SilverStone Grandia GD03 HTPC Chassis

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Metku has a good photo-filled review up of the SilverStone Grandia chassis. This thing is massive and includes two hot-swap drive bays. I was expecting the system to easily handle heat given its size, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case.

 

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HTPC-cases never tend to achieve as good temperature readings as tower cases, and the GD03 makes no exception. The CPU temperature remains at reasonable 35/63 degrees, thanks to the both case fans being very close to the CPU socket. At the other end of the table, there’s the HDD temperature. Now the HDD-temperatures are a never-ending argue, but seeing as the Spinpoint F1 1 TB drive isn’t really the hottest running HDD out there, 38 C does seem pretty high. For comparison the Fortress FT01 scored a whopping eight degrees better on the HDD-temperature.

 

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