Hi, So i dropped my front panel while trying to clean the filter. And found that corsair doesn’t ship replacement to my country so if want to replace it, I’ll have to buy the whole case again.
Is there going to be any problem if I don’t replace it and just leave it like that.
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Shattered tempered glass and tiles floors, name a more iconic duo.
You shouldn’t have tempered front panel in the first place. Try getting the panel from the Airflow version, it should fit
No glass = better airflow plus clean them fan filters for the love of god
at least air can get into your pc now
You’re actually going to get improved temps lol
Also for your side panel, never take it off on tile. Put it on a table, bed, or even just lay down some cardboard on the tile first.
You could just make your own mesh panel to put in the front if you want it to look a bit better.
You ain’t got a choice now lol
No but you can get the airflow version off of corsair website for like 30 bucks
Apparently not.
r/brokensidepanels
Oh, wait, it’s the front panel. Never mind.
Now you will have better airflow
Upgrade!
Sigh reset the countdowns
The specific case comes as 2 versions, airflow and tempered front glass. There is 0 reason to have the front tempered glass aside from looking nice. It will not hurt at all, and will act now much like the airflow version.
This is speaking from experience as I’ve built in both cases multiple times.
They sell wood ones you might be able to get
Not anymore
No, just make sure you have a filter over those fans.
It’s better
No
Nice copium you got there. Rip for the tempered front glass and clean the fans for the love of all man
I don’t quite get the front glass panel and front fans combo to begin with… how were those fans going to get air?
Sorry for the panel but to me it feels like you greatly improved your case, was faulty at the start
Just clean the fans and it will run a bit cooler. Can ignore the front glass.
Congratulations, you’ve converted your case to the Airflow version. But yeah, like others said, it won’t matter aside from aesthetics. Especially with you having a black version of that case, it’s less obvious than the white version that I have, where the places where the nubbins are supposed to go are super obvious.
Looks like the Corsair 4000X, I bought the same one and then bought the 4000d front panel for £10 online. Highly recommend doing the same!
https://preview.redd.it/o94ywbi24dzc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=102b2de2b7dd06b84be44c2de5c306df43d9e29f
Not anymore 🧐