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Original Price: $1,799.99 Gateway FX542X Gaming Desktop PC - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, 4GB PC6400, 2x 500GB SATA II-RAID 0, DVDRW, Blu-RAY/HD-DVD ROM, nForce 680i LT SLI, 9800GT, 2x Gigabit, 700W, Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 Now Just $1,499.99

Gateway FX542X Gaming Desktop PC
This gamer is fast. It deliveris raw power and maximum performance. Tackle demanding 3D apps, power through rich gaming environments and manage your high-def media library with the Gateway FX542X desktop computer. The quad-core power breezes through power-hungry apps like high-end gaming, video editing and photo processing. This Gateway FX desktop definitely goes to 11. You’ve heard of the power and speed of the quad cores? It’s here. The end result is a very fast and powerful desktop. Engineered for next-gen gaming and high-end apps, and optimized for HD media, the Gateway FX542X delivers awesome quad-core power.

Ready For Serious Gaming and Multimedia
Check out the rest of the specs on this monster PC and you will see why you can’t pass up this offer. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz processor runs with 4GB of DDR2 memory, dual 50GB SATA II hard drives in RAID 0 for a total of 1TB of fast storage space. This machine is not just for gaming…it can also make a poweful entertainment center thanks to a Blu-Ray/HD-DVD player and DVDRW, a second DVDRW optical drive, Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card, and NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT PCI Express video card. The list goes on and on: DUAL gigabit LAN, firewire ports, and S/PDIF out. Get one before they’re gone.

Blu-Ray & HD-DVD Player
The optical drive on this machine can play BOTH Blu-Ray and HD-DVD movies. The Blu-ray format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience. The HD DVD format supports a wide variety of resolutions, from low-resolution CIF and SDTV, all video resolutions supported by the DVD-Video standard, and up to HDTV formats such as 720p, 1080i and 1080p.

Labelflash DVD label burner
Labelflash allows you to burn monochrome, multi-gradated pictures and/or write titles on the label side of DVD discs that utilize the special writing dye developed by FUJIFILM Corporation through the use of a DVD writers with the Labelflash function.

Gateway FX542X Gaming Desktop Specifications

Condition:  New     Operating Systems:  64-bit, Genuine Windows® Vista™ Ultimate     Platform:  PC     Orientations Allowed:  Vertical     Form Factor:  uBTX     Bays:  2 - 5.25" Drive Bays     2 - 3.5" Drive Bays     Internal Bays:  3 - 3.5" Drive Bays     Available 3.5" Drive Bays:  1     Available 5.25" Drive Bays:  0     PCI Slots (Total):  1     PCI Slots (Available):  0     PCI Express X1 Slots (Total):  1     PCI Express X1 Slots (Available):  1     PCI Express X4 Slots (Total):  1     PCI Express X4 Slots (Available):  1     PCI Express X16 Slots (Total):  2     PCI Express X16 Slots (Available):  1     PCI Express Slots (Total):  4     PCI Express Slots (Available):  3     Expansion Slots:  5     PS/2 Keyboard Connectors:  1     PS/2 Mouse Connectors:  1     USB Ports:  7     FireWire Ports:  3     LAN Ports:  2     Audio Out Jacks:  2     Line In Jacks:  1     Microphone Jacks:  2     S/PDIF Connectors:  1     Processor Brand:  Intel®     Processor Class:  Core 2 Quad     Processor Number:  Q9300     Processor Speed:  2.50GHz     Processor Interface:  Socket LGA775     Processors Supported:  1     Processors Onboard:  1     Additional Technologies:  Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology     Quad-Core Technology     Memory Type:  Dual Channel     DDR2     Memory Size:  1GB     Total Memory:  4.0GB     Memory Speed:  DDR2 800 (PC2-6400)     Memory Slots (Total):  4     Memory Slots (Available):  0     Maximum Memory Supported:  4.0GB - 32bit / 8.0GB - 64 bit     Interface:  SATA II     Capacity:  500GB     Speed:  7,200RPM     Interface:  SATA II     Capacity:  500GB     Speed:  7,200RPM     Optical Drive Type:  Blu-ray/HD DVD Player & DVD±RW/RAM Dual Layer Burner     Interface:  SATA     Optical Drive Type:  DVD±RW/RAM Dual Layer LabelFlash     Interface:  SATA     Type:  Media Reader     Capacity:  9-in-1     Media Types:  MicroDrive     SecureDigital     SmartMedia     Memory Stick     Multimedia Card     Memory Stick PRO     xD     Compact Flash II     Compact Flash I     Audio Description:  PCI Sound Card     Audio Chipset:  Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi     Channels:  7.1     Graphics Description:  PCI-Express Video Card     GPU/VPU:  NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT     Video Memory:  512MB Memory     Video Interface:  2 DVI     DVI to VGA Adapter     TV-Out     Communications Description:  Dual Integrated LAN Support     Interface Type:  RJ-45 - Ethernet Connector     Data Transfer Rate:  1000Mbps     10Mbps     100Mbps     Power:  700 Watt     Mouse Type:  Optical     Buttons:  3     Scrolling Capability:  Vertical     Connection Type:  USB     Keyboard Type:  Multimedia     Connection Type:  PS/2     Height:  16.9"     Width:  8"     Depth:  20"

Gateway FX542X Gaming Desktop Features

• Internal Flash Media Reader
  This convenient media reader provides fast digital transfer for CompactFlash, MicroDrive, MemoryStick, MemoryStick Pro, SmartMedia, xD, MultiMedia and SecureDigital cards.
• Front Firewire, USB and Audio Ports
  Convenient front Firewire, USB ports and audio ports. The firewire ports are great for connecting to video cameras and external hard drives. The USB ports can be used for flash drives, hard drives, cameras, camcorders, and other USB devices. It also has one headphone/audio out jack and one MIC input/line in jack.
• Intel Core 2 Quad Processor
  This system comes equipped with a blazingly fast Intel Core 2 Quad Processor, designed both for gamers and for those who use demanding 3D applications.
• NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT Graphics Card
  This system features NVIDIA 9800GT Graphics for crisp, clear gaming animation and beautiful 3D rendering. With 512MB of dedicated memory, a revolutionary unified architecture and full support for DirectX 10 games, the GeForce 9800GT GPU deliver unprecedented performance, extraordinarily detailed environments, and film-quality game effects.
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer PCI Sound Card
  This system comes with powerful, hi-fi sound output that will make your gaming experience incredibly immersive. X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone sound creates nine virtual speakers over stereo headphones for positional audio that’s so accurate you can actually use it to locate enemies. Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room, and ompressed game sounds will jump to life with X-Fi Crystalizer, delivering crisp, sharp gunshots and deep, booming explosions.

Buy It Gateway FX542X Gaming Desktop PC - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, 4GB PC6400, 2x 500GB SATA II-RAID 0, DVDRW, Blu-RAY/HD-DVD ROM, nForce 680i LT SLI, 9800GT, 2x Gigabit, 700W, Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 Now Just $1,499.99