Gateway rolls out Phenom-powered FX7020 gaming PC

We already saw HP crank out a Phenom-powered desktop of its own, and it seems Gateway is also choosing CES to launch a new member of the FX Series with the aforementioned CPU. The FX7020 gets packed with an AMD Phenom 9600 Processor, 3GB of RAM, a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT, 7.1-channel audio output, a 15-in-1 multicard reader, 500GB 7,200RPM SATA drive, an 18x DVD±R/RW SuperMulti drive and a plethora or software sure to slow things down right from the get go. Nevertheless, those somehow attracted to the curiously designed case (and impressed with the aforementioned specs) can snag one of their own starting at $1,099.

[Bobs @ Jan 7th 2008 3:41AM]

Wow, for $1000? sold dude, as long as it isnt crippled or something, ill just put XP on it, probobly. how many Ghz on that processor?

[plasticfantastic @ Jan 7th 2008 1:08PM]

I'm ridiculously impressed by the ultra classy "FX" on the front of the chassis. Excellent.

[elmuerKo @ Jan 7th 2008 3:46PM]

The case! It hurts my eye's!

[Stocks @ Jan 7th 2008 5:15PM]

it's a 2.3ghz man.

[ryu3180 @ Jan 18th 2008 3:55AM]

Yeah... GREAT machine... just got mine today...
...
I haven't even turned it on before I looked inside, and got lets say, upset.
To say Gateway cut corners on this one would be the mother of all understatements.
First of all it has ONE whopping 80mm case fan, and another STANDARD 80mm case fan on a STANDARD heat-sync for the MUCH hotter AMD Phenom "Quad core"; note the quotation marks... I put those there for the fact that I just learned that the MB that is running the CPU was built for the dual cores and that thought this will run the quad, you will not get the full performance you should from a "gaming" PC. Then the fact that there is NO firewire hook up... none. it DOES have a totally useless dial-up modem (remember those?) taking up space though. The thing is all just glitz and glam, and will not be performing to what you could spend around the same price building yourself... don't be fooled on this one guys.

[ryu3180 @ Jan 18th 2008 4:05AM]

Sorry, it also does NOT come with that monitor, the NVidia GeForce 8800GT it the bare-bones "b" line version, and it just looks terrible and not worth the price they are asking... I'm honestly taking mine back tomorrow (didn't even start it up, wont get hooked on it's processing "quality") I predict this to be shortly the end of Gateway's marketability. Didn't they just get E-machines?

[steve @ Jan 21st 2008 7:47AM]

I just bought one of these things and people told me Dell was BAd.Once I turned the computer on it gave me trouble!

[theglue @ Jan 21st 2008 3:08PM]

Just picked one up at BB this weekend, with the Gateway 22 inch HD monitor. Great deal, great value. Everything else in that price range runs either ATI 2400 or the Nvidia 8400 or 8500... So have to say, it is not for the hardest of hardcore gamer, maybe, but works darn good for the rest of us.

[JULZ @ Jan 22nd 2008 10:50PM]

I was at Best Buy and they had one on display with a demo of the game World in Conflict. I ran the demo test of the game on it using the native resolution of the 24 inch screen of 1920 x 900 at the VERY HIGH graphic settings and it ran smooth as butter. Anyone that has played or seen WIC knows that his game is very hard on even the very high end gaming machines with the 8800 cards, and this one played it with ease. God Bless !!!

[FatTuesday @ Jan 25th 2008 8:58AM]

Well, well, well - There's a LOT of naysayers here, but I bought the BB package also - FX7020, 22" HD monitor and a 3-in-1 throw printer (didn't care about that). I have looked at building a PC extensively for about a year and a geed friend just built one with an Intel E6700 processor, 4G ram and 8800 GTX 768MB - we are both running Call of Duty 4 at max. settings on 1680 x 1050 res - he is getting the same frame rates I am.

So - this may not be a high end gaming PC, but for the package price, there is no way I could significantly exceed the performance of this for the same money without doing a bunch of overclocking BS (trust me, most people don't want to mess with that crap). So, out of the box, this thing kicks butt for the $$ spent! That's my humble, but fairly well researched opinion. :)