Giada CUBE N3

small, does 1080p smoothly with OpenELEC OS, like the metal case

Gets a little hot over extended use with a conventional notebook HD, I use a little fold-up notebook USB fan on top sucking air out of the top of the case which seems to help

I've owned the black version of this PC for a couple months now. It takes some modding, but here is the progress I've made after my modifications ; CPU and GPU 25-27°C idle, <45°C full stress testing ; Entire case cool to the touch even after...

Noisy and hot out of the box, but still within spec temps. This is caused by a lack of exhaust vents and by fan turbulence noise as it tries to pull air through the perforated top cover ; Fan is NOT speed-controlled, and spins at full speed at all...

Runs cool didn't have the problem that the other reviewer had. The on board audio, wireless, and video drivers (3rd party) were all available under Ubuntu 11.04. Stable with AMD64 and 32 bit version. Easy to put together. eSATA & HDMI connections. Came...

Only one memory slot to use full supported memory (4G) it is more expensive than if you buy 2 X 2G. Audio plug was intermittent had to re-solder. Someone "butchered the allen key hardware. Even with a plug in USB multiplier it loads the output to where...

Small and good performance for the price ; Plenty of USB Ports (5). The side port is not powered while the unit is off (the others are powered) which works great for me. I have the Cube in an armoire with a notebook cooling fan underneath. The fan...

Routing the SATA cable is tedious and the HD bracket only uses three of the screws ; The E-SATA port on the back of my unit is misaligned

I'm using this as a second XBMC setup in my basement. My main setup is a Gaida G20. Both are running XBMC Live, but the N3 Cube is running off of a 2GB thumbdrive where as the G20 has a 350MB hard drive. Boot time with USB is slower, but I don't...

It's certainly not as sexy looking as my G20. Plus it's about twice as thick. But it's still very small and very well made. Oh yeah, and it cost LESS THAN HALF! It's just crazy cheap (even after spending $24 to add the 2GB chip) ; Unlike the G20, I...

The built quality is very good with the chassis made of metal instead of plastic and the fan is also very quiet. I didn't notice any high operating temperature issues like the other reviewers but what I noticed is that if the vent openings are...

It didn't came with wifi but I knew this before my purchase and I had to use a Rosewill RNX-N180UB USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter that I purchased earlier during an earlier Shell Shocker event

Quieter than one would expect from the rest of the reviews posted. Runs 720p flawlessly, processes my VNC-enabled touchpad like a dream. Plays the PC version of Metal gear Solid at high resolutions

The unit seems like it would over heat after 4-5 hours of constant video play back. I removed the metal casing on the bottom half which cooled it down immensely. Consider propping it upwards for better cooling. Had trouble finding the BIOS. Currently...