Silverstone GD07 HTPC chassis review - Showcase Exterior - Interior

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/15/2012 02:00 PM [

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SilverStone GD07

When we look inwards we can see the two 120mm fans at the bottom and one at the side, these come factory installed.

SilverStone GD07

Looking at the inside of the chassis here, you screw off the top with two screws. Basically you'll now see two compartments. One for the optical drives and HDDs, then there is the lower compartment for the motherboard, PCI cards and PSU. To reach and to be able to install the motherboard and the rest of the components you can remove the HDD and optical bay by removing a few screws. Nothing complex or difficult.

The removable drive cage is secured by six screws, you use the two handles for lifting it out of the enclosure.

SilverStone GD07

Here we can see the HDD bay, again installation is simple yet not tool free of course... have a look at the next photo. Here we remove the drive bay, you remove a couple of screws and you can lift it upwards.

SilverStone GD07

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.

The HDDs as you can see 'hang' in the system and are secure them with three screws each. There is a rubberized coating there so that will prevent resonating noises as well. In total there are actually five places to put internal 3.5" hard drives, two 2.5" SSDs/HDDs and four 5.25". They are all very easy to install, it's not tool free though. But I do not see that as an issue really. Right, the HDDs are installed. But what about the rest of the components?

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