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Compaq GX5000Z

November 4th, 2004 | by Ian Bell

Included features
 
 
System  

Cooler Master Wave Master case
Full MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard
System dimensions: 17.875" H x 7.625" W x 20.75" D

Processor

AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 at 2.41GHz

Memory

1 GB DDR / PC3200 (2 DIMM)

Hard Drive

148GB RAID 0 (2 x 74GB) WD Raptor SATA 10,000 RPM

Video Card

Nvidia Geforce FX 6800 Ultra 256MB
 

Primary CD/DVD Drive

48x max. CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive (48x32x16x48x) 

Secondary Drive

Double Layer 16X DVD+/-R/RW drive

Sound Card

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (no front audio ports)
 
 
 
Chipset  

Nforce3 250 Ultra 
 
 
System Bus  

2000MHz using HyperTransport™ technology with up to 12.8 GB/sec total processor-to-system bandwidth 
 
 
Power Output Wattage  

470 Watt Enermax power supply 
 
 
Memory  

Total memory slots: four DIMM
Maximum memory expansion: 3GB 

 
 
Expansion slots  

Five PCI expansion slots (three available)
8X AGP slot 
 
 
 
Drive Bays  

Four external 5.25-inch, (1-2 occupied by CD/DVD drives, depending on configuration)
One external 3.5-inch (occupied by media card reader)
Four internal 3.5-inch (1-2 filled by hard drive, depending on configuration) 
 
 
I/O Ports  

USB 2.0: Seven (one front, two top, and four back)
FireWire (IEEE 1394): Two (one top and one back)
Microphone: One (back)
Line-in: One (back)
Parallel: One (back)
Serial: One (back)
PS/2 Keyboard: One (back)
PS/2 Mouse: One (back)
VGA: One (back, on graphics card)
Line-out : One (back) 
 
 
 
Communications  

Gigabit Ethernet controller 
 
 
 
Warranty  

One-year limited hardware warranty
One year toll-free technical telephone assistance, available 24/7 
 
 
 
Software  

iTunes
RecordNow!
InterVideo® WinDVD® 4
Microsoft Windows MovieMaker 2.0
Adobe® Acrobat Reader