Pros
- Hotswap bays make for easy hard-drive installation
- Attractive chassis
- Strong general performance
Cons
- Lacks diversity in connections
At A Glance
Its low price and solid benchmark results are great, but the Gateway FX6850-51U ultimately fails to stand out in a crowded pack.
Manufacturer’s Description
Propel deep into game play and High-Definition with the trendy racing car-like design of the Gateway FX6850-51u desktop PC powered by the Intel Core i7 Processor, trueto-life NVIDIA GeForce GT440 graphics, 8GB DDR3 memory and a massive 1TB of storage.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | PTGBN02012 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Processor speed | 3.4 MHz |
| Cache size | 8.192 KB |
| Bus speed | 100.0 MHz |
| Processor count | 1 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 8192.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory speed | 1333.0 MHz |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Discrete |
| Secondary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce |
| Number of Graphic Cards included | 1 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Storage | |
| Drive size | 905.0 GB |
| Hard Drive Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Other storage |
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| Drive type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Expansion slots | |
| Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express x1 slots | 3.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 2.0 |
| Power | |
| Power Supply Wattage | 450 watts |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 24.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| SD card | Yes |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| XD picture card | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Other Features | |
| Devices | All-In-One Flash Memory Card Reader |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type |
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| Available Interfaces |
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| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Full) |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 159 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 189 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 310 seconds (lower is better) |
| File Compression | 141 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 240 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 274 seconds (lower is better) |
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 185 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 140 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 188 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 153 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 6 Multitasking | 210 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 | 167 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 | 89 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 70.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 39.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 137.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 | 74.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 | 58.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 | 33.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 51.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 32.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 1920x1200 | 26.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 17.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 83.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 59.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 1920x1200 | 51.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 33.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 58.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 34.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 1920x1200 | 29.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 18.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 123.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 68.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 1920x1200 | 55.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 33.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 16.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 16.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
