- Back to homepage
- Related articles
  Related articles

ECS LIVA X2 Mini-PC Review

Others/All-in-one PC by stefan @ 2015-09-09

The Braswell-equipped LIVA X2 is a much needed improvement over the original LIVA which brings more USB ports to the table, the ability to install a M.2 SSD up to 1TB for increased storage capacity while keeping a small footprint and very low power consumption (8.8W IDLE, 19.71W Full Load). Despite the new generation SoC, we have seen that its arithmetic performance is very close to the original LIVA, while the 3D one has been increased. The eMMC speeds also look quite the same with the ones on the original LIVA so the only way to speed things up more is to install our own M.2 SSD and boot Windows off it.

Packaging, A Closer Look Part I

ECS were nice and sent our way one of their latest ECS LIVA Mini-PC models, which is now baptized X2 and features an updated configuration. We are not strangers with LIVA since we have also taken a look at its first model quite some time ago, which was presented as a DIY PC kit. The product is shipped inside a medium-sized cardboard box which is featuring a chromed box art on the outside:

From one of the box laterals we will learn that the Mini-PC is integrating an Intel Braswell SoC along with the other technical stuff; there are two versions available, the “lite” 32G eMMC and 2GB DDR3L memory and the “fully fledged” 64GB eMMC along with 4GB of DDR3L RAM:

Despite the box small dimensions, ECS was able to fit all of the bundle along with the Mini-PC inside without any difficulties:

As accessories we will get the power adapter with plugs for different areas of the world, but also a set of screws for the VESA mount:

The power supply is rated on the output as 12V, 3A and was manufactured by Asian Power Devices Inc.:

We will also receive a disk with drivers, a User Guide and of course, the metallic VESA mount:

The User Manual will describe the operation and internal components of the Mini-PC in order to get everything started as soon as possible:

We do also get a Quick Installation Guide, which shows us how the VESA mount should be installed:

The LIVA Mini-PC has become even cuter with the latest releases; now we are dealing with a round chassis and on top of it we have the chromed product logo:

All information and graphics contained in Madshrimps are sole property of the Madshrimps crew and may not be reproduced or copied in any manner without written permission from us.