A look Inside

Tearing the ECS LIVA Z apart was insanely easy. Using a VESA screw as a handle, I removed all four screws and lifted the bottom off the unit. That's it. With that accomplished, you now have immediate access to the M.2 and DDR4 SO-DIMM slots. The first M.2 slot is occupied by a Transcend TS128GMTS400 SSD, which has a capacity of 128 GB. This particular SSD uses MLC NAND. When it comes to the single DDR4 SO-DIMM ECS again used Transcend. It is a 4 GB stick rated at DDR4 2400. It should be noted that the memory is configured to run at 2133 MHz by default.


Carefully removing a few more screws allows for the motherboard to be lifted out of the enclosure. Be careful as small wires are attached to the Intel 8260 wireless card. The CPU heatsink is comprised of a copper base and a single heatpipe that transfers heat to an aluminum fin stack. This fin stack is then actively cooled by a small 5 volt fan. Essentially, it is an entry level laptop CPU cooler. It proved more than adequate in keeping the CPU cooler, even under intense loads via Aida64.