SilverStone's Grandia GD10 HTPC Case Coming Soon
SilverStone is releasing a new HTPC enclosure.
A handful of pictures has been made available of SilverStone's upcoming Grandia GD10 case.
This case is an ATX-size HTPC enclosure with seven expansion slots. Inside the case you will find room for two 3.5" drives, a single 2.5" drive, an optical drive, and graphics cards up to 12.2 inches long. The front of the case has a door with a lock to seal off the optical bay, behind which you will also find the front I/O connectivity. There are two USB 3.0 ports along with the standard set of HD audio jacks.
The case measures 442 x 171 x 362 mm and weighs 4.8 kg. Three 120 mm fans provide airflow while spinning at 900 RPM.
If you are looking for an HTPC case but need more space for hardware than you can find in Mini-ITX or Micro-ATX enclosures, this one might be worth a peek. Its elegant appearance allows it to fit in most home theaters inconspicuously, despite its larger dimensions.
Pricing appears to be set at €90 in Europe, so expect a price tag of about $100 when it comes to the US.
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It's rectangle. Rectangles are elegant? It's plain, at best.
This (and the revamped gd09) look more like general purpose "desktops". I've used my Elite 130 rig as a monitor stand a few times already, these kinds of desktops can serve the same purpose, or go in an entertainment center. Looks like they have 240mm rad clearance on the side this time, making this more gaming pc is an unusual form factor than server or htpc.
HTPC with a locked ODD and USB ports?
and you have to open the whole door to get to the USB ports too?
It's rectangle. Rectangles are elegant? It's plain, at best.
agree, If you want an HTPC then even silverstone has a better case
Er, no..... but I would rather have them in Metric system and I live in the US.....
this is mainly due to the fact that inches is not precise enough as a "unit of measurement" when it comes to some computers parts.
Like when trying to figure out how much room you have for a cooler that you may really want in your case or maybe you need that precision if your putting a computer case in a tight space (why? I dont know but you know there are people out there that do just that.)
Yeah you could measure in inches..... although lets say you have a small case.... and the cooler you have looks like it a tight fit in that case.... Like it's under an inch of clearance between your cooler and the side panel of the case. Your going to want to know the millimeters.
Unless you really like saying "the case is 6.73228 inches wide (171mm) and my cooler is 6.25984 inches (159mm tall)", and the Mother board and standoff will add another .xx inches...
I really think the the metric system is far better than the "imperial system" (what the inches, yards, ect is under) for the tech area.
*using my xigmatek gaia cooler as if it was going to put it in this case as an example http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233082&cm_re=xigmatek_gaia-_-35-233-082-_-Product
Er, no..... but I would rather have them in Metric system and I live in the US.....
this is mainly due to the fact that inches is not precise enough as a "unit of measurement" when it comes to some computers parts.
Like when trying to figure out how much room you have for a cooler that you may really want in your case or maybe you need that precision if your putting a computer case in a tight space (why? I dont know but you know there are people out there that do just that.)
Yeah you could measure in inches..... although lets say you have a small case.... and the cooler you have looks like it a tight fit in that case.... Like it's under an inch of clearance between your cooler and the side panel of the case. Your going to want to know the millimeters.
Unless you really like saying "the case is 6.73228 inches wide (171mm) and my cooler is 6.25984 inches (159mm tall)", and the Mother board and standoff will add another .xx inches...
I really think the the metric system is far better than the "imperial system" (what the inches, yards, ect is under) for the tech area.
*using my xigmatek gaia cooler as if it was going to put it in this case as an example http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233082&cm_re=xigmatek_gaia-_-35-233-082-_-Product
Lets be honest here, metric is better than imperial in almost if not all aspects. The only instance where imperial may have some degree of use is when an object (which measures a whole number of imperial units mind you) needs to be divided by 3. Metric is not able to do that so easily.
They released a revamped GD09 at the same time that has an aluminum no-flip-panel front. Same price point and layout, you can just pick between which front you like.
HTPC with a locked ODD and USB ports?
and you have to open the whole door to get to the USB ports too?
You obviously don't have toddler's running around your house.
It's meant to be a HTPC, Once it's all setup, all you have to do is plug your wireless keyboard mouse dongle into the back and leave it sitting there. This would work for me since i put everything on a NAS drive. However, for people without a NAS, a usb port and media card reader outside the cover would be nice for transferring pictures, movies etc.. It would be nice to just take the card out of my SLR camera and play a slideshow for family and friends.