good deal? This was $1000 a few months back?

9100e is fairly slow clock. Probably not that good for gaming.
CPU is good for low power applications (media center machine) as it only uses 65w.

Gateway product description:
http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668220.php

Machine only has 300W PSU.
Machine has poor reviews on graphics card.

#2: it's an integrated graphics card. It can play HD video. Sure, it's slow, but you aren't going to use an integrated video chip for gaming.

I do agree that this isn't a good deal. You could easily build a faster and more upgradable computer(and overclockable) for less.