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I recently found myself a case that's glass on 4 of the 6 sides.
The pros are fairly obvious - I can immediately tell if any of my fans are going bad. I can tell if there is dust buildup in the machine. It's pretty, of course. It's easy to clean.
The cons? Some obvious, some less so. First of all, it's heavy. Ugh. The case is half the height of a tower and about 1.5 times as wide, so it's a little-ish (micro-ATX horizontally mounted in the chassis) cube.
You'd think I was storing bowling balls in it, with how heavy it is.
Then the less obvious one - I don't set things like mugs, or really anything that could easily break glass on top of my machines, so that's not an issue.
But even putting my phone or gamepad down on it makes me feel like I need a doily.
Like, I get a little tinge of guilt every time I do it. My mother is screaming at me in my ear. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? THAT'S GLASS"
So now there's that to contend with. I didn't think about that when I bought the thing.
It might be worth considering the fallout (for those of you with mothers like that) if you decide to go that route as well. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Would it be a safe guess that Mom wore "sensible" shoes? (Mine did)
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Asking because I don't know, considering glass is a good insulator doesn't that mean the interior stays warmer than it should?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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I think that's why it's gapped. It's actually technically one of those "open air" chassis that's all the rage now, even though it doesn't look like it until you get close. There's a 1-1.5cm gap between the glass and frame on each of the 4 sides where there is glass.
There were a few negative reviewers among the overwhelming 4 and 5 stars that said they had heat issues, but I run a 1000 watt PSU and a 2080TI with an AMD Ryzen 7 4750G and 7TB of storage w/ no worries.
Also I think a lot of people are now moving to liquid cooled with the introduction of AIO cooling setups so heat dissipation becomes much more manageable. These cases are designed with liquid cooling in mind, although they are also designed so you can run air, like I do.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I'm surprised they make those. Are there not plastic equivalents? I suppose plastic is more easily scratched, and glass is a lot stronger. Given I keep my tower PCs on the floor, clearly I'm not in the target demographic.
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Plastic dulls and scratches. It doesn't wear well, which is why the more expensive cases use glass and advertise it as such.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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As honey the codewitch says it's a matter of durability. Plastic panels end up looking bad after a few years, so if you like the transparent look glass - despite it's weight and the shatter risk - is the better option. I don't, and find a front/top intake with an external dust filter is good enough as a clean me indicator. By the time it looks gross on the outside, the inside can use a quick blow out too.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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People with glass cases should not stow phones
(Nearest I could get to paraphrase your questions to the old saying 'People in glass houses should not throw stones')
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You were doing great until you decided to explain it. 😮💨
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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you've drank the coolaid (rgb keyboard).
So a glass case allows for rgb components
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I honestly don't like the lights in the case. I kind of miss the old days when computers were just computers and not shiny objects that had to look like condensed las vegas in a box.
But I do like seeing my components - particularly the fans, after what happened to me with them last time. Several died on me in my previous case and I had no clue.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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There were 8 fans in my old machine. There are 6 in my current configuration. That's if I don't count the 3 on my video card nor the one on the PSU nor CPU.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Those suckers are really small (about an inch long) and you can hook them in parallel. If at least one fan fails you get a warning light or a siren or whatever. Hook them to an ESP32 and they can even send you an email when a fan failed 
Mircea
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That would still be a lot of IO. I think I'll just keep my glass. It's pretty anyway.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Well if she's going to scream at you have her make a throw for it, to put mugs an=d such on.
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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Unfortunately the imaginary mother that screams in my ear doesn't sew.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Obvious question: What grade of glass is it? Window glass is comparatively fragile, but tempered glass, as in glass shelves, tables and so on, is much tougher.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It's tempered
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Glass?
I do spill. Often. I'm clumsy, easily and often distracted. Got a spill-proof keyboard to prove it.
The desktop is littered with holes for ventilation. With a smoker and a cat, it doesn't even stand a chance to meet coffee, it won't live that long.
Glass?
Seriously, Mom would clean it like all the windows. Hot water and a lot of soap
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Old mouse pads make great coasters. Large margin of error for landing your mug when distracted.
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I've seen some post about shattering, so that's a concern.
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