SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum / Steel Grandia Series SST-GD07B ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

Pros: Great Case lot of space to accommodate XTi mother board up to 4 hard drive Solid state drive

Cons: the only issue I have was with the pci slot specialy the one close to the LED connectors if you have a large video card and tv tuner you may have some challenge to accommodate is possible just have to use your imagination

Pros: Awesome construction
Holds a lot of hard drives and the whole cage is removable.
Great air flow from bottom and side 120mm fans.
Nice front panel which covers all ports and BD drives.

Cons: None really! To name a few annoyances;

Noisy 1200 rpm fans ( I replaced with pwm OCZ fans).
Vertical drive slots ( I will use them for future HD expansion)
Ugly key hole in the front ( I wish it was on the side).
No fan shields inside to protect cables from hitting;

Other Thoughts: I used core i7 3770 with CPU cooler SilverStone Argon Series AR02 which is super easy to install and I hear no noise 2 feet away.
Motherboard P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 with samsung SSD 830 and four 3 TB hard drives; OCZ 600W modular PSU

Pros: This case is amazing for the price. Silverstone never lets me down with their quality cases.

I built out a home server with this build. The best part that I like about this case is that after I'm done using this for my VM machines and networking studies it came be moved from my office rack into my living room and look great with my Yamaha RX-673 receiver. It's already acting as my music / DLNA server that streams to the receiver. Anybody in the house can also access the HDD's as a simple home NAS solution too.

Air flow is great. I only added 2 x 80's fan in the back to create the push & pull air flow through the case.

Cons: The ONLY con I can think of, is that if you get a large PSU AND add on the hot-swappable 3.5 bays, there is no room to mount a fan on the back of the Silverstone FP57B's. Like I said, that is really reaching for a con and most people will just mount the HDD's inside the case (plenty of room, believe there are 7 slots for HDD's and 2 internal slots for SSD's. I just wanted to have the option of having hot-swappable HDD's for the future in case I needed it.

Other Thoughts: Home DNLA Server/ VMWare Workstation 9.0

Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge
Intel BOXDQ77MK LGA 1155 motherboard
CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB)
Sivlerstone SST-GD07B HTPC case
Silverstone RA02 Rackmount Ear Kit
2 x SilverStone FP57B (Hot Swap 3.5 HHD bays)
2 x ENERMAX UC-8EB (80mm Case Fans)
ASUS 24X DVD Burner
ASUS ENGT430 GeForce GT 430
CORSAIR HX Series HX750 PSU
Crucial 64G SSD (Windows 7 Pro)

Pros: Very nice case if you want to have all your Media in one box. Front LED is Dim with door closed & can be completely blocked as if its off. Power button on the front door can be locked so it isn't functional if you have children. 3 120mm fans are pretty quiet & all are filtered. You can have up to 6 fans, 2 80mm & 4 120mm.

Some look at the vertical 5.25in drive bays & think Why???. Don't think optical, think external Hot-Swap 3.5in HDD. You can install 2 single drive hot-swap trays or a double 5.25in that will hold 3 HDD.

I intend to build another dedicated Media Server & will buy a second GD07 case for that. I am already out or HDD room on my HTPC (5 hdd 10TB) It will be simple C2D & integrated vid But RAID card & packed with HDD. Matching cases will also look nice in my entertainment center.

Cons: Beware of the Width of this case... It is slightly wider than the normal AV equipment platform & you need some side clearance for air intake & exhaust.

This is a BIG HTPC case but you still need to plan your parts selection. You can pack a Full Tower of parts into it but its not the easiest build.

Cable management could be hard with a normal PSU. Especially with Hot Swap trays in the vertical bays. However I used a Corsair Modular 750 watt & Made all my own cables So I have no Excess length to tuck or hide.

That also reminds me... there are no fan grills on the bottom 2 120mm fans. Install some to keep the cables from hitting the blades.

Everything does fit & you may need to take it apart & change the install order a couple times. But this is a "BIG" HTPC case...any other case will be smaller & even harder to build.

Other Thoughts: Don't be in a hurry to build this case. Make sure the parts fit before you buy.
HDD hot swap cage in the vertical 5.25 bays is limited in depth. I could not use a fan cooled tray type because my PSU is big.
CPU cooler height is limited... Consider a blow down style like Zalman or some of the Silverstone coolers.
Graphics Card; You can run a longer high-end card but you WILL loose some internal HDD space. I am running a PNY Gforce GTX 660 Ti & it is 9.75in long.

Pros: Can hold a lot of drives for HTPC case. Isn't that heavy. Looks nice and has great airflow. Nice locking pull down front door.

Cons: Power supply should have been mounted on other side of mother board (you can see how it is now in pics). You will have to plug in your SATA cables to your mobo BEFORE you put in the drive cage, but that does depend on SATA port location on mobo

Other Thoughts: The cons are definitely do not outweigh the pros, though they seem like more. They are generally small issues that are a pain but can be worked around. All in all, this case houses a PC very nicely right in an entertainment center and helps the clutter.