Gateway DX4200-09 - Tower - 1 x Phenom X4 9100e / 1.8 GHz - RAM 4 GB - HDD 1 x 640 GB - DVD?RW / DVD-RAM - Radeon HD 3200 - Mdm - Gigabit Ethernet

Gateway DX4200-09 - Tower - 1 x Phenom X4 9100e / 1.8 GHz - RAM 4 GB - HDD 1 x 640 GB - DVD?RW / DVD-RAM - Radeon HD 3200 - Mdm - Gigabit Ethernet - Vista Home Premium 64-bit - Monitor : none

Brand : Gateway Model : 4200-09

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From : 11 Reviews

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Technical Details

Contents - Gateway DX4200-09 Desktop PC, Keyboard/Mouse, USB Stereo Speakers
Software Bundle - Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition, Microsoft Works 9, Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 60-Day Trial
Symantec Norton 360 2008 60-Day Trial, 1-Year Limited Warranty
AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core 9100e 1.8 GHz Processor; 2 MB L2 Cache
4096 MB DDR2 (PC2-6400) RAM Max - 8 GB; 640 GB (7200RPM, 16 MB Cache) SATA II Hard Drive

Product Description

Is it time to upgrade your PC? Games now require additional graphic power. The Internet is loaded with many new entertainment features that redefine the purpose of the PC. For example, many websites offer movies for direct download or streaming. Video conference is moving fast forward with free services like Google-Chat. These need better video support. The Gateway DX4200-09 Desktop PC has 4GB memory, a large hard drive for storage, and ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics support with 256MB totally dedicated video graphic memory. Unleash your creative side with the Gateway DX4200-09 Desktop featuring AMD quad-core performance, 4 GB memory and ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics - maximum capabilities to power through intensive multimedia applications, create content, edit files and create the incredible. Let Gateway DX4200-09 Desktop PC be your gateway to new opportunities. It really pays to upgrade. If this is your first PC, you'll be amazed to find what you've been missing. Add an optional widescreen monitor and open up new windows of opportunities and infinite horizons. ATI Radeon HD 3200 with up to 256 MB Shared Video Memory 18x DVD+-R/RW Labelflash Drive with Double Layer; 8-Channel (7.1) High Definition Audio; 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN; 15-in-1 card Digital Media reader; Front ports - 2 x USB, IEEE-1394, Headphone, Microphone; Back ports - 4 x USB, IEEE-1394, 2 x PS2 ports (keyboard, mouse), Center/Sub, Rear , Side, Line-in, Microphone, RJ-11 (Modem), RJ-45, VGA, HDMI; Expansion slots - 2 x PCI (One available), PCI Express x1 (available), PCI Express x16 (available); Drive bays - 2 x 5.25 (one available), 5 x 3.5 (four available); Monitor is not included

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Customer Reviews (see all-reviews)

Ryan DeBoard ( Mt. Juliet, TN )

Exactly what I was looking for!

I bought this computer from J&R and it came with the 9150e processor as the previous reviewer stated. Overall, it's a quality computer at an amazing price (I purchased for $339 with free shipping)!

My main purpose for the computer is to create a central media hub for music, pictures, and video in my living room. The out of the box functionality is perfect for this, as there is an HDMI port built in! I'll be using it heavily for streaming video through hulu, boxee, and the like, and so far it is working perfectly.

640GB hard drive gets it done for now, and I finally have a place to centralize pics and music from all the laptops floating around. - Why buy an external hard drive when you can buy a whole new computer for not a ton more? And I can add a cheaper internal hard drive later.

The next great aspect, as people have posted, is that it is very upgradeable. The case has plenty of room for more hard drives, graphics cards, etc. But, out of the box, it gets it done. Unless you are doing hardcore graphics-intensive gaming, you really don't need anything above this computer.

Also a plus is Gateway's completely free Windows 7 upgrade plan. I put my serial number in the night I purchased, and it will (hopefully) be coming soon after launch! Some manufacturers were charging fees, but at least Gateway provided it for $0.

Great find!

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W. powelll ( Lewes De )

Grrrt Computer

I ordered this on Thursday the 8th and it was here on the 9th. J&R music is the Best! $339.00 was a steal for this unit. Its fast,quiet and was ez to set up. I have no complaints at all at this time. Mine came with a 9150e processor not a 9750 as some reviews state and you should check the reviews on other sites as well, There almost all as praising as this one. I may do some minor tweaking with a graphics card some memory and a psu at a later date but this unit is Grrt right outta the box Thanks Gateway,Amazon and J&R music.

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Garfield fan ( Pennsylvania )

defective

Recieved yesterday opened box and assembled easily will not boot up called support line they say it is defective and that it needs to be returned. Do not know if J&R will make it right. Will update when they get back to me.

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jbat ( Fla )

Bargain and fast

Actually came with the 9750 AMD cpu Quad (not 9100e). This is a significant upgrade to the entire computer. The 9100e CPU was slower and a little buggy. The OS is Vista 64 bit. Should be able to play many games even with the stock graphics. So far, even business 32 bit applications are working nicely ie Microsoft Office XP, etc (not Outlook). Used an old WiFi USB adapter with older 32 bit driver and it worked fine! (there was a scare that a lot of 32 bit software and drivers would not work - I don't know but everything I threw at the OS worked fine). NOTE: older 16 bit programs do not work on a 64 bit OS. You can run them thru a VM (virtual machine) installed on your 64 bit computer - which is another topic.

With a more powerful GPU and PSU upgrade this would be a better gaming machine too! Some of the GPU's (geforce 9600 low power model - runs off PCI express slot and does not need separate power plug) might be used without an immediate PSU upgrade - this has a stock 300 w PSU. ( I have installed a 9600 on a desktop with only 250 w PSU and it is working without problems. One way is to measure power consumption of your computer is to use Kill-o-watt - it will give you an idea of your base power consumption - and the real state of how much power your computer is using in watts. Run some test programs that stress your system and/or Crysis video game and measure power consumption. While I have done it, you may not want to risk it and it is usually better to upgrade the PSU to be safe).

I have built multiple computers over the years and was considering building another. This systems beats anything I could have done (in total cost including shipping). Stock system is a bargain and to upgrade should not be too difficult. Comes with 4 g memory and with Vista 64 bit you can use all of the memory up to a max of 8gb (this computer's limitation; with 32 bit Windows can only use around 3 gb no matter how much memory is installed). Price just dropped.....I don't know if all the DX4200-9's are now including the 9750 AMD - sounds like they are closing this line out so "get 'em while the're hot".

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David L. Kessler ( LA )

No boot disc

I liked the computer but there was nothing with the computer. There should have been a Vista Boot Disc. I called suport and they were very nice but couldn't help the computer boot. I gave up.

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