Raspberry Pi B+ Media Centre

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A case for housing a Raspberry Pi B+ and a 2.5 inch hard disk. Using Raspbmc on the Pi and a hard disk for storage, the Pi makes a great media centre, use a SATA to USB cable to connect the two. In Raspbmc, the Pi can be overclocked, so I've included a 60mm fan for cooling, the fan I used is a 12volt one but the pi powers it via its 5volt GPIO pins ok, albeit slowly. all screw holes are 3.8mm for a 4mm screw except the hard disk caddy. Attach the hard disk to the caddy before fixing in the case, I haven't included a microSD slot, so install Raspbmc onto the microSD and then install the pi. I've tried to neaten access to the network socket, so a network cable with a boot on it may not fit. I really love the functionality of Raspbmc and being able to control it with an Android/Apple app is an added bonus. I have recently updated this to accomadate a powered USB hub, I will upload it soon.