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Tower - 1 x Core 2 Quad Q8200 / 2.33 GHz - RAM 8 GB - HDD 1 x 640 GB - DVD More product details

$579.97

Includes discreet graphics card ; configuration includes TV tuner and remote control ; chassis... (cnet.com)

Strong performance considering the price ; Easy-to-access hot-swap drive bays (pcworld.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Gateway LX6810

We have collected and analyzed 2 expert reviews and 103 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 76/100 and users rate it 64/100. The average review date is May 11, 2009. We have compared these reviews to 66337 reviews from other Desktops. The alaScore™ for this product is 89/100 = Very good. Last update: November 19, 2009.

alaSCORE 89

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105 reviews

November, 2009

76 / 100

2 Experts

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64 / 100

103 Users

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Expert Reviews (2)

US

Gateway LX 6810-01

By (cnet.com)

Includes discreet graphics card ; configuration includes TV tuner and remote control ; chassis offers ample room for expansion ; inexpensive

No Wi-Fi ; smaller hard drive than the competition

The affordable Gateway LX6810-01 scores high points for offering high-end components right off the shelf. We recommend this system for multimedia editors and light gamers who can make use of its hard-working Nvidia 3D card and full 8GB of RAM. However ...

Intense gamers, multimedia editors, and families looking for a multipurpose...

Rating

76100

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cnet.com
US

Gateway LX6810-01

By David Murphy (pcworld.com)

At first glance, Gateway's LX6810-01 value PC seems to be an excellent choice priced at a reasonable $800 (as of 8/23/09). The system throws gaming to the curb, however, and while that won't matter to everybody, its failure to match the general ...

Strong performance considering the price ; Easy-to-access hot-swap drive bays

Gaming performance suffers ; No next-generation device or display connections

It's hard to top the combination of price and performance you'll get in the Gateway LX6810-01--hard, but not impossible. For the most part, you can find faster systems in the value-PC category, but you'll have to jump up significantly in price to ...

While the aforementioned HP and Dell machines received scores of 107 and 109...

Rating

75100

pcworld.com

User Reviews (103)

US

"Runs Great! Until about 4-5 months after you buy it."

By weespat (cnet.com)

Great computer, it ran great... if it wasn't ... 

Runs like a freakin' maniac

After 4-5 months RANDOM SHUT DOWNS

US

"runs fine... if you know how to adjust settings."

By teajayo (cnet.com)

after experiencing shut downs, removing the s... 

expansion slots infront, easy acces to install a new harddrive with windows7 on it. and still keep vista64 bit

none. read below

US

"Thought it was a bargain-guess you get what you pay for"

By dawgenstein (cnet.com)

Considering this machine had a catastrophic f... 

2 front-loading slide-in SATA hard drive bays. Simplifies moving a hard-drive from old machine w/o having to open the case and mess with cables, screws, etc

6 months after purchase, had motherboard failure. Even under warranty, had to pay $40 out of pocket to ship the machine back to the Gateway repair center for a replacement. Getting warranty service was worse

Manufacturer's Description

With a PC like this it's all about the numbers, and the Gateway LX6810-01 Desktop has numbers aplenty. Q8200 Intel Core 2 Quad. 15-in-1 media card reader. 7.1-channel high-def Dolby Home Theater. 6 USB 2.0, 1 HDMI and 2 IEEE 1394 ports. Then there are the NVIDIA graphics and chipset, DVD

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