I like
This Case over the Apex MI-008. It is a lot easier to work with, and has better airflow. I'm using a Zotac IonITX-G-E mobo with 2gb ram and a 500gb WB green drive, and my GPU maxes at 120 degrees fahrenheit.
1 and 2.Handles full 1080p and blu-ray just fine.
3. I've never tried flash or gaming on it, so I can't say for sure.
4. Should handle PS1 emulation no problem, not sure about xbox emulation.
5. Can be just a bit slow loading thumbnails sometimes, but this could be fixed with more ram.
6. I go with whatever the scraper downloads.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Public...r=11912385 That is my exact build, except I got the ram and HD locally.
The only issue I ran into with that case is that the optical drive door tends to stick a little bit. If you remove the front panel and take apart the door assembly you'll find that there is a tiny lip on the inside edge of the door that makes it stick. A little bit of filing with a round file took care of it.
For Blu-Ray playback under linux check out
this thread.