[Hewanc]

Building an HTPC with the following specs

Silverstone Milo 03 case
4 x 80 mm SilenX fans
Enermax 550 Watt NAXN 82 + powersupply
Mobo Gigabyte GA Z77 MX DH3 Micro Atx
8 GB Gskill Sniper Low Voltage 1600 PC3 12800 Ram
128 OCZ Vertex 4 SSD
4 TB Hitachi 7200 RPM Sata3 HD
Intel Core i5 3570K
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
XBMC

I still need to decide whether to purchase a BD writer 3.5in Interal drive or BD writer slim external drive.

I am thinking the things I need to be look :

Internal:
Heat Generation
Size
Noise level

External
Noise Level
Data transmittal rate (USB 3.0 or 2.0)

Does anybody have any sugestions to external or internal and prefered make and model?

Thank you.

 

[ounderfla69]

I would go Internal since there is room for one. It will just be cleaner looking and you can pick up a Internal bluray burner for $70.

 

[TheLombax]

I also vote for internal blu ray drive. It's just neater as it is less external cables and power supply to worry about.