Gateway 838GM Media Center - P4 630 3 GHz

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Gateway 838GM Media Center - P4 630 3 GHz

Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 4 reviews
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Product summary

Gateway's retailer-only Media Center desktops provide an approachable entry point to home-theater computing.

Specifications: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 630 (3 GHz); RAM installed: 512 MB DDR SDRAM; Hard drive: 200 GB Standard; See full specs

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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET staff
Edited by: Rich Brown
Reviewed on: 09/23/2005

Gateway's 800-series GM Media Center systems are fixed-configuration desktop computers that you'll find at Circuit City, Best Buy, Office Depot, and other technology retailing superstores. The 800 series consists of five different models, three with Pentium 4 630 CPUs and two with dual-core Pentium D processors. All of the models come with Windows Media Center 2005, but in general, the line appears aimed more toward the desk than the living room. The midtower chassis isn't exactly media-stack ready (although it is BTX, which lends itself to quiet operation), and only the highest-end system for each chip, the 832GM and the 840GM, come with TV tuner cards. If you're looking for a versatile home or home-office desktop that will let you dabble in home-theater computing, you may find an 800-series GM system that meets your needs.

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Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 4 reviews
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5.0 stars

"Easy, great speed, I added 512 Mb ram, not a problem in 9 months, purchased as re-furbished @ $429.0"

by cnetreviewsrb on September 4, 2006

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4.0 stars

"The 838GM is a computer in my view is the smoothest running computer I've ever used in my life"

by terry574 on March 22, 2006

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1.0 stars

"Nothing but problems"

by rkn06 on February 24, 2006

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2.5 stars

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

"The first one I brought home was defective."

by betsy451 on November 7, 2005

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