Giada Cube Series CUBE-N3-D2OB NVIDIA ION 200Pin SODIMM NVIDIA ION graphics processor Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System

Lots of ports, small, HDMI works as described. Very fast given the class of computer

Loud annoying fan! Considerably louder than my desktop computer. Very distracting while watching a movie. Power consumption listed in the specifications is incorrect. Specifications claim 23 Watts. My unit uses 50.4 watts of power @ 120 VAC with a 146...

Small, quiet, seems like it has adequate ventilation. I also like the metal case, i was expecting plastic but the metal is much nicer. I am running it as an HTPC with ubuntu 10.10 on it and its pretty smooth. There is some frame loss in youtube vids...

hardware is cheap, but i didnt expect much. when mounting the hdd, the 4th screw cant be put in because the chip heatsink is in the way. a bit difficult to squeeze the sata cable inside when putting on the top cover. the usbs on back are a little close...

Runs fairly quiet in comparison to my desktop with a custom CPU heatsink and a GTX 475 (Fairly loud when idle and speakers are off). I'd say it's roughly 1/3rd of my desktop's noise, but is somewhat noticeable between movies when in your media center....

The case is metal, but the power supply has no ground between the supply and device. This means electro-statically sensitive devices within it can be fried if you don't ground yourself prior to handling it ; My CMOS is finicky upon POST'ing it always...

Excellent value for money ; Powerful for HTPC - decodes 1080p great ; Fast enough to run Win7 reasonably well ; Excellent network performance ; pushing ~95MBytes/sec over Gig-e while I write this review (using iperf for test) consuming about 20% of one...

I'd nitpick and say that's it's not 100% silent. It has a single, quiet fan that isn't at all objectionable ; Blue Leds. Yawn. Not offensively bright ; Ion graphics are not blistering. Perfectly good for Aero desktop at 1920x1200, but 3D is not great...

Perfect size and perfect amount/types of ports. Loaded Ubuntu 10.10 on it and had no problem with drivers. Can boot using HDMI only or with both DVI and HDMI in a dual screen setup. GB LAN is great for making this a file/media server, which is what I...

Not really a con, but I find it odd that they would use a board that has 2 SATAII ports but you can only fit in 1 HDD ; Description is a little misleading as in one section is says the system can take an HDD up to 1TB but in another section (and in the...

MythTV 10.10 works without a problem- decodes HD streams with no lost frames etc.. IF you have latest VDPAU drivers ; Quiet. Very low power consumption. Tiny. I even am able to run this as a frontend with mythTV booting off a flash drive. I installed...

this is a barebones system- no memory or storage of any kind ; Worse there is only ONE slot for RAM! If you order this device, keep in mind that you should order only one SODIMM for the amount of RAM you want. I made the mistake of ordering 2x1gig...

Nice product. Great mechanical design. Better than I expected ; I'm ~ 150 miles form Memphis so it arrived the next day with ground UPS shipping

Haven't found any other than severely inadequate documentation, though it is early. Doesn't seem likely that there are serious issues. Needs a 2.5" SATA drive which was not clear, but that's a Newegg website problem. If I'd known, I would have ordered...

Sturdy built.Have Win7 running XBMC. Runs fairly cooler although fan does make some noise.supports upto 4GB

Older model. Dont know how much difference it has to next generation ION.Doesnt have wireless/come with remote