| Gateway LX6810-01 Desktop PC w/ GT120 & TV Tuner |  | Brand: Gateway
Category: CE
Buy Used: $1,200.00
as of 3/12/2010 07:53 CST details
Seller: itlnprncess10
Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 36,594
Media: Personal Computers
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Permium 64-bit
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.33
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Processors: 4
System Memory: 8000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 640
Shipping Weight (lbs): 37.3
MPN: PT.G590X.001
Model: LX6810-01
UPC: 884483431953
EAN: 0884483431953
ASIN: B001NW35HY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Contents - Desktop PC, Keyboard/Mouse, USB Stereo Speakers, Remote Control | | • | 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 All-in-One 2008 60-Day Trial, 1-Year Limited Warranty | | • | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33 GHz Processor; 4 MB L2 Cache, 1333 MHz Front Side Bus | | • | 8192 MB DDR2 (PC2-6400) RAM Max - 8 GB; 640 GB (7200RPM, 16MB Cache) SATA II Hard Drive |
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Product Description
The Gateway LX6810-01 Desktop is packed full of features for the media minded enthusiast. With Quad-Core performance, NVIDIA GT120 Graphics, and plenty of storage you can dominate the latest games and render, manage and create with reckless abandon! Watch and record live television with the combo TV Tuner and easily connect to a LCD Television with the HDMI interface. A remote controller is included for added convenience. 8 GB memory delivers incredible system speed to effortlessly handle multitasking, watch streaming video and bypass loading screens. Beyond the built-in analog and digital TV tuner, the Internet is filled with websites that offer video streaming of television from around the world. With the integrated NVIDIA GeForce GT120 video processor and 1 GB dedicated video memory, you can enjoy viewing streamed TV and video without a hitch. This is no ordinary desktop PC. It truly is a gateway beyond computing, as you've known it. NVIDIA GeForce GT120 with 1024MB Dedicated Video Memory for smooth, flawless play of TV and Video; 18x DVD+-R/RW Labelflash Drive; Analog/Digital TV Tuner with 3-D Comb Filter; 8-Channel (7.1) High Definition Audio; 10/100/1000; Gigabit Ethernet LAN 15-in-1 card Digital Media reader with Smart copy button - Supports CompactFlash I/II, Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, MultiMediaCard Plus, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, xD-Picture Card, SmartMedia and Microdrive. Also supports miniSD, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC) and MultiMediaCard Mobile with optional adapters (not included) Front ports - 2 x USB, IEEE-1394 Firewire, Headphone, Microphone; Back ports - 4 x USB, eSATA, IEEE-1394, 2 x PS2 ports (keyboard, mouse), Center/Sub, Rear , Side, Line-in, Microphone, RJ-11 (Modem), RJ-45, VGA, HDMI, DVI, 3 RCA Ports Expansion slots - 2 x PCI (One available), PCI Express x1 (occupied), PCI Express x16 (occupied); Drive bays
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 Excellent Workhorse of a Computer February 4, 2010
Sara Nelson (DC area)
I upgraded to this computer in the Spring of 2009. Love it. I have three open bays for hard drives and I hopefully will have them filled up this weekend. The computer is fast and can handle multiple applications open at once. I usually have email, a browser, Word and Photoshop open and use them all without any lag issues.
I came from a computer that ran Windows XP and Vista did take some getting used to. I do love the feature though and use it all the time now for everything.
Comcast gave us a TV viewer for free, just hooked it into the computer and I can now watch cable on my monitor if I want.
The one thing I don't like is the "smart card" reader. I had them send me a new module as I couldn't get it to work. I now just use an external card reader for CF cards. No biggie, but, it was a pain at first. Just a hint, if you get that hidden panel open, just leave it open. It's on the top of the tower and a real pain to open the first time.
The keyboard, mouse and speakers that were included are in a closet. I had everything including a monitor from my previous tower, so I didn't need them. Norton was gone after reformatting the computer.
I bought mine at Best Buy for around $800. If you can find this for that price, or less, buy it, it won't let you down.
All in all a great computer for what I do. I don't use it for gaming, just for graphics and photos.
 Don't buy Gateway products January 24, 2010
Gateway Customer
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this computer and it's been a nightmarish experience.
First of all, Gateway isn't really Gateway anymore. It was bought by Acer a while ago, you can see all the info about that in the Wikipedia article.
Second... "Gateway" does nothing to support its customers. Their call centers are in India. I've spend hours on the phone with them and it's completely pointless. You can barely understand what they're saying, and even when you can, the only thing they'll do to help you is ask you to ship your computer back to them (at your expense). Do a few Google searches to read the horror stories of the people who actually did ship their computers. Basically, they come back with the same exact problems they had before.
Third... Gateway is selling a defective model with the LX6810. Again, simply Google the term "Gateway LX6810" and you'll see the top results include "Gateway LX6810 problems"... Gateway LX6810 BIOS updates"... etc. It's a complete mess. The product's design is defective: they built it without enough exhaust fans and it will begin to overheat and randomly shut down on you after a few months.
Of course, Gateway has a BIOS update on their site which supposedly will fix the problem. I installed it, and now my computer won't boot up at all. So they sell me a piece of garbage and then make it even worse.
I guess the funniest thing, to me is that this info is all over the Internet. It doesn't take too much effort to find it. Yet, when I call Gateway and ask them if they'll even acknowledge that many people who own this model of computer are having the exact same problems, they won't.
Please save yourself a lot of time, money and stress... don't buy Gateway products. Especially not this model.
Gateway is Terrible! January 15, 2010
M. Christiano (nj)
Recent purchase of Gateway computer. After 2 weeks of "troubleshooting" with a chat techie -- I have to pay to ship this piece of junk back to Gateway for them to fix. They don't stand behind their products and I will never purchase another Gateway computer ever. Do yourself a favor and buy another brand.
 Know What You are Getting Into! January 4, 2010
Caitlin Goodale-porter
OK, I have read all the horror stories with this machine, but the refurbished price was too good to pass up. You get a lot of machine for your money. It seems all the performance problems (random and increasingly frequent shutdowns) are related to poor heat management in the case. So, before I even turned the thing on I installed the following:
1. 1, 80mm intake fan mounted to the front of the case (sucking from the outside into the case)
2. 1, 120mm fan in the rear of the case to evacuate air from the case.
3. 1, PCI cooler card to evacuate heat from the graphics card (note that I had to remove the modem and plug the card into that slot...although there is an open slot under the graphics card, the components of the card protrude too deeply to make any use of the slot).
4. 1, hard drive cooler.
Probably overkill I know, but I had all these components laying around anyway salvaged from my last system. Note that you only have one moly plug to work with, so you will need the adaptor plugs that usually come with the fans. There is no on board plugs for fans that I have found. Installing the fans is an easy task...even if you are not use to building your own system. You could hire someone to do it, but please don't waste your money...if you own a screwdriver, you can do it!
Once the system was up and running, you will notice it is a little noisier than before you added the fans so I guess that is a downside, but it seems worth it for the stability.
A few other things to help the heat problems:
1. Change the performance rating from "performance" to "balanced." It is someplace in the control panel.
2. Flash the bios with the new one on the Gateway website. This just turns the CPU fan at maximum all the time which adds to the noise. I chose not to do this...yet. I think the case fan additions should solve the problem.
3. Clean out the computer case every couple of months. The dust buildup will insulate the components and add to the heat problems as well as shorten the life of electrolytic capacitors and the like.
4. Set the power settings to hibernate or shut down when not in use...it'll save electricity as well!
OK how does it work. It's the fastest machine I've ever owned, so I'm impressed. All my frustrations come from trying to figure out Vista (from XP). However, the machine was eligible for the Windows 7 upgrade. So I installed that with only minor hitches. Only problems I encountered was much of my old software was designed for 32 bit systems and will not work, or at least not work correctly on this 64 bit machine. Some of my old peripherals will not work either...my beloved Panasonic KX-7100 laser printer is now a 20 pound paper weight. So if you are doing the math on this system, factor in the cost of upgrading some of your old peripherals.
Working like a champ for a month now. No problem with the random shut down situation. I like the tuner card, but am not a fan of Windows Media Center. Like any new software, it's a learning curve. The front control panel is pretty useless if you have the thing sitting on the floor like I have. The pop up card reader works well and is nice for SD cards from your camera.
Upgrade wise, you are maxed out for RAM when you buy it, so no juice there. Has slots for 1 other internal hard drive and one bay for an optical drive. It has two nice front loading bays for SATA hard drives (of which I have none). It has an IDE header on the board, so you can attach two IDE drives with a ribbon cable. I'll use my old DVD writer and a 120 g hard drive from my old system. The board has one open PCI slot, but good luck using it as the graphics card components protrude too much. You might get by with a really slim card? You can however, take out the modem (does anyone still use those?) and have a nice slot for a normal size card. I chose to add a cooling card as there have been some complaints that the graphics card gets too not in graphics heavy games. As mentioned before, it has only one moly plug available, so you might need some splitters to get things configured the way you like.
>>>Update<<<
That ain't a ide drive header on the motherboard, it is a floppy drive header! I actually had a floppy drive and cable, but elected not to put it in because I have not used a floppy in years. Just thought you would like to know!
 Defective December 14, 2009
G. Vann
I've owned this computer since March 09 and have now run into the infamous random shutoff problem. After downloading the BIOS update the computer is now much louder but no longer shuts off, I assume the heatsink fan is set to full power or something now but that isn't really doing much to mask that the case has no other fans to cool any of the components. Also after the BIOS update booting hangs up from time to time for a minute, honestly for a computer not even a year old yet this is pathetic.
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