The top cover of the LIVA Z mini-PC wants to resemble a vinyl record design, with the LIVA logo in the right corner; regarding the product size, it really reminds us of those Android Mini-PCs which are meant to be used as media centers while having them plugged to a FHD or 4K TV:

In the frontal area of the device, we will get to see the Power button that is surrounded by a white LED ring, three USB 3.0 ports but also one USB 3.0 Type-C port; nearby we can also spot one audio combo jack:

The right side does feature a ventilation grill, same as left:

In the back, the manufacturer has included a mDP port, one HDMI 1.4 port, two Gigabit LAN interfaces but also the DC-IN port:

The bottom area of the unit does feature a circular rubber layer and in the middle the manufacturer has placed stickers with the manufacturing date, power rating but also the product serial number. For maintenance, we can always remove the four screws in the corners:

After we have removed the bottom cover, we can check out the internals; in order to upgrade the system, it is not necessary to fully remove the motherboard from the case since all slots are present on the most accessible side:

Just for kicks and to show you guys what resides underneath, we have also removed the motherboard from the case; this also meant that we had to remove the wireless/Bluetooth antennas, along with the screws which kept the cooling system in place:

LIVA Z does come with a fully passive cooling system and does not really need more since the Celeron 3350 SoC does dissipate very little heat! The large aluminum sink is accompanied by a middle copper plate, which gets in direct contact with the SoC:

On the top area of the sink we will spot the special design which allows passive cooling to occur:

The top area of the housing can be inspected more easily with the cooling system removed; we do have available two wireless antennas with the respective cables, but also a third cable which supplies power to the board: