Hi
Case: Silverstone Grandia GD07
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z69XP-UD4
CPU: Intel i3-2100 with Stock HSF
Ram: 12 GB DDR3
GPU: Powercolor HD4670 1GB
Tuner: HVR2200
PSU: Seasonic X-560
HDD: 750GB + 3TB + 3TB
Advantages
Stock i3-2100 is almost silent when used with bios silent profile
This motherboard only has 2x headers that control fan speed (CPU + SYS2) so you must use a Y adapter cable if you want to control more than 1 case fan
The Seasonic X-560 is a great PSU, fan has never come on so it's silent and it has no hum either.


Case: Silverstone Grandia GD07
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z69XP-UD4
CPU: Intel i3-2100 with Stock HSF
Ram: 12 GB DDR3
GPU: Powercolor HD4670 1GB
Tuner: HVR2200
PSU: Seasonic X-560
HDD: 750GB + 3TB + 3TB
Advantages
- Looks good
- Large 3x120mm fans for quiet airflow
- Could fit ~8 or 9 x 3.5" HDD
- Removable HDD Rack makes installation + adding more HDDs easy
- Built in fan filters (externally accessible)
- Designed for positive pressure
- Single LED on front that does HDD+PWR
- LED Brightness control knob
- Can lock the front of the case for kids
- Can lock the power button so it pushed in by kids
- 2x USB3.0 front panel
- 7+1 expansion slots (PCI etc)
- Takes full size ATX / extended ATX motherboards
- Not quite enough clearance to fit most tower style coolers
- 120mm fans @ 12volts / 1200 rpm are not silent, but if you slow them down to ~700 rpm they are silent
- No built in IR receiver
- It's big and heavy
- Must do a handstand to remove the bottom case filters
Stock i3-2100 is almost silent when used with bios silent profile
This motherboard only has 2x headers that control fan speed (CPU + SYS2) so you must use a Y adapter cable if you want to control more than 1 case fan
The Seasonic X-560 is a great PSU, fan has never come on so it's silent and it has no hum either.








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