The ECS Liva Mini-PC is set to take on Intel’s NUC and the Gigabyte Brix. Ahead of its launch pictures and details of the mini-PC has been published by Japanese media.
The Liva runs on Intel’s Bay Trail-M SoC, which allows the unit to be completely fanless. A large metal heatsink is used to cool the heatsink.
Even though it is small the Liva has a great deal of on-board connectivity including D-Sub and HDMI outputs, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB 3.0 and stereo HD output. The unit will come with its own 2 GB of DDR3L onboard RAM and 3 GB of eMMC storage.
The Liva measures 118 mm x 70 mm x 56 mm and weighs in at 190g. It is expected to be priced under $200.
Source: FanlessTech | News Archive
Typo : 32 GB of eMMC storage.
The good :
✓ Bay Trail-M System on a Chip
✓ 2GB DDR3L
✓ 32GB eMMC = Flash
✓ 1 x USB 3.0 = more storage 5 GB/s
✓ 1 x USB 2.0 = more storage 500 MB/s, wired KB & Mouse (but, why?)
✓ 1 x Gigabit Ethernet
✓ IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
✓ Bluetooth 4.0
✓ 1 x HDMI
✓ 1 x VGA
Both displays work together.
7 Watts running HDMI : Off Grid & RV people take note
No Fan = SILENT
$180
The bad :
No OpSys. Supports 7, 8.1 & Ubuntu
RAM cannot be expanded.