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Posted at 12:42 PM on Wednesday 10/21/09 by
Ben
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JR.com has the Gateway Core 2 Quad SX2800-03 Desktop PC for $430 with free shipping. Features a Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz processor, 4GB DDR3 memory, 640GB SATA HDD, Intel GMA X4500, Gigabit LAN, Vista Home Premium 64-bit, and onboard sound. Includes keyboard, mouse, and PC multimedia speakers. [Compare]
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    Dman - Posted 1:03 pm PDT 10/21/09 (1172 Posts)  Report Spam

    free upgrade to windows 7?

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    jaygeedubbya - Posted 1:31 pm PDT 10/21/09 (36 Posts)  Report Spam

    I got this machine in August for ~$380 with Bing cashback. It is a decent machine. I have added another 4 GB of memory, a tuner card (which really doesn't fit), and a Radeon 4650.

    There is almost no room above the video card, and it gets VERY hot.

    The DVD drive leaves very little space for the PCIe 1x slot. My tuner card (Visiotek PCIe 650) is actually touching the back edge of the DVD drive. I insulated the back edge of the card with electrical tape. It is pretty ghetto, but it works fine.

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    taybrynn - Posted 12:37 pm PDT 10/29/09 (6 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have bought 3 of these ... and they KICK BUTT. You can only expand the graphics card, but the machine out of the box flys and is very capable ... and quiet as a mouse. Small enough to live on the desk top as well. Firewire, Gigabit ... and Vista experience score of like 4.1 ... no complaints with this system ... and I used to build them.

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