I got the Gateway FX6801-03 version of this comp and I like it for the most part however my computer freezes on the starting windows screen unless I leave it off for a full minute :/
However I did upgrade the vid card to a EVGA geforce GTX 560 ti.
What I really want to upgrade now is the PSU unit, the case maybe, and get some more fans.. cause this thing runs hot for me
I also bought this PC and I love it. I didn't feel good about the 450 watt (500 PEAK) power supply so I got a Corsair TX750 and this system runs everything great. Oh, added another fan to the side grill, an 80mm Antec 3 speed.
I don't see why you swapped out the 4850, unless you were one of the unlucky ones to get a 512mb model. I have the HD 4850 1GB and it runs MW2, Crysis, Just Cause 2, all on high with no problem. GTX9800 isn't an upgrade.
@wesright I got the 512, but why would they put a 512 in there if other people got the 1GB for the same price? I either smell rip off or it's because you bought the computer for more? Anyway, that's not why I'm replying. I'm replying because I want to know if I could get the 1GB card and replace that with my 512 one, or Crossfire it for better preformance? Would it really be worth running the 512 with the 1GB?
@JizzTechCo, I do run a lot of games at the higher resolutions on my 24" LCD so the extra memory helps. Re: crossfire, it would help a lot BUT I'd swap the PS. I got a Corsair TX750. It's a GREAT PS and it'll help BIGTIME with surges and dips in power in ways your stock cheapo PS won't. A power regulator or even a UPS would be ideal but a better PS is critical IMO. If keeping the PS, maybe look into say a 4870 x2? they're getting cheaper and won't tax PS as much as 2 cards I think(dbl-chk tho)
@wesright I'll replace the PS, I'm looking into the 4870x2 cards already, and they look pretty nuts. Imagine running two of those babies at the same time lol, but I don't plan on doing that, I have a 16" moniter, so would extra memory be needed?
@JizzTechCo Not really. If you've got a huge monitor and you want to run games at something like 1920x1200 or 1600x1200, then I'd say yes. Mainly, that is where going from say 512MB to 1GB helps. Two cards, or the x2 versions, they need more memory. Also, if you want to run 2 monitors, that also needs more mem. However, things are always prone to change and extra memory is never bad, if you can get it for only a few bucks more, it might be worth it.
i have this comp and i can run almost every game on max settings but recently one of my RAM sticks fried and now i only have 2 gigs. about to use that warranty booyeah
I got the same computer, and it says I already have an outdated graphics card.
I've had the computer for a year now, and I dont think its outdated, because they say its the best graphics card. Its the default graphics card they put into the fx6800, any idea what's wrong?
ok, fucking literally, i had no idea that firewire port was there till i saw you open it just now. i just opened it and it was filled with dust, never seen it till now
and thoes cords that u dontknow where they go lol they run to the USB's and SD slots in the top of ur case thats what there for o and the LCD touch screen
Only problem I have, is the bios is locked and I cant overclock and I don't have any fan controls, other than smart fan disable or enable. Google was not my friend in this case:P
and also my comp is noisy as hell tho i cant control the fan speed but yeah i want the comp so badly tho people who read my comments on this video will say its a waste of money by switching and i should stay with my custom i dont give a crap i dont like my custom lol i want a gateway and i was thinking of a dell xps but i heard those crash alot with blue screen of death so i want that lol
custom comps then go ahead but i wasnt smart enough to make one tho im using my custom comp rite now, it doesnt have much probs anymore actually no more probs at all except i bought a full tower which it sits at my desk and its huge and thats y im planning to buy that comp and switch my graphic card a gtx 280 or mayb use that one and save my gtx 280 i dunno but i dont really like custom comps anymore cause im not a pro at building them such a freaken hassle and a waste of money.
u bought it for 1100 at best buy lol and on sams club it was 900 bucks but good thing u didnt built a custom comp cause i did and its a really big hassle and lots of probs with overheating and i had to fix many things costed me 1.8k total =( freaken waste i shouldve bought this comp cause i used to had a gateway and it ran smoothly for me never had a problem but i was so stupid cause i wanted a comp thats see through lol but yeah good thing you bought that thought if u were a pro at making
i have this computer and it CAN play it on ultra it is a really good one for crysis because mine come with gtx 285 and 12 gig of ram so yeah it will work
6:52 those cables are in case that u add a wi-fi card on it too bad my lx doesn't have does little cables and another thing the next video that u do put a little bit more of lights so it could see better good pc
my is
400 watts ATX planing to upgrade it to 1000w
8 GB DDR2
NVIDIA G-Force GT 120 planing to upgrade it too to nvidia gtx 285 soon
and a intel 2.33 ghz overclock to 2.66 ghz running smooth
Alright so ive ran into a pretty big problem, i got my second card in and sli bridge about 3 weeks ago and wanted to hook them up and and get all the bugs out before i posted the nxt video, but when i hooked them up the nvidia control panel doesn't have the enable sli option, like at all, ive got the latest drivers, i already checked the bios, and did a clean install of all nvidia drivers, ive switched the cards around and the bridge in everywhich way and still no luck.
BTW i was gone for 2 weeks on vacation thats why its been no long without an update, but anyways ive called BFG tech and gateway support but no luck with either, i even took it to the Geek squad but i seemed to know more about computers than they did so that was a waist of gas...ps: they r both regonized in the device manager....all in all i think im going to have 2 just buy a new bridge and hope that works, but does anyone have any suggestions before i have to order...major thanks in advance
First off I made back up disks, then deleted all the add on software crap, put in a 1000w PSU, a GTX 295, and 6GB of CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1600 DDR3. I play CRISIS on VERY HIGH on my 40in LCD.
Replaceing the PSU was tricky, you have to remove BOTH side panels.
I'm going to sell the RAM and VIDEO card if anyone's interested :)
I grabbed an ANTEC TRUE POWER QUATTRO. White box, can't miss it :)
My rig's been up and goin' for a week, the ONLY issue I have is I can't get SIRIUS RADIO to work but other than that... I'm playing all my old games on max settings :)
STALKER
ROME TOTAL WAR
BIOSHOCK is on deck next, as soon as I stop playing L4D!
it does come with a graphics card right? if you buy it online? im thinking of buying it for gaming and oter highspeed things, would you reccomend this pc because its a nightmare trying to find one that i like nd meets MY expectations. i dont want to buy another crappy pc again...
Yes it says on the box and the websites that it comes with a 512mb ati 4850, but it acually comes with a crappy off brand 1GB 4850 that doesn't even have an s-video port so yeah lol i repaced it wil haste lol
can you use Intel Core i7-975 Extreme 3.86 on the motherboard the one you have now,and also the latest video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 , thank you....?
Yes im actually still waiting on my second 9800GTX to come in i already got my sli bridge and RAM in but the video cards taking forever, i called UPS and they said its been sent but to washington for whatever reason, but what u gonna do lol, but stayed tuned and the upgrade will continue i promise :). also yeah no point in spending that much when this build has only cost me like $1600 lol
Thx for the vid man. I just picked up this bad boy yesterday I plan on getting the same power supply. let us know what what kind of memory you slap on it.
I just loaded crysis and it recommended i play at 1024x768 with all high settings, i also put it at 8x AA and it plays completly smooth with 0 lagg...i bet i could play it at 1680x1050 with 8x AA and all high settings and it still wouldn't lagg. i just ordered my 6GB of RAM and my sli bridge and second GPU so keep posted to c the install and results
The 9800 gtx+ is much better in my opinion, it comes with physX technology built in, most games are more compatible with nvidia such as crysis and therefore will run better, and it exhausts the hot air out of the case instead of into the case, plus it has 125MHz more Core Clock and a faster memory data rate
Thanks alot. I too have been looking for videos on this comp since I am going to go buy it tomorrow. Those wires at the bottom of the case are for a wifi card.
I got the Gateway FX6801-03 version of this comp and I like it for the most part however my computer freezes on the starting windows screen unless I leave it off for a full minute :/
However I did upgrade the vid card to a EVGA geforce GTX 560 ti.
What I really want to upgrade now is the PSU unit, the case maybe, and get some more fans.. cause this thing runs hot for me
Jdawg0529 1 month ago
Yes. Everything gets super hot. I have 4 fans running in this thing.
Strembitsky69 1 year ago
im trying to add a 2nd hard drive but it wont recognize it, i need help
xelastik2002 1 year ago
I also bought this PC and I love it. I didn't feel good about the 450 watt (500 PEAK) power supply so I got a Corsair TX750 and this system runs everything great. Oh, added another fan to the side grill, an 80mm Antec 3 speed.
I don't see why you swapped out the 4850, unless you were one of the unlucky ones to get a 512mb model. I have the HD 4850 1GB and it runs MW2, Crysis, Just Cause 2, all on high with no problem. GTX9800 isn't an upgrade.
Check Tom's Hardware Video Card Heirarchy
wesright 1 year ago
@wesright I got the 512, but why would they put a 512 in there if other people got the 1GB for the same price? I either smell rip off or it's because you bought the computer for more? Anyway, that's not why I'm replying. I'm replying because I want to know if I could get the 1GB card and replace that with my 512 one, or Crossfire it for better preformance? Would it really be worth running the 512 with the 1GB?
JizzTechCo 1 year ago
@JizzTechCo, I do run a lot of games at the higher resolutions on my 24" LCD so the extra memory helps. Re: crossfire, it would help a lot BUT I'd swap the PS. I got a Corsair TX750. It's a GREAT PS and it'll help BIGTIME with surges and dips in power in ways your stock cheapo PS won't. A power regulator or even a UPS would be ideal but a better PS is critical IMO. If keeping the PS, maybe look into say a 4870 x2? they're getting cheaper and won't tax PS as much as 2 cards I think(dbl-chk tho)
wesright 1 year ago
@wesright I'll replace the PS, I'm looking into the 4870x2 cards already, and they look pretty nuts. Imagine running two of those babies at the same time lol, but I don't plan on doing that, I have a 16" moniter, so would extra memory be needed?
JizzTechCo 1 year ago
@JizzTechCo Not really. If you've got a huge monitor and you want to run games at something like 1920x1200 or 1600x1200, then I'd say yes. Mainly, that is where going from say 512MB to 1GB helps. Two cards, or the x2 versions, they need more memory. Also, if you want to run 2 monitors, that also needs more mem. However, things are always prone to change and extra memory is never bad, if you can get it for only a few bucks more, it might be worth it.
wesright 1 year ago
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wesright 1 year ago
my mom has a better version of this pc and she put a gts 250 ing it and plays wow
cotyslick 1 year ago
those two wires at the bottom are for a WI-FI Attena
Quicken2k 1 year ago
is it still running good?
Kep0v 1 year ago
how's the computer running so far....
lvlik9 1 year ago
i have this comp and i can run almost every game on max settings but recently one of my RAM sticks fried and now i only have 2 gigs. about to use that warranty booyeah
Qasimbajwaa 1 year ago
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does anyone know whats the most Hard Drive memory i can put in it? using the drawers and in the inside?
xelastik2002 1 year ago
I got the same computer, and it says I already have an outdated graphics card.
I've had the computer for a year now, and I dont think its outdated, because they say its the best graphics card. Its the default graphics card they put into the fx6800, any idea what's wrong?
xXPinoy4LifeXx 1 year ago
i don get it so ..
theres 2 pci express x16 slots?
kilapaul 2 years ago
Sick i bought this computer not to long ago AND ITS TEH PWNAGE!
EvanBeMyName 2 years ago
ok, fucking literally, i had no idea that firewire port was there till i saw you open it just now. i just opened it and it was filled with dust, never seen it till now
fyi99lilrocker 2 years ago
and thoes cords that u dontknow where they go lol they run to the USB's and SD slots in the top of ur case thats what there for o and the LCD touch screen
chewbarf 2 years ago
its firewire dude
chewbarf 2 years ago
i got the same pc just got a ati 5870 pretty good
toliyg 2 years ago
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@toliyg do you know whats the moeh Hard Drive memory i can put in it? using the drawers and in the inside?
xelastik2002 1 year ago
very nice cmputer man how much wa yer ghrapihic card
jgerbil1 2 years ago
dude if your gunna get ram just buy 3 more 1 gig ram sticks
lipinski1337 2 years ago
hey is the case a mini tower or a mid tower ?
gregrory89 2 years ago
@gregrory89 its between both,trust me,you wanna change the case if your upgrading,
deagle94 2 years ago
@deagle94 do you know whats the moeh Hard Drive memory i can put in it? using the drawers and in the inside?
xelastik2002 1 year ago
@xelastik2002 if you talking about the swapable hdd's then you need a standard 3.5" hard drive,with standard SATA and SATA POWER connection.
deagle94 1 year ago
@ linacat - You didn't really read the full comment there did you, this pc would require a substantial upgrade to compete w/my old G0
TyrantTru 2 years ago
do you still have the 4850?
knightofhell7890 2 years ago
You got robbed dude,
Q6600 - 160 dollars
Asus P5E Flashed to Rampage Formula - 170
8GB Mushkin Redline - 100
750 Corsair TX PSU - 110
8800GTS 512MB - 60 (only part I got used, good card - unbeatable price as I wait for GTX295 price to go down)
Antec 900 - 100 dollars w/xtra fans.
Xigmatek 1283EE 25 dollars
OC to 3.6Ghz and smoking the living shit out of ur PC when it comes to raw power and how long it will live...PRICELESS!
TyrantTru 2 years ago
Q6600 is an Intel Core 2 Quad at 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache
His comp has an Intel Core i7 920 at 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache
Much better, and more expensive (279.99 on newegg rather than 160). Factor that in bro. i7 is kicking butt in gaming and everything.
linacat 2 years ago
Only problem I have, is the bios is locked and I cant overclock and I don't have any fan controls, other than smart fan disable or enable. Google was not my friend in this case:P
xasthurhead 2 years ago
i mean i can control my speed not cant
WarsOfHell 2 years ago
and also my comp is noisy as hell tho i cant control the fan speed but yeah i want the comp so badly tho people who read my comments on this video will say its a waste of money by switching and i should stay with my custom i dont give a crap i dont like my custom lol i want a gateway and i was thinking of a dell xps but i heard those crash alot with blue screen of death so i want that lol
WarsOfHell 2 years ago
custom comps then go ahead but i wasnt smart enough to make one tho im using my custom comp rite now, it doesnt have much probs anymore actually no more probs at all except i bought a full tower which it sits at my desk and its huge and thats y im planning to buy that comp and switch my graphic card a gtx 280 or mayb use that one and save my gtx 280 i dunno but i dont really like custom comps anymore cause im not a pro at building them such a freaken hassle and a waste of money.
WarsOfHell 2 years ago
u bought it for 1100 at best buy lol and on sams club it was 900 bucks but good thing u didnt built a custom comp cause i did and its a really big hassle and lots of probs with overheating and i had to fix many things costed me 1.8k total =( freaken waste i shouldve bought this comp cause i used to had a gateway and it ran smoothly for me never had a problem but i was so stupid cause i wanted a comp thats see through lol but yeah good thing you bought that thought if u were a pro at making
WarsOfHell 2 years ago
Yes man i have the same PC people had the other version of this and said it sucked but the FX6800 i think is great and has soo much ram too
ghostrank007 2 years ago
hey dude, plz reply, im thinking of getting this exact pc at futureshop. Is this any good? Do you have crysis to test this out?
DMG6 2 years ago
i have this computer and it CAN play it on ultra it is a really good one for crysis because mine come with gtx 285 and 12 gig of ram so yeah it will work
xaviourte 2 years ago
Mine's been running for 2 weeks now without a hiccup. The machine is solid! Gonna toss on Win7 and see what happens.
klanious 2 years ago
didn they have that same model at bestbuy for like 750
TheVideoGuy77 2 years ago
6:52 those cables are in case that u add a wi-fi card on it too bad my lx doesn't have does little cables and another thing the next video that u do put a little bit more of lights so it could see better good pc
my is
400 watts ATX planing to upgrade it to 1000w
8 GB DDR2
NVIDIA G-Force GT 120 planing to upgrade it too to nvidia gtx 285 soon
and a intel 2.33 ghz overclock to 2.66 ghz running smooth
and final a hd lcd 24 inch
resolution 1920 x 1200..
ortizcky 2 years ago
Alright so ive ran into a pretty big problem, i got my second card in and sli bridge about 3 weeks ago and wanted to hook them up and and get all the bugs out before i posted the nxt video, but when i hooked them up the nvidia control panel doesn't have the enable sli option, like at all, ive got the latest drivers, i already checked the bios, and did a clean install of all nvidia drivers, ive switched the cards around and the bridge in everywhich way and still no luck.
thesether 2 years ago
BTW i was gone for 2 weeks on vacation thats why its been no long without an update, but anyways ive called BFG tech and gateway support but no luck with either, i even took it to the Geek squad but i seemed to know more about computers than they did so that was a waist of gas...ps: they r both regonized in the device manager....all in all i think im going to have 2 just buy a new bridge and hope that works, but does anyone have any suggestions before i have to order...major thanks in advance
thesether 2 years ago
@thesether i want to upgrade to a single gtx 560 can i put this card in this pc?
JSpark135 3 weeks ago
Well...I got mine and lemme tell ya WOW.
First off I made back up disks, then deleted all the add on software crap, put in a 1000w PSU, a GTX 295, and 6GB of CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1600 DDR3. I play CRISIS on VERY HIGH on my 40in LCD.
Replaceing the PSU was tricky, you have to remove BOTH side panels.
I'm going to sell the RAM and VIDEO card if anyone's interested :)
I picked up all my stuff at FRY'S ELECTRONICS.
klanious 2 years ago
What 1000w PSU did you get for this?
head2fiststyle 2 years ago
I grabbed an ANTEC TRUE POWER QUATTRO. White box, can't miss it :)
My rig's been up and goin' for a week, the ONLY issue I have is I can't get SIRIUS RADIO to work but other than that... I'm playing all my old games on max settings :)
STALKER
ROME TOTAL WAR
BIOSHOCK is on deck next, as soon as I stop playing L4D!
klanious 2 years ago
it does come with a graphics card right? if you buy it online? im thinking of buying it for gaming and oter highspeed things, would you reccomend this pc because its a nightmare trying to find one that i like nd meets MY expectations. i dont want to buy another crappy pc again...
6fingerproductions 2 years ago
Yes it says on the box and the websites that it comes with a 512mb ati 4850, but it acually comes with a crappy off brand 1GB 4850 that doesn't even have an s-video port so yeah lol i repaced it wil haste lol
thesether 2 years ago
can you use Intel Core i7-975 Extreme 3.86 on the motherboard the one you have now,and also the latest video card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 , thank you....?
mmahde1985 2 years ago
Yes you can use the extreme and i put a GTX 285 in and it fit fine, but it was bugging out so i returned it
thesether 2 years ago
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@thesether do you know whats the moeh Hard Drive memory i can put in it? using the drawers and in the inside?
xelastik2002 1 year ago
THANKS for the video. I was going to blow $3500 on an Alienware but I just couldn't justify the money on (mostly) a name.
Everything I've read about this machine you COMPLETELY varified with this video I.E. Power, RAM and (to some) Video could all use a boost.
I've read that the mobo will handle 1600DDR3, still, 1333DDR3 is nothing to turn away from.
I too will do a RAM upgrade, Powersupply (duh!) and one MAYBE 2 GTX 295's. I've tangled with ATI in the past. NEVER AGAIN!
klanious 2 years ago
Yes im actually still waiting on my second 9800GTX to come in i already got my sli bridge and RAM in but the video cards taking forever, i called UPS and they said its been sent but to washington for whatever reason, but what u gonna do lol, but stayed tuned and the upgrade will continue i promise :). also yeah no point in spending that much when this build has only cost me like $1600 lol
thesether 2 years ago
Thx for the vid man. I just picked up this bad boy yesterday I plan on getting the same power supply. let us know what what kind of memory you slap on it.
ashendrk 2 years ago
awesome vid. i was thinking of trading my ps3 for this pc. i think you just sold me on it...
eltatertoto 2 years ago
how high can i play crysis
crysishighestsetting 2 years ago
I just loaded crysis and it recommended i play at 1024x768 with all high settings, i also put it at 8x AA and it plays completly smooth with 0 lagg...i bet i could play it at 1680x1050 with 8x AA and all high settings and it still wouldn't lagg. i just ordered my 6GB of RAM and my sli bridge and second GPU so keep posted to c the install and results
thesether 2 years ago
have you overclocked it any? I would get a better heatsink and see if you cant hit 3ghz, that would definatly be the best upgrade for your money.
howtogeeks 2 years ago
the 9800 gtx plus was a waste of money its almost the same as the 4850 tat came with it
Watchme12311 2 years ago
The 9800 gtx+ is much better in my opinion, it comes with physX technology built in, most games are more compatible with nvidia such as crysis and therefore will run better, and it exhausts the hot air out of the case instead of into the case, plus it has 125MHz more Core Clock and a faster memory data rate
thesether 2 years ago
i have this comp it rocks
xXcynicalMINDXx 2 years ago
Thanks alot. I too have been looking for videos on this comp since I am going to go buy it tomorrow. Those wires at the bottom of the case are for a wifi card.
I will be getting this comp with
Core i7 920 2.66
9gb 1066 ddr3
1tb 7200rpm
ati 4870
vista 64-bit
DanielsGadgets 2 years ago
O ok yeah that explains why they run to the top...but yeah i got tired of looking so i just made me own lol
thesether 2 years ago