ECS U-Buddie barebone for an Office Computer

Bundle and brief specification

The bundle of U-Buddie can be called standard, "bare necessities". The only item worthy of attention is a set of replaceable faceplates for the front panel (they are installed under the upper plexiglass cover), but they look so childish that we refuse to consider them a real bonus.

As an option the company and its distributors offer the installation of an optical drive and a hard disk, as well as a wireless set of input devices (there is a special connector on the mainboard for the latter). Our model also came shipped with an optional all-in-one card reader (CF/SM/SD/MS), but the USB controller of the first version completely ruins the allure of this model for customers. However, if the operating speed is not important and the extra charge for this option is not too high, some customers may be tempted.

In conclusion we provide a brief specification of the barebone, which comes shipped in a nice cardboard box with a handle.

• Bundle: system case, a foot to put the case vertically, external power supply unit, mainboard, modem card and a phone cord (optional), slim optical drive and a 2.5" hard disk (optional), external all-in-one USB 1.1 card reader (optional), CPU cooler, CD, manuals, 2 ATA66 cables, power cables and adapters for miniature disk storage devices, power cable for the kit, a set of faceplates for the front panel
• PC case format: slim desktop with an option to put it vertically
• PC case dimensions (WxDxH) in horizontal position: 230(244 with a foot)x232x75 mm
• Bays: 1 x external 5.25" for slim drives
• External power supply unit: Lite-On, 78 W
• Mainboard, chipset: ECS ES4M, SiS650GL+SiS962L
• Video: integrated video SiS650GL (SiS315)
• Audio: 4-channel AC'97 C-Media CMI9738 codec
• Network: 10/100 Mbit/sec Fast Ethernet (Realtek RTL8201BL PHY controller)
• Expansion slots: 1 PCI (for low-profile cards)
• Front panel connectors: 2 x Audio (microphone/headphones), 1 x USB (2.0)
• Back panel connectors: 2 x PS/2, 1 x COM, 1 x LPT, 1 x VGA, 4 USB (2.0), 1 x LAN, 3 x Audio
• BIOS capacities for finetuning/overclocking: memory timings, FSB/Memory frequency

Sergei Pikalov (peek@ixbt.com) Dmitry Majorov (destrax@ixbt.com) September 13, 2004