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Pros

  • Excellent general performance
  • Ample hard drive space
  • Blu-ray support

Cons

  • Less-than-ideal gaming performance
  • Screw-filled chassis slows upgrades
  • Boring input devices

At A Glance

As long as gaming isn’t your thing, you’ll find much to love in the do-everything-else Gateway DX4831-03 midsize tower desktop.

The Specs

Processor
Processor type Intel Core i5-650
Processor speed 3.2 MHz
Processor count 1
Memory
Memory size 8192.0 MB
Memory type DDR3
Display
Included monitor No
Graphics
Primary Graphics Chipset Nvidia GeForce GT 220
Number of Graphic Cards included 1
Video Memory Type DDR3
Storage
Drive size 1000.0 GB
Drive Controllers
  • Serial ATA
  • Serial ATA II
Expansion slots
Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots 1.0
Number of PCI-Express x8 slots 1.0
Number of PCI-Express x1 slots 2.0
Power
Power Supply Wattage 300 watts
Power Supply Manufacturer FSP Group
Power Supply Model FSP300
Motherboard
Motherboard Manufacturer OEM
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD+R DL/DVD±RW
Second Optical Drive Type BD-RE
optical_drive_2 DH4O3S
optical_drive_1 HL-DT-ST GH41N
optical_model_2 DH4O3S
optical_model_1 HL-DT-ST GH41N
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Other Features
Devices
  • HDMI Cable
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)
Available Interfaces
  • Audio - Digital Optical
  • DVI
  • Firewire 400 port
  • HDMI
  • Keyboard - USB
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (front) (x2)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (rear) (x6)
  • Video - 15 pin High-Density D-shell (VGA)
  • eSATA
Slots
  • CompactFlash
  • Memory Stick
  • Memory Stick Duo
  • Memory Stick PRO
  • Memory Stick PRO Duo
  • MultiMedia Card (MMC)
  • SD Card
  • miniSD Card
  • xD-Picture Card
Case
Chassis style Tower (Midsize)
Internal Drive Bays 2
Chassis Color
  • Black
  • Silver
External Drive Bays 2

Performance

Overall Rating
WorldBench 6 Score 131
Office Productivity
Web Browsing 197  seconds (lower is better)
Office Suite Use 335  seconds (lower is better)
File Compression 166  seconds (lower is better)
Multitasking 246
Content Creation
Image Editing 304  seconds (lower is better)
GPU Graphics Rendering 292  seconds (lower is better)
CPU Graphics Rendering 354  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 183  seconds (lower is better)
DVD Burning 237  seconds (lower is better)
Video Editing 170  seconds (lower is better)
Gaming
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 81.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 64.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 64.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 64.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 67.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 52.1  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 52.4  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 51.7  Frames per second (higher is better)