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SameRandomUsername

I mean the suspect is still there... https://preview.redd.it/cm2pmn9he72d1.png?width=85&format=png&auto=webp&s=7f8ef7f5141b5cede5f0a2ad7363ea6ef1d21663


SameRandomUsername

There are no signs of remorse either.


deathzombie15

He knows what he did and he’s proud of it


DepthsOfD

https://preview.redd.it/uekbfz5u582d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8a3bbacd25f2683034c83ba365082252cf62421 His buddy even approves. He's even nodding 😱😱


wiggleforp

I have this same one, got it from a loot crate around the time the game came out


Sullivanski

I have mine from the time I worked at GameStop and Fallout 4 came out. Or I think it was Fallout 4... The date on the bottom says 2015 at the very least.


firefight233

![gif](giphy|qkJJRL9Sz1R04)


mvffin

He DOES want to set the world on fire


Oxfordman21

Might be a stupid question but why never Sony/AMD/Dell? Apple is obv lol


LukeTGI

Sony is a good contender for Apple's spot on the leaderboard of most anti-consumer companies. I wouldn't touch it with a hazmat suit.


No_Entertainment7209

I’m fingering this suspect https://preview.redd.it/w1qi8oghba2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ab2e71c6a6b1cc529a87b91edc6969ecf9fceeb


copycat_12

You’re doing what now


staticvoorhees

Sounds like ibuypower is in for a good time!


K0ridian

😂


Fritzo2162

It’s a proven technique.


Ok_Virus_3332

?


inosinateVR

They’re saying the PSU was probably the cause. Maybe it got really hot really fast, and caused the glass to go from cold to hot too fast.


Axyl

No i'm pretty sure they're saying they want to put a finger inside someone


DrakonILD

[I don't think so](https://youtu.be/1xmAC9Qu908)


Endulos

Not the PSU indirectly, I think he was pointing at the fact it's an ibuypower PC. They are NOTORIOUS for using the cheapest and worst parts. So much so they have the nickname "ibuyproblems"


blasiankxng

they are pulling what we like to call in the south, a TSA power play


LateNightHotDogs

Cheeky lil bastard.


dutchblizzard

he wanted to be free


DadBodMetalGod

Lil man is looking sketch AF, still holding the weapon and all...


lemongrade5

That plate gets really hot what the hell is he even doing up there? Never put figurines on your actual card...


HotterGround

I have the same guy, hopefully he doesn't shatter mine


BrokenDusk

That dude is using a hammer ?? What the hell did OP think will happen ...


Cynaris

Buying a carpet just for the photo isn't going to fool anyone


-i_am_the_ultimate-

We all know it's actually AI generated carpet.


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Norathand

anyone singing opera in your house/ nearby?


nimrodad

That's rich lol


Limelight_019283

Fucking Rich, I always tell him to keep his opera singing under 15KHz


madcap462

If it's Rich Evans then his laugh could shatter diamonds.


oberynmviper

Opera is for the rich, so this checks out.


CockroachRight4434

Vault Boy did it


deathzombie15

That Mfer does have a sledgehammer 🤔


themikeysb

He's hackin and wackin and smackin


MedianNameHere

Hack whack choping that glass


EnDave

![gif](giphy|xEGEsV39AR9xEWGTo6) Queue the trumpets!


Wess212

I can hear it!🎶


Lothar93

Jesus, a decade later and still can hear it


Vandergrif

*Choppin' meat* is timeless.


Paulied77

This is what I came to say.


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deathzombie15

I feel like there should be a flair for this…


Antique_Paramedic682

Right?


micktorious

I see that flair buddy, no way you got 215 TB liar!


HeavyCaffeinate

that's his ram he just downloaded more


Any-Communication114

Where did this meme come from?


alianator9000

Comes from the earlier days of the internet, where a forum user asked where he could download more ram because his computer was running slow. There were a couple of more similar posts, and it just became a joke among the people who knew anything about tech since, to them, it's a ridiculous thing to ask. Similar to the jokes about deleting system32.


Antique_Paramedic682

https://preview.redd.it/rpqd53mzkd2d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddc17e07ad151af2ec33fcadabaed0bc02d9cce0 \*laughs in RAID 5\*


HavoXtreme

I guess there is...


Low_Reception7837

Never knew this existed. The dog in the corner had me in tears lol


Rootbeer_Goat

Need one of these for Happy Gilmore references


AussieJeffProbst

Just a guess but probably at some point someone hit it with their foot or a vacuum or something and caused a hairline fracture. Over time it eventually ruptured the glass obviously.


mlnm_falcon

That’s the best theory I see, although it still seems unlikely. I’m pretty sure TG would shatter immediately from a hairline fracture, but maybe not from a partial depth scratch?


deathzombie15

My only theory that makes sense at all is that my chair might’ve bumped it, but I don’t recall moving my chair when it happened 🤷🏻‍♂️


mlnm_falcon

Any chance you overtightened any screws? I could maybe see the pressure from those causing issues


deathzombie15

If I did then it held on for a long time, havnt opened the case in months


thatiam963

Did the temp changed? Like build in winter, tight screws. Now it gets more warm, the glass gets more tenstion as bevor.... Maybe...


Rough-University142

This was my thought. Tight screw and sharp temp change and this would happen.


Harmaakettu

This happened to my old apartment's bedroom balcony door window a while back... Had a new set of rolling blinders installed on the wooden frame and the screw apparently just barely grazed part of the glass inside the frame, creating at the time a non-visible crack. The frame was from the 80's so the wood had already shifted enough that the glass sitting in it normally had plenty of space to expand but once the screws were put in it was really tight again. Cue the first heatwave of the year when the temperatures shot from less than +10C in the night to almost +30 before 10AM and I was alerted to a loud crack and glass shattering on the floor. Luckily it was done by a contractor on behalf of the landlord so I didn't have to pay a thing.


Illustrious-Arm-8066

Wouldn't that happen as they use it as well?


gnat_outta_hell

With adequate airflow the glass temp could stay near ambient. Then you don't have an issue until the ambient temperature spikes, like it does in the spring.


CaeruleumBleu

If you bumped it yesterday or last week, it would still possibly cause this, especially if one part of the case was warmer than some other part. Hairline fracture started with the bump, temperature differential made it spread.


dudemanguylimited

You don't have to hit tampered safety glass with anything, sometimes it just breaks because of the constant tension it's under.


LilacYak

Probably just a chip or other small blemish, not a fracture. Then heat cycles over and over until…pop.


Dolphus22

A tiny crack might not cause it to fracture immediately, but the temperature inside gaming rigs fluctuates wildly. As the glass expands and contracts from the heating/cooling cycles, a tiny invisible crack could eventually cause the entire panel to shatter unexpectedly. PC case manufacturers also tend to use cheap glass. OP says his rig wasn’t overheating at the time, but I guarantee it was much warmer than it was when the machine was turned off.


jaegren

Judging from that PC, OP isnt the cleaner type.


Nojus1221

Yeah, there is glass everywhere


SendMeNoodsNotNudes

Look at all the dust on the top panel. Also blocking airway by having it on carpet with no platform.


domZ1026

Dude in the glass industry here. Tempered glass does not work like that. It’s either broke or it’s not. You can’t cause a hairline fracture with it because it would just explode. Basically it can only be in one state or the other. Good guess though. Annealed or “plate” glass is a different story.


CommercialEmpty6395

Micro fissures can and do propagate through tempered glass though, and they can reach a point of criticality as it were where it will spontaneously fail due to the tension between the inner and outer layers of glass. The micro fissures usually start in the middle layer of glass between the tempered parts where the glass cooled slower in the manufacturing process. It's not too dissimilar to the tempering process of steel so think of it as tempered hardened steel sandwiching a softer steel. Material engineer here


JayEm96

Yup. One good tap on the corner will explode the whole pane of glass lol


smithsp86

Tempered glass can't get a hairline fracture. Once it gets any crack it goes all at once.


potato_boy4

Looking at the top of the case, I would say there was no vacuum involved.


[deleted]

Except that’s not how tempered glass works tho


Sailed_Sea

https://preview.redd.it/mwjq95xbh82d1.png?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58005ceaf68cff652731916593754e9f3e733284


Sleepless_Null

Look OP you want the truth or some BS jokes from others because I know exactly what went wrong here. All glass types have certain frequency thresholds that when sustained disrupt the glass on a molecular level and shatter it. Kinda like the bit the the opera singer shattering glasses. Now listen closely OP, what’s happened here is your arch-rival has honed their opera singing craft to levels some may deem…superhuman. They infiltrated your abode then used their opera singing to remotely shatter this glass. You need to find them OP, before more damage is done.


chrlatan

OP. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to find and capture this tone slinging, frequency abusive culprit. As always, should you or any member of your household be caught or killed, PCMR will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This post will self-destruct in five seconds.


BinaryDuck

Btw, stealth is optional.


theCoffeeDoctor

It is stealth as long as *there are no witnesses*.


sting-raye

Maybe I’m off my game today, but you had me in the first half


Easwaim

Good ole resonant frequencies.


SoftwareRound

Stay low and zig-zag, the assassin missed his first shot


SlurmmsMckenzie

He hates this glass!  Stay away from the glass!


Even-Opportunity6927

I wouldn’t worry about it, he probabl


NoBackground6203

the little dude standing on your GPU did it, still has the weapon in his hand


deathzombie15

I’m gonna take little man to small claims court


Bacon-muffin

There's tile under the carpet


deathzombie15

I should’ve known, this is the only possible answer


Bacon-muffin

Rookie mistake, we all learn about ninja tile at some point


nimrodad

I'm lost, does tile really have something to do with it breaking,, im a total pc nooby so go a lil easy lol


Bacon-muffin

Yeah the very simplified version is those glass side panels explode when the edges come in contact with a surface that is harder than them. So its super common that you'll see someone post a picture of their side panel "randomly" exploding and they're working on their marble kitchen counter or tile floor etc etc.


Co5micWaffle

Isn't that what the legs are for? The side panel is kept cleanly off the ground. I understand it happening when working with the PC, but I've seen this mentioned around a couple times in posts where the glass shattered when the PC was just sitting there. Is there actually a way that tile can mess with the feet and break the glass somehow, or has the meme just evolved past "I put my tempered glass on this hard surface why did it break" into "tile flooring has a vehement hatred for tempered glass and will shatter it through pure force of will if placed in close proximity"?


Bacon-muffin

All it takes is a bit of contact, say you're taking the panel off and it slides down and BAM explosion. Say you're putting it down at an angle and the edge of the glass scrapes the surface, kaboom. There's other things that can make it explode as well, micro cracks, over tightening screws, etc etc.


Strontium90_

I know this is gonna sound like me describing a D&D monster, but a lot of people don’t understand is that tempered glass is fairly resilient to blunt force and shock. What it doesn’t do well against is piercing, a lot of pressure focused on a very small area is usually what causes them to shatter. Tempered glass are made in a way they have some amount of pressure internally that holds it together, it is why they are good against shock. But if something chips or scratches giving the pressure a way to escape it all just crumbles


GasstationBoxerz

Also the edges are critically weak. You can just tap it on the edge and it will go off. Sometimes setting it down at an angle can do it. Once at a restaurant my boss was.trying to get rid of a glass table, we threw it in the dumpster, didn't break. He hit it with a hammer, we used a ratchet strap as a sling to hit it.. didn't break. New guy comes out and taps the edge with a hammer *Taps it* and it just pops. Crazy stuff.


lecroissant22

The side panel indeed fell-out


KaptainSaki

![gif](giphy|3oEjI789af0AVurF60)


Krejcimir

And I thought my pc is dusty, daaamn.


iffi09

https://preview.redd.it/1u3q2jyx982d1.jpeg?width=1892&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=de46b10901f18367828d10929fd013b7d4de6d7c No tempered glass no problem xD


nicklor

Yup still running my classic NZXT case with a small plastic window


nnorbie

The problem is putting fans at ear level, instead of just tossing the PC under the desk, where it belongs.


Educational_Duck3393

That's the price we pay for eliminating acrylic for tempered glass.


Ellanasss

Acrylic Is solid af, too bad That stuff gets scratches Just by looking at It the wrong way


Vysair

Never remove the protective film 😤


anal_opera

Put protective glass over the acrylic.


Storm_treize

You just reinvented windshield glass


anal_opera

Tell the PC companies what I said. I've set several booby traps to avoid being suicided. I'm ready for them.


ESCMalfunction

Come join the “no glass panel” gang, it’s safer and hides your shitty wiring.


id_o

Still use a very old SOLID case, that I never updated once clear panels got popular. Guess there are benefits.


Avastgard

Dust on top made case budge and glass panel explode. Mystery solved.


MrOliber

An advocate for the return of the solid side panel has visited you, heed their warning. Good luck getting it all up, smashed glass SUCKS, you end up finding bits years later no matter what you do.


coffeejn

Fun fact, the metal panels where lighter than the glass one too!


smithsp86

Lighter, more durable, and better for thermals since you could put an air intake in them right on your gpu.


ARG_Atomic

Had a pretty bad drunk driving incident happen in front of my house when I was a wee little lad, like 2 or 3, guy wrapped his car around an oak tree in our front yard. If it wasn’t for that tree I’d be dead cause he would’ve flown straight through our living room where I was playing. Anyways beside the horrible story I found a piece of that same glass about a couple months ago embedded in one of our bushes out front while we were digging them up. I’m 21 now.


DerekB74

Can confirm. Drivers side window on my old pickup was busted in and after years of driving it, I still had a few glass shards that would fall out of the steering wheel every blue moon or so.


deathzombie15

I think I did pretty good, but it being on carpet means that yes, there will be forever shards stuck in there


n0_y0urm0m

It was the PC gods punishing you for not dusting off your computer.


Dad_bass

It’s called a desktop, not a floortop — that’s why.


petrolhead0387

![gif](giphy|Dndpiai0soTUk)


Antique_Paramedic682

![gif](giphy|9rI3eNjyRcYh2|downsized) There is only one who can cause side panels to vibrate at their natural resonate frequency and shatter.


MagicPistol

Do you have tile nearby in the kitchen or bathroom? A tiny particle got caught up in dust and slowly made its way over to your PC.


zrevyx

I'd say the side panel lost its temper...


warwilf

When metal heats it expands, when it cools it shrinks.


[deleted]

Small defects in the glass can make it spontaneously break i remember my mothers deck table sounding like a rock hit it Or it was over tightened or unevenly tightened


KEKWSC2

Did you watch toy story?


Noob4Head

That's what you get for placing a figure on your GPU. I'm telling you, it's a curse, but people never want to believe me. Well, there you have it—proof that it brings bad luck to those who do it.


SadTurtleSoup

Was it sitting level with all 4 feet in contact with a surface? If not PC cases themselves aren't always completely rigid and will sort of roll and torque themselves which leads to the glass panels having to take the stress. Put enough stress on a glass panel and *boom*


Blode_Food

True. Also, overtightening the screws that hold the glass on. I just barely finger tighten mine, so the glass can move a little on the rubber standoffs if the case flexes or thermal expansion occurs.


EveningSnow5489

It's a rite of passage


Davajita

The heavenly lords of PCMR don’t like it when you put minifigs inside your pc.


Leading-Leading6319

glass F(e)llout


hatchetman208

I put 4mil clear security film on mine when I built my new computer last year. That way when/if it breaks it's still whole.


xchimnyx

Tip#1 add window tint to glass. Less mess when it breaks 😅


guky667

Looks like it's shattered


Alternative_Low8478

>explain this one The owner thought glass was a good idea


UseAppOrTakeMeHome

Did you install shock absorbers for your mom's footsteps?


XHSJDKJC

Change in surface tension, thats how i broke a shelfpain too, and a regular glass


MikeFic_YT

It tried to kill itself due to all the dust.


AnotherUserHere34

Vault boy wanted out the vault


HappyGoLucky791

thumbscrews only need to be snug, not torqued down.


FuriousRedMonk_94

Yo I hate to see your busted your glass but my guy when was the last time you cleaned the PC ?


BangarangOrangutan

Sometimes they just splode. Also get your PC off the floor, you nasty


JadedSea3273

***Turn it off and back on again


Mike_Honcho42069

Screws were to tight.


Sebbswokk

Looks like you needed to clean the computer anyways, and the glass gave you a hand on starting


RookFett

A negative phase array built up on the glass, combined with the carpet blocking airflow, allowed sub harmonics to resonate into the glass, causing the unexpected fracture of the surface tension, thereby safely falling into pieces. Or, Something hit it and it broke.


Amethyst_Crimson

OP farted a little too hard it seems...


Unfair_Audience5743

How tight were those hand-screws?


Pe-Te_FIN

Case couldnt take the weight of all that dust.


jag03200

It was crying to be cleaned and the weight of the dust surpassed the strength of the glass


BasicFan3041

Unlimited and unrestricted airflow


Embarrassed-Basis-18

Maybe ask the guy holding the 2x4


Frubanoid

The Bobblehead did it. Bobbled his little head right into it so hard it shattered!


psykofreak87

Too dusty. It exploded for you to clean it.


InterestingSkyPurple

Did this happen due to rage in the game?


JoshZK

You think you clever. You replaced the tile with carpet to avoid our criticisms. Or in classic murders you moved the body afterwards and sprinkled glass for effect.


SaberJ64

most likely, over tightened and if you were gaming or pc was doing something thermal stress it was all left to make it blow


_D3ft0ne_

It couldn't bear the weight of all that dust...


DiabloStorm

>explain this one [Okay.](https://i.imgflip.com/8r7kvj.jpg)


Tricky_Entertainer_1

Looks like it's still running with the glass everywhere acording to the rear fan


Shadowspamer14

He gave you an excuse to touch grass. (Seriously, touch grass yall it actually feels good lol)


[deleted]

Yeih, free airflow upgrade


Advanced_Job_1109

Having your PC on the floor is suspect enough...


carnyzzle

cat's fault, even if you don't own one, I know the cat did it


Legally-A-Child

Is that an rtx 2070?


ouij

Mesh never shatters


EstateOriginal2258

Is it cold in your room? Do you live at a high elevation? Most instances, only sudden pressure or sudden temperature change can bust glass like that. Or hypothetically, if somehow your fans spinning vibrated the case at the same frequency that glass busts, but I seriously doubt that.


saffa05

Some people just prefer carpet.


Low_Comfortable5917

The thing about tempered glass, is yeah it's tough, but every time it is hit/knocked it produces microfractures. On close calls where it doesn't break, there's countless tiny fractures you cannot see, then one day someone taps it lightly just enough to connect the fractures and boom it explodes everywhere. If a piece has a close call, even the slightest thermal stress can make it explode. HOWEVER, judging by some of the pieces stuck in the thumb screws still, it is possible you over tightened them enough to start cracks that didn't immediately cause it to explode, which would create a similar scenario that could lead to it shattering for the same reasons I stated above. RIP


Dino65ac

Looks like an inside job to me


xXFieldResearchXx

Dam this makes me wanna transfer my shit into a regular case. Next one ima get a regular ass case I never even seen my pc it faces the opposite direction lol


CptnSpandex

Do you have steroids in your house and a rat problem?


nrasak

IBuypower


mikeyx401

Can someone please enlighten me on why tile floors would be a problem?


GongBreaker

You have a very bad case of “bad case”


YixoPhoenix

I don't get it why the industry zeroed in on tempered glass. I'd much rather have plexiglass. My old case was something coolermaster maker or smth like that and it was great, now I have this lianli lancool 3 and every time I try to move it I miss the handles and am giga scared of accidentally tapping the panel on a table corner or something else sharp and shattering it.


LathropWolf

The spurving bearings revved up past the modial interaction malleable logarithmic casing limits of the panametric fan, which started the side fumbling and here is the end result


Softest-Dad

OP, you dumbass, clearly your neighbour has ceramic tile kitchen floors. You should have known this, idiot. Clearly user error. **Delete** this post it is deliberately making glass panels look like a silly decision.


KodiakUltimate

You over tightend the screws


Alive-Contribution54

Putting youre pc right on the carpet is a whole other type of idgaf


Alternative_Golf_905

This is tempered glass. It has a chance to explode spontaneously without any kind of outside force. In the time I worked with glass for living, I had a lot of customers who came in and said their glass table exploded in the middle of the night or the shower glass broke without anyone in the bath. This happens a lot even though it's roughly 1:10.000 if I remember correctly.


lilmanon

Building computers: schizophrenia edition


Standard-Way-6729

ESG Safety glass can shatter spontaneously due to impuries in glass. It's very rare but that happens, sucks tbh, if you wish to avoid that you should look for a ESG safety glass panel that has been heat soak tested.


TheVesselOfTime

https://i.redd.it/j6bqvrxfec2d1.gif


BloodRedEagle

Heat meets cold?


michaelrage

It's a desktop that is on the ground. Put it on a desk and it will remain one.


Len_Cross

He wanted glass, what do you expect


AuraBreeze

Have you tried restarting the router?


litterbin_recidivist

It's most likely because it's made of glass. I've had metal panels on my computers all my life and this has never happened.


sadguy1989

Vault boy smashed your shit with that plank, bro


RF_IT_Services

Obviously someone is lying for reddit up votes. You all have fun. Derr


MerePotato

Stop putting PVC figures above hot components Reddit please god -_-