How to prevent dust from entering between the case and the tempered glass

The PC chassis are increasingly similar, the competition is really voracious and nobody wants to leave anything to the rival. On a few occasions we find models that have a really similar resemblance, so any detail that can differentiate them is used by the manufacturers.

We attended the 5.25 bay debacle, we witnessed the return of the system dual chamber and now we are seeing how window frames are restricted to a minimum and in many cases they do not exist.

This runs into the problem that screws are needed for fixing and a series of brackets for the glass to accommodate the chassis, which is leaving huge gaps for dust entry and no filters in between.

Too much GAP between chassis and glass: dust chimes at ease

Any area that has access to the interior air of the box should carry some type of dust filter, but this only occurs in very high-end models and sometimes not even that. The larger brackets or surfaces for several fans and their vertical or longitudinal adjustment are cannon fodder for the entry of the number 1 enemy of any PC: the dust.

The fashion of frameless crystals is leaving this harmful element to roam freely on our PCs, so let's try to put a brake on it with cheap, simple-to-use and very aesthetic solutions.

The first thing we will have to do is know how much distance there is from the chassis profile to the tempered glass window, since this will give us the height of the material that we are going to buy. We must try to be as precise as possible, since some of the components that we are going to show give way without problem, but in other manufacturers they are somewhat harder and it is not a matter of having to force the closure of the glass.

Once we have this measure on the four sides of the chassis (front and rear do not have to be symmetrical) we will measure the longitudinal distance we need to cover the tower profile. In some models it can be done screw to screw and in others it has to be the chassis profile itself.

This is a matter of tastes or needs, since in some it is very aesthetic profiling in one place and in other chassis in another. Normally, each side of the square that involves the glass will have a different height and distance, so we will surely have to make use of different measures.

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