Technology Grandia 11 Compact ATX Home Theater PC (HTPC) case with 240mm Radiator Support, SST-GD11B

I was on the fence about buying the GD09 due to its internal layout having only one intake fan on the GPU side with the other two intake fans for the CPU. So glad I waited as this GD11 ticks all the right boxes for me when it comes to cooling! Fully meshed front for a 240mm radiator and two intake fans dedicated to the GPU, with exhaust fans in the back by the CPU side. I did a test fit with the Cooler Master ML360R for giggles as shown on my photo, and the radiator definitely fits lengthwise but you lose 1 fan as the left front side of the case is sealed as well as eat into the GPU space. I have 2 M.2 SSDs and one 2.5" SSD with no 3.5" hdd or 5.25" drives so I didn't need the front hdd tray. This was good for my use case as unfortunately due to the Arctic Liquid Freezer ii 240mm AIO's thicker 38mm radiator the center support bracket has a lip that does not allow it to slot over the thicker radiator and the hdd tray would be left unsupported and/or not able to be installed. You could honestly easily cut the center support bracket's lip back with a rotary or similar type tool if you really needed the hdd/drive tray in place. I actually prefer it off since the front intake fans are able to have unhindered airflow from the front to the rear of the case. I'm running a Push-Pull fan setup with the Arctic Liquid Freezer ii 240mm AIO and there is still space between the innermost fan and the ATX motherboard, but an E-ATX or wider motherboard may require 90 degree connectors for the power and other peripheral connectors so the wires and connectors don't get overtly stressed. So far loving the case and temps have been great, not exceeding 70c with my 2070 Super and 60c with my 3900x using all Arctic P12 PWM intake fans and Noctua Redux exhaust fans. Definitely interested to see how it fairs once I upgrade to either a 3080 TI or 4080 and a 5900x for full 4k couch gaming. The only "con" I can give is that the metal seems a bit thin when it's not loaded up, particularly the top removable panel. But then again once you load it up with parts it's solid and honestly I won't be moving it around much from its spot in the media cabinet.

I've tried several different HTPC cases and this one is the best of them all. My goal was to build a quiet HTPC case for my media rack and I was looking for the one large enough to fit a full-size ATX motherboard and incorporate enough high performing while quiet cooling capacity for a high performance build. I did find this case way too expensive but understand that the high price tag is most probably associated with the niche nature of this product. I picked quiet Noctua coolers for my build - 2 x 120 mm coolers (Noctua NF-S12A PWM) for intake on the side and 2 x 80 mm coolers (Noctua NF-A8 PWM) for outtake air flow on the back. Side 120 mm coolers blocking access to all the bottom edge connectors on the motherboard so make sure you do not have any USB connectors in that area. Motherboard lights and switches connectors do barely fit but nothing taller will. All of them are VERY quiet and completely non-audible. Not sure why some reviewers complained about noise. Have them working pretty much all the time for more than half a year. I also went with Corsair RM 850x power supply due to it's compact size, reliability and quiet mode - exhaust fan is off up to a 340 Watts load which allows it to stay completely silent under most typical loads. 850 Watt power supply may be an overkill for the purpose (I plan to upgrade video card later to play games on the big screen) but for CORSAIR RMx series silent mode threshold depends on the power supply power - it ranges from 400 Watts for a 1000 Watt unit to only 220 Watts for 550 Watt unit. So I went with a more powerful option to allow for as much silent operation headroom as possible. Current build has 12600K CPU installed which has And of course I picked the motherboard without any active cooling on it. I also installed front mounted 240mm Liquid AIO and picked CORSAIR H100x RGB Elite model. I didn't connect LED controller at all since otherwise they would be visible through the front grill which I do not want. It proved to be whisper-quiet and efficient so far. I am a big fan of ARCTIC COOLING Liquid Freezer II series but this case can not fit its radiator due to the notch in the perpendicular bar. Some people reported cutting a bigger notch with a Dremel but to me that seems like an excess AND you will most probably end up with 5.25" drive cage interfering with AIO radiator.

No issues at all. Looks good, works great. Maybe a little expensive but I'm not an expert on case prices.

I bought this case a few months ago and it's FANTASTIC. Looks absolutely gorgeous in my rack and is such a massive upgrade from my 10+ year old nMedia HTPC case my old 5th gen intel system was built in. This case is great, it supports 240mm AIO, full size GPU, has surprising space for HDDs and looks and runs perfectly with i9 14900k and nzxt kraken AIO. my media PC has never looked and been this powerful in my whole life. I can play AAA demanding games, transcode media for plex server, run all of my server utilities (DNS, reverse proxy, etc), and it cools pretty much as well as my Corsair Vengeance i7500 gaming rig.

This is a nice case with a well-though-out design. I had no problem fitting my 240MM rad in there. It doesn't interfere at all with my 2080TI. The full length of that first slot is available for larger cards. My only issue is that for a full-size ATX motherboard, the edge of the MB is right up against the location where fans are supposed to be to bring in cool air for the video card. See photos. There was no way I could get the front-panel USB connectors hooked up, even with a 90-degree adapter, and still have fans. I ended up mounting the fans on the outside of the case to still blow air in and it works great, but it does take away from the aesthetic. Obviously different MB will have connectors in different places, but with mine, the MSI MEG X570 ACE - it just wouldn't fit as designed. With the 240mm rad and the two included 120mm fans mounted outside blowing air into the video card section, temps are very good (GPU runs at 33 idle and 62 at 100% full load) and there is almost no noise at all unless the GPU is running full blast - but at that point I'm gaming, so that drowns out anything else.