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Gateway FX540XT

April 1st, 2008 | by Josh Norem

Standard Configuration

Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (32-bit)
Processor Factory Overclocked Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor2 QX6850 (3.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 8MB L2 cache)3
Memory 4096MB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM (4-1024MB module)4
Hard Drive 1000GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive w/ 16MB cache & Raid 0 (2-500GB hard drives)5
Optical Drive 16X Super MFDVDRW/DVD-RAM+/-R Double Layer
Optical Drive Hybrid Blu-Ray/HD DVD Player and SuperMulti Format DVD-RW DL Drive (Vista ONLY)
Video Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTX 768MB Factory Overclocked with SLI™ Technology (Dual DVI, VGA adapter and TV Out)
Sound Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer PCI Sound Card
Media Card Reader 9-in-1 Memory Card Reader
Speakers Logitech® X-240 2.1 Speakers
Application Software Microsoft® Works® 9.0 & Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 (60-day complimentary trial)6
Backup Media Gateway FX540XT Recovery DVD V1.0 - MENTOR
Chassis Gateway® 7-bay BTX tower case
Color FX Logo Accent - Black Steel
Expansion Slots (1) PCI Expansion Slots, (1) PCI-E x1 Expansion Slot, (1) PCI-E x4 Expansion Slot, (2) PCI-E x16 Expansion Slot
External Ports (7) USB 2.0 (3 front, 4 rear), (3) IEEE 1394 firewire (2 front, 1 rear), (2) RJ45 connector, Audio ports, and (2) PS/2
Keyboard Gateway® Elite Keyboard (Windows Vista® Certified)
Motherboard Systemboard with NVIDIA® nForce® 680i LT Chipset
Mouse Soft-touch USB Optical Wheel Mouse
Network (2) Integrated Gigabit (1000) Ethernet Connections
Power Supply 700 Watt Power Supply
Security Software Norton Internet Security™ (60-day live updates)7
Software Documentation End User License Agreement for Non-Microsoft Software
Warranty 1 Year Basic (Tech Support - Parts - Factory Labor)8