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ECS LIVA mini-PC kit now @ Newegg

"-LIVA only uses about as much power as just a light bulb!"
Um... that's the least useful description ever.
 
The power supply is 5V / 3A, so 15W. Some of that has to be reserved for the one USB 2.0 and one USB 3.0 port, so the actual board and SoC take less than that.

I recommend an external self-powered USB hub if you are going to be attaching any peripherals other than a wireless keyboard / mouse dongle, and a USB 3.0 flash drive.
 
Interesting. I think I'll stick with my Chromebox though. It was a little more expensive, but a bit beefier in the performance department.
 
Cost? NUC isn't that cheap. Only the Celeron NUC is particularly cheap, considering that on the Core ones you need RAM and a HDD, whereas on this you don't need anything.

I would say price is the main differentiator. And potentially capability, since an NUC typically is much more capable due to being faster.

According to Intel in 2008, a Nettop was something which is $100-$300.
http://www.cnet.com/news/intel-nettop-is-all-about-cost-cutting/
 
Even fully equipped, NUCs are $200 on up, with the only real difference being the CPU. Seems like a non-distinction distinction to me.

I can only imagine some Intel marketing people getting really, really stoned, and one of them says, "Hey guys... I just had an idea... expensive things cost more money!"
 
NUC is just Intel's marketing name for a specific form factor.
Gigabyte's Brix series isn't a NUC because it's not the Intel form factor.

You can get a Nettop using AMD or Intel (or maybe kinda ARM in a Chromebox), but NUC is a specific form factor of 4"x4" motherboards with soldered on CPU from Intel.
 
Okay, I think I get it. Didn't know that NUC was officially a form factor.

Personally I think Intel should have stuck with thin-miniITX then.
 
Mini-ITX is 17cm*17cm/7"x7".
NUC is 10cm*10cm/4"x4"

There's a significant difference in area.
If they "stuck" with anything they could have adopted Nano-ITX which is 12cm*12cm, but NUC is the same size as the standard VESA 100 mount as well, which NUCs ship with.
 
VirtualLarry said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-006-_-Product

Interesting little device. Comes "complete" with 2GB DDR3L, and 32GB eMMC, and wifi / bluetooth.

I think if you're going to put Win 8.1 on it anyways, that the Asus VivoPC is a better deal, with more RAM, storage, and connectivity. It's just not quite as tiny or low-power.
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I think the Price is a little high on this device. (though I do like the Gigabit Ethernet).

With that mentioned, I wonder how the performance and price would have changed if ECS swapped out the Intel PC group based N2806 SKU for a Intel tablet SKU?

With an Intel Tablet SKU I am assuming Gigabit Ethernet would be lost, but look at the price differences between N2806 and N2807 vs. the various tablet SKUs:

http://ark.intel.com/products/codename/55844/Bay-Trail#@All
 
dave_the_nerd said:
::knows Ellison founded Oracle but doesn't understand joke::
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its really more applicable to phones/tablets/chromebooks (considering this isn't much different from chromebook hardware), but about 20 years ago ellison predicted that thin clients would take over. everyone scoffed.
 
Isn't the asus chromebox a better deal ? This has a N2807 (note the one review by anandtech had the N2806).

My comparrison would be as follow chrombox 2x power; 1/2 storage but memroy and storage can be upgraded easily; installing linux on chromebox is a bit of a hack crhomebox is larger but also the 2955u is 50% faster (900 vs 1500).
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I like that this comes with 32GB which is enough for my usage but I think it is a bit pricey for what it offers and is tablet area with regards to speed. The chromebox is not much better but does have that added umph which can be improved by adding a second 2GB stick of ram.
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Base cost of chromebox is $10 cheaper (169 vs 179) but this does have a $15 rebate making it $4.50 cheaper if you do the paper work.
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There is also the DS437T from shuttle with the 1037u for $200; it is fanless and expandable (6.5x7 box) so larger than the nuc/crhomeobx/this but much more expandable and zotac has a 1007u box for $140.
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So many options. The DS437T looks pretty interesting to myself with the extra ports and better layout but as i said it is larger.
 
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