Specifications
Part Number: 2905934RGateway FX530QS Desktop Computer
Model: FX530QS

Following are the specifications for the Gateway® FX53QS desktop computer.
Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Feature Specification
Case/Chassis 7-Bay tungsten-colored BTX case with FX ID effects and modification to support ATI Radeon® CrossFire™ Edition graphics cards
Tool-free design
Motherboard Intel® 975X (Big-Arm) - Viiv™ capable
  • Northbridge: Intel D975X
  • Southbridge: Intel ICH7-DH
  • Processor Intel Core™2 Quad processor Q6600
    • Each core operates at 2.40 GHz
    • 1066 MHz front side bus
    • 8 MB L2 cache
    Power Supply 700 watt extended ATX
    Memory
  • Installed: 2048 MB DDR2 667 MHz (PC5300) SDRAM (two 1024 GB modules)
  • Memory support:
    • Four DDR2 667/533 MHz SDRAM DIMM slots
    • 8 GB total memory capacity
    • Supports modules sizes of 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, or 2 GB
    Note: The motherboard does not support memory higher than 667 MHz.
  • Network Support Integrated Intel 82573E (Takoa) 10/100/1000 Mbps (GbE) LAN with AMT
    Drive Bays
  • Two external 5.25-inch bays
  • Two external 3.5-inch drive bay (as an option, one bay may be used as an additional hard drive bay)
  • Three internal 3.5-inch hard drive bays
  • Ports Summary
  • Seven USB 2.0 ports (two front, one in media card reader, four rear)
  • Three IEEE 1394 ports (two front, one rear)
  • One RJ-45 network port
  • One parallel port
  • One serial port
  • One PS/2 keyboard port
  • One PS/2 mouse port
  • One S/PDIF digital audio out
  • Five rear analog audio jacks (1/8-inch, retaskable, mini-jacks):
    • Front left/right (7.1), Line out
    • Rear left/right (7.1), Line in
    • Side Surround left/right (7.1)
    • Center/Subwoofer (7.1)
    • Microphone
  • Two Front audio jacks (1/8-inch mini-jacks):
    • Microphone
    • Headphone
  • Add-In Card Slots
  • One ×16 PCI Express
  • One ×4 PCI Express (×16 connector to accommodate video cards)
  • Three PCI 2.3 conventional
  • Hard Drive
  • Installed: 500 GB 7200 RPM SATA II hard drive
  • Support for: Up to four SATA II drives; support for RAID 0, 1, and 5
  • Media Card Reader 9-in-1 media card manager supporting the following:
    • SecureDigital (SD)
    • MultiMedia Card (MMC)
    • SmartMedia (SM)
    • Memory Stick® (MS)
    • Memory Stick Pro® (MS Pro)
    • xD-Picture Card
    • CompactFlash™ (CF)
    • Microdrive
    • USB 2.0
    Optical Drive DVD +/-RW, 16X multi-format dual layer drive
    • Write max: 16X DVD±R, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 4X DVD+R DL, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW
    • Read max: 16X DVD-ROM, 40X CD-ROM
    Video Card
  • NVIDA GeForce 8800GTS video card
    • Dual DVI-I
    • TV out
    • 320 MB memory
    • 500 MHz core clock
    • 800 MHz memory clock
  • Audio Intel High Definition Audio subsystem consisting of:
    • 8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and one S/PDIF optical digital audio output using the Sigmatel® HDAC9271 audio codec
    Modem 56 K PCI data/fax modem
    Input Devices
  • Gateway Elite multimedia PS/2 keyboard (Windows Vista™ compatible)
  • Gateway premium USB optical wheel mouse
  • Other Features
  • Wake on LAN support
  • Wake on Ring support
  • Power Management support for S1, S3, S4, and S5
  • Physical security - chassis lock slot