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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Check out this guy (building a computer)

If you our looking to build to a computer these videos a great to help along the way. 

He also has bench of other cool helper/how to videos so go check him out.


Computer the week

This weeks computer of the week is  the Gateway Intel Core i3-2100 ( DX4850-41CU)


Here are the specs for it:

Base Features
Processor Type
Intel Core i3-2100
Processor Speed
3.1 GHz
Processor Cores
2
RAM
4 GB DDR3
Hard Drive Capacity
1 TB
Hard Drive Speed (Revolutions Per Minut
Information Not Available
Optical Drives
16X DVD+/-R/RW Drive
Graphics
Integrated Intel HD 2000
Pre-loaded Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium
Graphics
Dedicated Video Memory
No
Shared Video Memory
Yes
TV Tuner
No
Video Memory
Integrated
Display
HDCP Compliant
Not Applicable
Native Screen Resolution
Not Applicable
Screen Size/Type
Not Applicable
Audio
Audio Output
HD Audio with 5.1-Channel Audio
Digital Input
No
Digital Output
No
Integrated Microphone
No
Line Out
Yes - Back
Line-In input
Yes - Back
Microphone Input
Yes - Front & Back
Sound Card
Intel H67 Express
Speaker Wattage
Not Applicable
Speakers
No
Networking
Ethernet Port
Yes
Integrated Bluetooth
No
Integrated WiFi
Yes - 802.11b/g/n
Inputs/Outputs
Card Reader
Yes
Component Output
No
Composite Output
No
DVI Output
No
E-SATA
No
FireWire (IEEE 1394)
No
HDMI
Yes
Keyboard
Full Size
Modem
No
Mouse
Optical
Remote
No
S-Video Output
No
USB 2.0
4 - Front; 6 - Back
VGA Output
Yes
Webcam
No
Computing Features
Available AGP Slots
Not Applicable
Available Hard Drive Bays
2 Internal 3.5 (1 Available)
Available Memory Slots
2 Total (0 Available)
Available Optical Bays
2 External 5.25 (1 Available)
Available PCI Slots
1 Available
Available PCI-E Slots
2 PCI Express X1 (1 Available); 1 PCI Express X16 slot (1 Available)
Energy Star Qualified
No
Power Supply
300 Watts
Processor Cache
3 MB
Removable Storage
No
System Bus
Information Not Available
Software
Loaded Software 1
Microsoft Office 2010 Starter
Loaded Software 2
Netflix
Loaded Software 3
Loaded Software 4
Operating System Language
Bilingual
Product Features
Tower Depth
43.9 cm
Tower Height
41.4 cm
Tower Width
18 cm
Tower Weight
11.4 kg
Warranty Labour
1 Year(s)
Warranty Parts
1 Year(s)
WebId
10164622

More information

FEATURES:
  • The Intel Core i3 2100 processor and 4GB of system memory combine to deliver the best in speed, raw power and overall performance

  • Store all your music, videos, games, pictures, documents and more on the incredibly spacious 1TB hard drive

  • Burn your own DVDs with the 16X DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti Drive

  • An HDMI output lets you connect to your home theatre or HDTV and work, play, surf and more on the big screen

  • Easily transfer data to and from your portable digital devices with the Multi-in-One memory card

  • With built-in 802.11b/g/n wireless connectivity, you'll never have to run wires from the PC to your router again

  • 10 USB ports
    • This model comes equipped with Windows 7 Home Premium`
    The Gateway DX4850 is a ok  pc to perform your every day task like surfing the web and enjoying all of your media.This Pc is family pc which means it is not optimized for anything. Which means it not top of the line for gaming or editing videos ect... But it is all around a good pc. It well be able to play pretty much any game out.  It will not be able to run  the games on high or anything but you will be able to play them. This pc will run you around 599.99 Canadian from Future shop. Which is right around where it should be for what it can do. I would recommended this pc to any family or anyone who just want a ok pc that dose not cost a hand and leg. The only big downside to this Pc is that its video memory is  integrated not dedicated which means that you video memory is not that good which will make your games and shit run slower. Plus if it was dedicated then you could upgrade if you wanted to later on. 

    Overall this  pc is really only good for typing, surfing the web and playing most games. I would not get this Pc just because it dose not have  dedicated memory. Every thing else is fine. But that's just me.

    I give this week pc 2 stars out 5