Discount SilverStone Grandia Series HTPC Case with Aluminum FP Micro-ATX, 2x Hot-Swap Drive Bay, 3x120mm Golf Bladed Fan, USB 3.0 x2 and 11-Inch Expansion Card GD06B (Black) Store

Overall, this is very nice HTPC case and its 2 HDD bays make it very useful.

There are a couple of things to consider. After putting all together there is not much room for extra cables/routing. Because of this I recommend to use modular PSU.

The included fans are loud for an HTPC box. If one is looking for a quiet case/fans this is not it. Fans have to be replaced with something else. Also, all blue LEDs in front are too bright. This is especially bothersome in the dark as it requires having the cover closed at all times.

Once this has been taken into consideration, the case is one of the best looking/functional HTPC cases on the market - especially in its price range.

Let me say up front that I enjoyed the finished product, but the case can be unruly to build in if you are not prepared. Cable management is relatively difficult even though they have provided ties and tie-off points in the case.

When taking the case apart, be sure to keep track of the screw types because there are 2 different types of screws used inside of the chassis and it is difficult to tell which one should be used in a given place without trying them first. There were no additional chassis screws with my case (although the typical 2.5, 3.5, 5.25 drive screws and motherboard screws were included), so try not to lose the ones you removed when you took the chassis apart. Also, dropping them back into the chassis can be fairly upsetting as it is difficult to get them back out, especially in this case. I suggest using a small removable paper boat to catch any falling screws to avoid the rage.

The fans are relatively loud at 12v (the voltage of the included... Read more

The only nice thing about the SilverStone Grandia is its looks. The hot swap drives are a nice feature. Installing a system is a bear. Everything has tiny screws to unscrew/screw with a precision screwdriver. When you drop a screw, the inevitable verbal slip comes out. There is approximately 4 metal pieces that you have to unscrew from the frame, the Hard Drive bracket -- which is two sections -- and the optical drive -- which is two sections. The stock fans aren't that noisy and I've powered all three. I chose to use a SSD for the OS which screws in on top of the hot swap drive frame. If you use a HDD for the OS, it has to go above the pwr supply which I did not like. (You should not make a hot swap drive your OS for obvious reasons--but then, maybe you want to!) Over all, I think the case design is lacking in ingenuity.