Gateway SX2800-01 desktop computer reviews

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 9:33
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Gateway has come up with yet another budget friendly machine. The latest Gateway’s SX2800-01 computer is a win all deal. The computer is impressive in the aspect that it boasts of a rich features-set and carries a price tag of a mere $510.

In the family of budget PCs, the Gateway’s SX2800-01 computer really stands out as an impressive and performance oriented machine. It is capable of demonstrating an excellent all round performance. The presence of an HDMI video output for a budget PC is actually surprising. It enables you to use your PC as a secondary media hub. But the Gateway’s SX2800-01 computer has it all and shows it all. In simple words, the SX2800-01 is the perfect match of performance, features, looks, and price.

The style of the SX2800-01 is the slim tower one. The computer measures 11.5 inches by 4 inches by 14.25 inches. These dimensions make this computer a pretty small device. This computer does not feature standard number of expansion ports. This makes getting upgrades on this device a pretty difficult and tedious affair.

The processor in the Gateway SX2800-01 is a 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor. It is supported by 4GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM. This memory can be expanded up to 8GB. The graphics on this computer are as a result of a single 32MB Intel GMA X4500 graphics card. There are plenty of storage options on this computer. This is evident by the presence of 640GB, 7,200rpm hard drive in the system. The optical drive on this computer is provided in the form of a dual layer DVD burner. The computer features pre loaded version of 64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 operating system.

Even though the Gateway SX2800-01 is direct in competition with Dell Inspiron 537s, the presence of Pentium Dual Core chip in the Dell version makes it ahead of the Gateway SX2800-01 in some way. But at the same time, the price of Gateway SX2800-01 is far lesser than that of Dell Inspiron 537s. The Gateway SX2800-01 supports five USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet jack, VGA video output, and an HDMI output. The Gateway SX2800-01 is an excellent budget computer that can easily be dubbed as a secondary media hub.