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Im looking for a case to include an i3 system with a blu-ray drive to play my downloaded movies as well as my blu-ray disks... i have a budget of up to £80 for the case
I need a HTPC case
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Do you just need space for a BD drive and an i3 system or do you need lots of storage space too?
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i need enough space to fit a hdd in, maybe 2.. i dnt fancy it being really big but something nice looking 
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Do you know what form factor you are using?
If ITX there are some very nice small good looking cases out there.
Wesena ITX, only space for a 2.5" HDD but very nice, requires a pico-PSU, it is within your budget.
Lian Li PC-Q09, again only space for one 2.5" HDD the "F" version uses a Flex-ATX PSU and the standard version comes with a pico-PSU, just out of budget here but shop around and you may find one for under £80.
Then there are Silverstone who do a wide range of HTPCs in all from factors that look realy nice:
Gradia Series
Lascala Series
Although some are out of your price range.
Also Antek do a nice line in tiny cases that are nice for HTPCs:
Antek ISK series
Which are very reasonably priced but some are quite small.
My favourite at the moment and the one that will be holding my upcoming HTPC together is the Wesena but I will be streaming off a server so I don't need a huge amount of storage space.
If ITX there are some very nice small good looking cases out there.
Wesena ITX, only space for a 2.5" HDD but very nice, requires a pico-PSU, it is within your budget.
Lian Li PC-Q09, again only space for one 2.5" HDD the "F" version uses a Flex-ATX PSU and the standard version comes with a pico-PSU, just out of budget here but shop around and you may find one for under £80.
Then there are Silverstone who do a wide range of HTPCs in all from factors that look realy nice:
Gradia Series
Lascala Series
Although some are out of your price range.
Also Antek do a nice line in tiny cases that are nice for HTPCs:
Antek ISK series
Which are very reasonably priced but some are quite small.
My favourite at the moment and the one that will be holding my upcoming HTPC together is the Wesena but I will be streaming off a server so I don't need a huge amount of storage space.
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I do like these last 2 designs, the Silverstone ones look so amazing especially the one with a touch screen on he front, i wish i could justify the price lol!
Im tempted y the Wesena case in black, now i need to find a nice ITX mobo
Whats the crack with the ITX PSU's? i see that you need to get an adaper on the outside like a laptop?
Im tempted y the Wesena case in black, now i need to find a nice ITX mobo
Whats the crack with the ITX PSU's? i see that you need to get an adaper on the outside like a laptop?
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most are normal ATX power supply compatible, or you can use the pico power supplies with external transformer