Ok, I have been looking and looking for a nice SMALL Mini-ITX case to use for my HTPC. I purchased one that looked nice, and seemed small.. but when it arrived today, it is far bigger than what I am looking for. (Think 1995 Desktop Case!)
I can google and Bing till I am blue in the face, but decided instead to ask what everyone here is using for their HTPC's.
What I am looking for:
- SMALL Case, just enough room for a 2.5" drive for the OS is fine, as I have all my movies on external .5 tb and 1 tb USD drives.
- Something I can use a laptop DVD drive in, as I have a slot load drive I would like to use. Everything I have found has a 5.25" bay for the DVD!
- Something the size of a CarPC case is ideal, however something more aesthetically pleasing would be nice, as I want it to look good in the entertainment center. Most CarPC cases look like Car Audio amplifiers
BTW, I already have a nice little Mini-ITX board, 80 Gig 2.5" HD. It has 2 gigs of ram, a dual core Pentium M 2.4 Ghz CPU, and 5.1 audio onboard.
So...Any Ideas? What is everyone here using?
I can google and Bing till I am blue in the face, but decided instead to ask what everyone here is using for their HTPC's.
What I am looking for:
- SMALL Case, just enough room for a 2.5" drive for the OS is fine, as I have all my movies on external .5 tb and 1 tb USD drives.
- Something I can use a laptop DVD drive in, as I have a slot load drive I would like to use. Everything I have found has a 5.25" bay for the DVD!
- Something the size of a CarPC case is ideal, however something more aesthetically pleasing would be nice, as I want it to look good in the entertainment center. Most CarPC cases look like Car Audio amplifiers

BTW, I already have a nice little Mini-ITX board, 80 Gig 2.5" HD. It has 2 gigs of ram, a dual core Pentium M 2.4 Ghz CPU, and 5.1 audio onboard.
So...Any Ideas? What is everyone here using?