aridun64
I am wanting to purchase this case for an upcoming build, but i am wanting to use a bluray drive instead of a dvd drive. is there a slim-slot loading bluray drive that will work with this case. if there is what model number should i look for

As stated, I use the Panasonic UJ265 BluRay Burner. Its a quad layer burner so it will burn 128GB blurays, dvds, and cds, basically anything. 

I bought mine used off eBay for 20$. It came out of a Lenovo laptop. It didn't have a bezel or the actual eject button on the drive. I can imagine they removed it for the model laptop to prevent accidental presses against the case, and probably because the keyboard has an assigned key. But from pictures I have looked at, they are identical to the one EVGA sells, just BluRay. I have a Fn key eject, and you can always right click eject. Average 50$ savings convinced me it was a good deal. There is one on auction right now @ 11$ with 2 days left. 

Oh yes, and sweetly so too.
Ugh, just realized there's two questions there ... yes, the drive's eject button aligns with that on the Hadron case and a click on that case button ejects the drive's contents.

There's also a BC-5850H.  I haven't been able to find either in stock anywhere except for a few vendors on eBay based in China.

There is one person selling these drives on eBay, based in China. One seller is good enough to buy from for me.

You could have bought one on ebay from china and it probably would have been here by now. Items are usually here in about two weeks, sometimes faster than getting something from Jersey to me in Texas. If you are dead set on having the eject button, then maybe you should buy that other case you were talking about. If you don't care about the button, you can always software eject or assign a keyboard function key. They sell a DVD burner that is made for the case, so saying it was an afterthought is a bit untrue, they just don't provide Bluray that you want.

If you go to ebay and type: "sony 5650H"
I bought the first one listed.  Its from China, but looks like it will do the job, just gotta have patience.  It comes without the eject button and faceplate, he has at least ten more.
 
Good luck guys!

Really good dvdr
mine is the bd version and is as good as well the dvdr.

Nice video victor. By any chance can you tell me if you are able to use the eject button on the case with that player

Any plans from EVGA to sell a Blu-Ray + DVDRW drive for the Hadron?
 
It's hard to see from the pics in Amazon, but it seems that the "Sumsung Toshiba TS-TB23L" (lol, Sumsung) might have the eject button in the right place for the Hadron, $60 as of now.
 
http://www.amazon.com/Sumsung-Toshiba-TS-TB23L-Internal-HP/dp/B00GKVWZ9M

Great news, folks:
 
I just bought a BD-5850H, and I can confirm that it fits perfectly inside my Hadron Air.
 
Bought this from an eBay seller based in China, but the seller has 100% positive feedback.
 
These are just my personal opinions about the drive:

• Pros: probably the best blu-ray slot drive 
• Cons: pricey, no eject button, and warranty may not be provided (check with your vendor)

 

 

 

 
 

Product page is missing from US site, not just saying "unavailable" or similar. Still only DVD, but it's better than nothing.
 
Are there any reasonably priced Blu-ray writers with a compatible eject button available right now? Please limit to specific model number(s) on Amazon, Newegg, and the like. I don't want to rely on software eject, and $100 for a slim drive is just silly. I don't care if it's slow, as long as it's quiet and doesn't have a habit of fouling my discs.
 
Why is it so difficult to find just one suitable optical drive? Or, what idiot at EVGA decided to use a non-standard position for the eject button, and what idiot gave it the OK? Universal standards are a good thing.
 
 
Unrelated griping: Trapping ⌘+# inside a text editor is seriously obnoxious. As is forcing counter-intuitive Windows shortcuts. ⌘+Shift+Z is blocked, ⌘+Y (which makes no sense) works as expected. Cutting text also strips leading/trailing whitespace. Basically, it's forcing OSX to behave like Windows, which is bull****.

Maybe they want to use it as a HTPC? What's a good slim Blu Ray drive that's not an import?