This horrible press image should have been a warning sign. Let's add the LIVA Z to the ever-growing list of lackluster fanless mini PCs.
"I only truly wish that one or two USB ports were included on the back for wire management purposes. With everything sticking out the front, it will look like someone just dropped a bunch of cords on top and decided that was good enough."
"When put into a real-world scenario, it has a hard time keeping up with anything besides 1080p MP4 videos, and even that sometimes can get bogged down when a complex scene comes up for decoding. Intel and, subsequently, ECS really shot themselves in the foot on this one."
Source: Overclockers Club
