Silverstone GD06 HTPC chassis review

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Here we can see the HDD bay, again installation is simple yet not tool free of course... have a look at the next photo.

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Here we can see the HDD bays a lot better. Everything is nicely isolated with rubber mounts to prevent vibrating noises. The unit needs to come out to be able to install the motherboard, mounting SATA HDD does not require this unit to be removed. During installation simply connect SATA connectors to the motherboard ports and the power connector.

In total there actually are three places to put internal hard drives: one is a tight fit directly above the PSU (3.5 or 2.5), one under the 5.25 bay (3.5 only), and one 2.5 directly above the hard drive docks.

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You unlock the HDD bay with a sliding switch, now slide in the HDD and push the plastic clip backwards which secures the HDD in place and voilla it's installed... ten seconds work tops, without the chance of irritating resonating or vibration noises coming from the HDD.

Getting the HDD out was a little more tricky. You need to pull that lever quite hard. Inevitably it will come out though, but during a dismount it felt like we were about to damage that hinge due to the force needed.

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Right, the HDDs are installed. But what about the rest of the components?

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