S-Buddie SLIM-PC103

Spooter · 6 Mar 2009 at 23:02

*****S-Buddie SLIM-PC103? Now with Pictures

Anyone heard of the S-Buddie SLIM-PC103 case?

I can get one but have no idea if its a nice case for HTPC?

freddie64 · 7 Mar 2009 at 10:12

How much can you get it for?

Spooter · 7 Mar 2009 at 16:53

S-Buddie SLIM-PC103 Now with Pictures

Bought it last night off ebay for £21. Decided it was worth the gamble. I wanted a small case to put a low spec build in using something like a dual core celeron.

Here's the pictures... Its micro atx form

Looks quite nice I think, will have to wait and see though.

freddie64 · 7 Mar 2009 at 18:11

It could maybe do with some vents on top but should be ok for a low powered media PC.
Good luck with your project.

Snapshot · 7 Mar 2009 at 20:29

I've had one of those for years, housing a PIII-1200. My father now has it to replace his Athlon 750 as the PSU in it was in died....
It's not a bad case but make sure you can get a suitable PSU before buying*. The one in mine is only 190W and has a 20-pin mobo connctor rather than 24-pin. Oh, and the optional intake fan near the 5.25" bay is 38mm rather than 40mm. Tricky to find but might be needed to push a bit air at the HDD.

* oops, too late......

Spooter · 8 Mar 2009 at 19:01

It's not a bad case but make sure you can get a suitable PSU before buying*. The one in mine is only 190W and has a 20-pin mobo connctor rather than 24-pin. Oh, and the optional intake fan near the 5.25" bay is 38mm rather than 40mm. Tricky to find but might be needed to push a bit air at the HDD.

Thanks good to know.

Any ideas what PSU would fit?

Guardsmon · 8 Mar 2009 at 19:19

is it a flexATX power supply?

slylittlefox · 8 Mar 2009 at 19:26

Spooter said:
Thanks good to know.

Any ideas what PSU would fit?

Might be worth looking on the bay for a HP/Dell/etc small form factor PC PSU...

Spooter · 8 Mar 2009 at 20:31

is it a flexATX power supply?

Hmm, looks like it could be the right type of power supply. I will measure casr when it arrives. Never heard of flexATX power supply before.

Might be worth looking on the bay for a HP/Dell/etc small form factor PC PSU...

I pressume thats what they would use as well?

Cheers

Snapshot · 8 Mar 2009 at 22:53

Guardsmon said:
is it a flexATX power supply?

Yes, I believe it is.

DigitalReaper · 8 Mar 2009 at 23:47

slylittlefox said:
Might be worth looking on the bay for a HP/Dell/etc small form factor PC PSU...

Make sure it's a standard ATX pinout, I know that dell (and possibly others) have used standard ATX PSUs in their machines but rewired the main connector to make it incompatible with anything other than their own motherboards. The worst thing is the connector still the standard one and if you try to mix their kit with normal stuff you get magic smoke

. I think they've moved away from that sort of thing with their normal desktop PCs but it's worth checking.

You'll need low profile PCI(E) cards too unless everything's onboard.