Gateway LX6810-01 Desktop PC Reviews

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Cons: Haven't found any. The Bottom Line: Will appeal to power users who can utilize faster graphics and the added capabilities it provides. Review: I was attracted to the gateway LX 6810 computer for several reasons. Although not a gamer I was specifically looking for something that could handle expanded video projects as I plan on increasing my interest in digital and video photography. from Shopping.com What's great about it:?Lots of features What's not so great:?Keeps shutting down "We purchased this computer with the hopes of replacing our older Compaq. It worked great for about 4 months, After that it started overheating and shutting down. Called Gateway, total waste of time, no help. Paid 45 dollars to ship back to Gateway for repairs. from Bestbuy.com Must plug it in without the slide mountings and prop it up with something. In my 15 years of using comps, this one has given me the most problems. Would never get Gateway again even if it was FREE, as the time wasted on the phone with tech, loss of data, loss of money on parts would not be worth it even if the comp was FREE. BTW original hard drive crashed after 2 month, was told by the tech that the only way they would send replacement,if I give them $400.00 to hold till I send the faulty one back and I would have to wait 7 to 10 days to get the replacement. from Bestbuy.com What's great about it:?Great CPU and GPU What's not so great:?Bad Design "So I basically wrote a review earlier, just below this one. It entails, probably why most people are having trouble with their computers shutting down. Basically, Gateway did not place any case fans inside and thus this unit has basically almost no air circulation going through it. I recommended that 2 fans be installed, one in the front to suck in cold air and one in the back to blow out hot air. from Bestbuy.com Thats right, reason most of you have this thing shutting down on you is because it is overheating, and this computer has a fail safe built into the BIOS to shut it down once the core or GPU temperature gets to hot. Why is it overheating? Because for some strange and honestly stupid reason on Gateway's behalf, they did NOT INSTALL ANY CASE FANS! They have a PSU fan, a mother board fan, and CPU fan per standard. from Bestbuy.com What's great about it:?good for the money unless it quits on you What's not so great:?shuting off by its self "this started shuting off randomly and from the reviews its not just me should be recalled! gateway has no costomer service !!! none they will fail because of this. from Bestbuy.com Very EZ to fix. Pg 73/74 in your User Guide. I suggest reading this AND the Hardware Reference too before boxing it up!!!Review:this is my 3rd Gateway. Probably my last cuz the company is falling apart but I'm hoping this one lasts as long as my others. from Bestbuy.com "This is an all around great machine, it has more features than any of its competition for the money and has the capability to run any current game or to get into high demand editing. The only problem that i have encountered with this machine is that it starts to power itself off when you run it for long periods of time or put a heavy load on it. After wasting my time with gateway's worthless tech support, i then spent three days running all of the hardware and software diagnostics that I could. This revealed to me that the hard drive and graphics cards were overheating. from Bestbuy.com For the first two weeks, it was the best pc. All the sudden it started randomly rebooting every few minutes. After spending several hours for several days (and several e-mails to Gateway) the last fix we tried completely crashed the system. I had to send it back to Gateway (at my expense, which was close to $70 for packaging/shipping). from Amazon.com I purchased this Gateway LX6810-01 computer in FEB 2009. It ran well for about 4 months, but has now begun to have random freezes or shutdowns. from Amazon.com

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With a PC like this it's all about the numbers, and the Gateway® LX6810-01 Desktop has numbers aplenty. Whether you're creating multimedia, annihilating your gaming enemies or running multiple intensive applications at the same time, quad-core processing will change the way and the speed at which you do everything.

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Released	10 months ago
Processor Speed	2.33 GHz
Hard Drive Capacity	40 GB
Installed RAM	2 GB
Processor Type	Intel Core 2 Quad
Bus Speed	1333 MHz
Controller Type	Serial ATA
Data Link Protocol	Gigabit Ethernet
Depth	19 in.
Expansion Slots	PCI Express x16 x 1 PCI Express x1 x 1
Form Factor	Desktop
Hard Drive Interface	Serial ATA
Hard Drive Rotation Speed	7,200 RPM
Height	17.7 in.
Installed Cache Memory	4 MB
Installed Memory	2 GB (DDR2 SDRAM)
Installed Qty	4
Installed Video Memory	1 GB
Integrated Audio	Intel High Definition Audio Subsystem
Integrated Input/Output Ports	USB 2.0 x 6 FireWire (IEEE1394a) x 2 RJ45 Lan Port x 1 PS/2 Mouse x 1 PS/2 Keyboard x 1 RJ11 Phone Jack x 1 (Input) HDMI x 1
MPN	LX6810-01
Max Processors Qty.	4
Max Supported RAM	8 GB
Modem Type	Fax / Modem
Networking Type	Integrated 10/100/1000 Network Card
OS Certified	Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Optical Drive ReWrite Speed	32x (CD-RW) 48x (CD-RW) 8x (DVD+RW) 6x (DVD-RW) 12x (DVD-RAM)
Optical Drive Type	DVD±R
Optical Drive Write Speed	8x (DVD+R) 8x (DVD-R Dual Layer)
Other Features	Dual Channel Memory Architecture Media Card Reader 15-in-1 Memory Card Reader
Processor	2.33 GHz
Processor Manufacturer	Intel
Processor Number	Q8200
RAM Technology	DDR2 SDRAM
Recommended Use	Home Use
Supported RAM speeds	800 Mhz
UPC	884483431953
Video Input Type	TV Tuner
Video Out Ports	DVI x 1 HDMI x 1
Video Output Interface	PCI Express
Warranty	1 Year
Weight	31 lb.
Width	7.5 in.

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