Gateway FX6800-11 Intel Core i7 920(2.66GHz) 6GB DDR3 750GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150 Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit - Retail

Works well for Vide Editing/3D

Reviewed By: Mick on 6/14/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: this is a great buy, good sized power supply, can expand and the drive swapping is so easy (got 2 1TBs and added a 500GB inside plus a BlueRay burner). The i7 and 6GigRam and video card is great for VegasPro8, SoundForge9, AcidPro7, Poser7andPro, VueXstream6, Lightwave 3D and the full Adobe CS4creative suite and on and on (you can have the whole Sony suite open with dual monitors with Microsoft programs and it is smooth...my partner ran simultaneously 4 HD streams from an Sony EX1 and 3 HD Sony CXRs in Vegas as multicamera editing with no problem, and this would choke most machines. No crashes, an almost unheard of in our experience. Will be getting a second one soon and my partner already got one 2 weeks ago and loves it. Hope I do not have to interact with Gateway service, but seems most are getting good machines.

Cons: They are not on a 2 for 1 sale

Other Thoughts: People say the case is cheap, but it really is a decent design and has so much access to I/O and size to grow...without having to upgrade the power supply. It is quiet with an amazing array of cooling fins. Easy to get into and add stuff. Ram is cheap and I thought about dropping another $150 of 6 Gigs, but I have yet to see anything that we are doing that ever even gets close to maxing out the 6 Gig. This is truly a rendering machine. We cannot wait to put 3-4 of these together to network render...a farm at home! My advise is this is the buy of the decade for me and I get a new, more powerful PC every 12-18mo. for the last 15 years (I spent almost $6K on a Mac that was an effort in futility) and have a $10K Tesseract VT5 system with dual quad Xenons that cannot keep up with this little monster...you will not be disappointed on the value at this price. I would rather buy 2-3 more of these than a big graphics workstation as it would cost less and have 32 processors to render.

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Amazing Out of Box Gaming PC

Reviewed By: Jim on 6/10/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: - Good design
- Quiet and good ventillation
- Amazing graphics and speed
- Tons of extra USB and other media drives
- Ready out of the box
- Solid Power Supply
- More room for RAM Upgrades

Cons: - No Windows Vista restore disk included
- Front and top panels are functional but poor quality
- Bloatware

Other Thoughts: This is a great gaming PC for those looking for the speed of the i7 and loads of RAM, with space to upgrade. Also great for everyone with a thousand external devices ranging from USB drives to extra hardrives and camera's. Highly recommended for out of box gaming

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Reviewed By: on 6/9/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: This computer is quite fast. Playing WoW, even at the lowest vid settings, still looks absolutely fantastic. I have 5 raid addons, and I still have 60+ FPS in Dal (which is phenominal). At it's price, it's as good as it gets. Just make sure to get a nice monitor so that you can appreciate all the awesome graphics =)

Cons: I hate Norton 360, and it comes on this comp. That's about it.

Other Thoughts: If you're a gamer, this is a must buy. If you're interested in video/audio editing, this is a must buy.

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