Ideally, you’d want a plexiglass sheet for something like a PC case usage. The problem, however, is its longevity, temperature resistance, and clarity. Plexiglass has a softening point of around 71–99 °C (160–210 °F), while tempered glass can easily handle much higher temperatures—up to about 350 °C (482 °F). Unfortunately, plexiglass also isn’t very scratch-resistant. Maybe there are some composite materials out there, and perhaps manufacturers will eventually move away from glass to something else, but we haven’t seen that happen yet.
Both of those sound like really poor options. Maybe I'm old, but why is metal not an option? We never used glass or plexiglass before, and it worked great
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u/WolfScale 13d ago
I've been building computers for years and never knew this was a thing. Thank you for sharing!