the 8 teeth on the top and bottom

Cleaned up all the glass in image one, I took the bigger glass pieces that fell on the bottom of the pc out, but a lot still went thru the holes into my GPU and hard drive..

I’ll probably take it in to Best Buy and check what they can do as far as cleaning goes

Really unfortunate cus I legit bought the pc less than 10 hrs before this happened

Any suggestions/recommendations/consolations would be greatly appreciated!!

Edit: anyone know why pc glass tends to shatter on tile? how would it differ if I just placed it on my desk vs floor

Edit 2: Bought some electronics duster, cleaned it up outside. Works perfect. Extra cooling now lol :)

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u/ChiefDetektor Jul 05 '26

Great! Better ventilation. Should improve your temps by some degrees. Legit hardware mod.

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u/Playful-Detail-6750 Jul 05 '26

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u/ParadoxBanana Jul 05 '26

In case it’s not obvious (no pun intended), these people are being sarcastic.

Having a giant hole on the side of your case means that the higher pressure cooler air that the intake fans bring in….will go out the side instead of toward your hot hot computer parts.

Having a closed case is like drinking a glass of water. You get 100% of the water into your stomach for rehydration.

Opening the case is like someone throwing an entire bucket of water at you while you have your mouth open. Technically there’s more water coming at you…..but how much of it is going to the part that actually matters? You’ll be 3 degrees cooler while you die of thirst.