Product:
Gateway LX6810-01 Desktop PC w/ GT120 & TV Tuner
Posted on Nov 8, 2009 11:41 pm
Posted on Nov 8, 2009 11:41 pm
Does any one know how the rca inputs work?
Product:
Gateway DX4200-09 - Tower - 1 x Phenom X4 9100e / 1.8 GHz - RAM 4 GB - HDD 1 x 640 GB - DVD?RW / DVD-RAM - Radeon HD 3200 - Mdm - Gigabit Ethernet - Vista Home Premium 64-bit - Monitor : none
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 11:26 pm
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 11:26 pm
Thanks for the comment UnregPunk, it's very helpful.
Product:
Gateway DX4200-09 - Tower - 1 x Phenom X4 9100e / 1.8 GHz - RAM 4 GB - HDD 1 x 640 GB - DVD?RW / DVD-RAM - Radeon HD 3200 - Mdm - Gigabit Ethernet - Vista Home Premium 64-bit - Monitor : none
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 11:21 pm
Posted on Jun 16, 2009 11:21 pm
I brought this computer at BestBuy after I checked out all the other models being sold in my area for this type of computer. It was the cheapest with the best equipment except for the onboard graphics card.
Also the (300 watt)power source is not equipped to handle if the computer is placed in a area of your home that has temperatures up beyond 70 degrees, you lose power as the temp goes up. Add last year's high end cards and you got a problem.
I brought HIS Radeon 4670 with a Antec 750 Watt TruePower, together it cost me $300. If you go cheap with the power source, you'll pay for it later when it dies and takes part of your system with it. I could have got lower but the Microcenter I brought it from actually gave a cheaper price for the 750 watt over the 550 watt. I guess now I can add more hardware with no trouble. This also claims to be 80% efficient.
I can now play Crysis on the highest level graphics with no slowdown. I also have a wiFi card installed so I don't understand why one reviewer said he had to uninstalled his.
The motherboard has only 1 PCI-e slot so if your looking for to crossfire this instead the computer for you.
Also the (300 watt)power source is not equipped to handle if the computer is placed in a area of your home that has temperatures up beyond 70 degrees, you lose power as the temp goes up. Add last year's high end cards and you got a problem.
I brought HIS Radeon 4670 with a Antec 750 Watt TruePower, together it cost me $300. If you go cheap with the power source, you'll pay for it later when it dies and takes part of your system with it. I could have got lower but the Microcenter I brought it from actually gave a cheaper price for the 750 watt over the 550 watt. I guess now I can add more hardware with no trouble. This also claims to be 80% efficient.
I can now play Crysis on the highest level graphics with no slowdown. I also have a wiFi card installed so I don't understand why one reviewer said he had to uninstalled his.
The motherboard has only 1 PCI-e slot so if your looking for to crossfire this instead the computer for you.
Product:
HP IQ504 TouchSmart PC (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
Posted on Sep 26, 2008 5:36 pm
Posted on Sep 26, 2008 5:36 pm
Well I have had mixed results. The 1st IQ506 I got was crap. I had system recoveries and OS lock ups continuously. I also lost the touchscreen completely and the Keyboard LED light was intermittent. I called HP they swore the PC was bulletproof. Well after working with the techs at HP I finally said enough and exchanged the PC. The nmew one appears to be working fine, time will tell. I did see the DVD comments and will be checking that immediately. WHile I feel there are some serious QUALITY issues with all HP products (I also got a lemon laptop from them) I do think this PC is a very nice and unique layout. I would hope that for the $1500+ per unit HP will put some serious minds behind correcting and flaws. After working On PC hardware now for years both in the build and repair areas I felt the PC problem APPEARED (my opinion) to be a power related issue. The faulty one I had appeared to be having intermittent failures throughout the system. In my experience this is usually power supply related. I cannot confirm this as I am not paid to fix HP's PCs for them ;) I would bet that a larger and more robust power supply may correct these "lemons". Take care and good luck!
