Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | 
 | Gateway SX2800-01 Windows Vista Home Premium Desktop PC Brand : Acer Model : Overall Rating :  From : 17 Reviews Color : / Size : |
Technical Details
- Contents -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 Internet Security 2009 60-Day Trial, 1-Year Limited Warranty
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33 GHz Processor; 4 MB L2 Cache, 1333 MHz Bus Speed
- 4096 MB DDR3 RAM; 640 GB (7200RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Product Description
Unleash your creative side with the Gateway SX2800 Desktop featuring powerful Intel Core 2 Quad performance, 4GB DDR3 memory and a large 640GB hard drive packed in a sleek compact design that takes up very little desk space. Recessed into the top of the SX Desktop, a handy device holder with a grip-like feel provides a convenient place to rest your camera, MP3 player, camcorder or more while download media from the front accessible Multi-in-One Card Reader.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 18x DVD+-R/RW Labelflash Drive with Double Layer 6-Channel (5.1) High Definition Audio 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Multi-in-One Card Reader Front ports - 5 x USB, Headphone, Microphone Back ports - 4 x USB, eSATA, IEEE-1394, 2 x PS2 ports (keyboard, mouse), Center/Sub, Rear, Side, Line-in, Microphone, Optical, S/PDIF, RJ-11 (Modem), RJ-45, VGA, HDMI Expansion slots - PCI Express x1 (occupied), PCI Express x16 (available) Drive bays - 5.25 (occupied), 3.5 (occupied) Monitor is not included.
Burn through the hottest new digital media, content creation and advanced 3D gaming with the breakthrough performance of the Intel Core2 Quad processor.Integrated Intel graphics make the most of your visual experience with stunning visuals, beautiful video playback, and excellent mainstream gaming performance plus 5.1-channel high-definition audio.
Customer Reviews (see all-reviews)
Walt Nevers ( San Diego ) A Solid System
A Solid System for all the basics. Fast light and quiet.Good video capabilities. Do not buy if you expect to run any video games like,Crysis or World at War,it does'nt have the neccessary GPU power, and is not upgradeable.
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tedcook ( Seattle, WA ) Fast and Quiet
A couple of these machines showed up at work this summer, and I was so impressed I just ordered one for myself. I have been using it to do some pretty memory and cpu intensive calculations (FEM stuff with Comsole Multiphysics) and it eats it up like a champ. I'm planning to use my personal machine for editing our AVCHD home movies. I also ordered a Radeon HD4650 half-height video card from newegg for about $50. I'll update this post after it all arrives.
Many people mention the button for the optical drive is hard to push. This is true. But there is an EJECT button on the KEYBOARD, so it really couldn't be simpler to access the drive.
Also, Amazon currently lists this computer at $999, which is insane. It can easily be found at other retailers for $450 or less.
UPDATE:
Computer arrived in good condition and is working great. First thing out of the box I burned backup disks using the preloaded utility (3 DVD's and 2 CD's). However, Windows 7 is on its way and I'll do a clean install once I get it. Note: dvd drive can be pretty loud when it is spinning at full speed, at least as compared to how quiet the computer normally is. Not really an issue for DVD playback.
The video card installation was only mildly problematic. Everyone who says you can't put a video card in this machine is just wrong. There are cards out there that will work great in it. My only problem was with the Catalyst Control Center software conflicting with some of the preloaded software. I'll tackle that issue once I get W7. The video card bumped the graphics performance scores from 4.0 to 5.0 Aero and 5.3 gaming. All other scores for the computer are 5.9.
The system is advertised as coming with "800Mhz DDR3 RAM", which I would presume means DDR3-800. In actuality my system shipped with DDR3-1333 units installed, but it seems the motherboard clocks it at the DDR3-1066 speed. Unfortunately, the bios does not give you the ability to adjust the RAM clock speed or voltage.
Haven't tested out full AVCHD editing yet, but it plays the files beautifully using the software that came with my camera. I'm really looking forward to W7 in this regard as AVCHD will be supported natively.
So far, I'm quite happy with it.
Many people mention the button for the optical drive is hard to push. This is true. But there is an EJECT button on the KEYBOARD, so it really couldn't be simpler to access the drive.
Also, Amazon currently lists this computer at $999, which is insane. It can easily be found at other retailers for $450 or less.
UPDATE:
Computer arrived in good condition and is working great. First thing out of the box I burned backup disks using the preloaded utility (3 DVD's and 2 CD's). However, Windows 7 is on its way and I'll do a clean install once I get it. Note: dvd drive can be pretty loud when it is spinning at full speed, at least as compared to how quiet the computer normally is. Not really an issue for DVD playback.
The video card installation was only mildly problematic. Everyone who says you can't put a video card in this machine is just wrong. There are cards out there that will work great in it. My only problem was with the Catalyst Control Center software conflicting with some of the preloaded software. I'll tackle that issue once I get W7. The video card bumped the graphics performance scores from 4.0 to 5.0 Aero and 5.3 gaming. All other scores for the computer are 5.9.
The system is advertised as coming with "800Mhz DDR3 RAM", which I would presume means DDR3-800. In actuality my system shipped with DDR3-1333 units installed, but it seems the motherboard clocks it at the DDR3-1066 speed. Unfortunately, the bios does not give you the ability to adjust the RAM clock speed or voltage.
Haven't tested out full AVCHD editing yet, but it plays the files beautifully using the software that came with my camera. I'm really looking forward to W7 in this regard as AVCHD will be supported natively.
So far, I'm quite happy with it.
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G. Black ( Hollywood, Florida ) Awesome computer
I had a Gateway 750 Pentium 3 since believe it or not 1999. It finally could not keep up with the demands that I made on it. It was made for Windows 98SE and dial up 56K. I forced XP pro and XP Home on it and connected it to cable at 5 meg. After about a year and a half it just had had enough. It kept crashing and giving errors so I finally broke down and realized that I had to buy a new computer. I did a very extensive investigation of all of the availble possibilities and weighed all of the options very carefully and finally concluded that in theory and by review the Gateway SX2800-01 had them all beat hands down. I figured that since I had my other Gateway for a record 10 YEARS why not go for it again. So I did. Guess what ....It is EVERY THING IT IS CRACKED UP TO BE...This IS the best bang for the buck out there bar none. No not Dell, nor HP or any other is even close. It is AWESOME!!!!!!!1
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Michael Catroppo This is a great computer!
This computer gives you more then just bang for the buck. I use Photoshop CS4 and After Effects CS4 for generating different projects I work on and this computer just smokes through the processes like nothing, the processor is powerful and this is a steal for the money. The best product I bought for the money in a long time.
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S. Bachilo What is it for?
I have seen this small box at a local Costco, came home and ordered via Amazon.
I like its small size, low noise, built-in HDMI connector, and it looked like a good audio-video computer station (HTPC) to play Internet and local (including network) files. However, the small size (together with internal "weakness") has also appeared the main problem, which makes this computer hardly usable for anything.
The system graphic chip (Intel) is so much behind time, that it appeared to be not suitable even for ordinary HD/1080p image. I used HDMI output; it is "digital" in most computers, this one is exclusion (it sounds strange, I did not research how this was "achieved"). Just imagine, you can change the size of digital pixels (this means change digital image size without changing resolution), and, since this video output does not provide a standard image size, image pixels from the computer are never aligned with the monitor/digital TV. Strange, that, when stretching is provided, no shift of the image position is available, and the image is nor perfectly centered. I did not expect such a "partial return" to the ancient times of analog monitors. The picture is always bad, its 1080p is worse than 1080i from a satellite receiver, and synchronization is lost sometimes (TV can blink loosing HDMI signal).
A simple resolution with any PC would be to add another video card. This computer shows one empty PCI-E slot. A low-power, low-profile, but real video card (probably, like ATI 4350) would be able to run from the small power supply, and even silently. However, there is less than one inch (about 3/4) from the slot to the wall (actually, top) of the case, and no card would fit there, and a modified one with a slim fan will not be able to push air though the wall.
At the moment, I have no idea, who might need this PC. For the same price (just above $[...]), a one inch wider Dell, HP or Lenovo can work much better and they can be "saved" (slightly upgraded) if will be failing in the basics.
I have left two starts, for its small size (a small junk is better than a large one, takes less room in a landfill).
I like its small size, low noise, built-in HDMI connector, and it looked like a good audio-video computer station (HTPC) to play Internet and local (including network) files. However, the small size (together with internal "weakness") has also appeared the main problem, which makes this computer hardly usable for anything.
The system graphic chip (Intel) is so much behind time, that it appeared to be not suitable even for ordinary HD/1080p image. I used HDMI output; it is "digital" in most computers, this one is exclusion (it sounds strange, I did not research how this was "achieved"). Just imagine, you can change the size of digital pixels (this means change digital image size without changing resolution), and, since this video output does not provide a standard image size, image pixels from the computer are never aligned with the monitor/digital TV. Strange, that, when stretching is provided, no shift of the image position is available, and the image is nor perfectly centered. I did not expect such a "partial return" to the ancient times of analog monitors. The picture is always bad, its 1080p is worse than 1080i from a satellite receiver, and synchronization is lost sometimes (TV can blink loosing HDMI signal).
A simple resolution with any PC would be to add another video card. This computer shows one empty PCI-E slot. A low-power, low-profile, but real video card (probably, like ATI 4350) would be able to run from the small power supply, and even silently. However, there is less than one inch (about 3/4) from the slot to the wall (actually, top) of the case, and no card would fit there, and a modified one with a slim fan will not be able to push air though the wall.
At the moment, I have no idea, who might need this PC. For the same price (just above $[...]), a one inch wider Dell, HP or Lenovo can work much better and they can be "saved" (slightly upgraded) if will be failing in the basics.
I have left two starts, for its small size (a small junk is better than a large one, takes less room in a landfill).
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