Silverstone Grandia GD10 HTPC Chassis Review

Interior

With the top panel removed you can see there’s plenty of room inside the GD10. The chassis is split into multiple sections; the storage bays in the top left, the motherboard area in the bottom left and room for your expansion cards on the right.

The 5.25″ and hard drive bays are multi-purpose. Should you not need to install a 5.25″ device, you can use this bay to install extra 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives.

Motherboard stand-offs are pre-installed and you’ll also find extra stand-offs included in the box to suit your motherboards size/configuration.

The PSU mounts against the left side panel dust filter, allowing you to keep its airflow independent to the rest of your components.

There’s 138mm of clearance above the motherboard; plenty of room for a good quality HTPC style CPU cooler.

Each expansion slot cover is ventilated and reusable. The screws for each can be accessed through some small cut-outs in the chassis located above each fitting.

The 5.25″ mount is held in place with four screws.

Once the screws are removed you can lift out the bay completely.

Having it removed allows you to access the 2.5″ and 3.5″ fittings with ease.

Hard drives can be installed on both sides of the bay and there are four key-hole cut-outs that can be used with the rubber washers that are included in the box.

Here you can see the interior of the top panel, there is a small rubber pad in the middle, this should prevent the panel from vibrating against the support bar that runs the length of the chassis.