Specifications
Part Number: 2905950RGateway FX540XG Desktop Computer
Model: FX540XG

Following are the specifications for the Gateway® FX540XG computer.
Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Feature Specification
Processor Intel® Core™2 Extreme QX6850 Quad Core Processor with VT
  • Each core operates at 3.00 GHz
  • 2 × 4 MB L2 cache
  • 1333 MHz front side bus
Chipset NVIDIA chipset consisting of the following:
  • Northbridge: 680i LT SLIC55 (NB)
  • Southbridge: MCP55 (SB)
Memory
  • Installed: 4096 MB DDR2, 800 MHz, (PC2-6400) dual channel memory (four 1024 MB DIMMs)
  • Expandable to: 8 GB (4 DDR2 DIMM slots)
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    Hard Drives Two 500 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA II hard drives (1 TB drive space)
    Support for up to three hard drives
    Optical Drives Blu-ray™ / HD DVD™ combo player and super multi-format DVD±RW dual layer drive
    • Write max: 16X DVD+R, 16X DVD-R, 4X DVD+R DL, 4X DVD-R DL, 8X DVD+RW, 6X DVD-RW, 5X DVD-RAM, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW
    • Read max: 6X Blu-ray, 3X HD DVD, 16X DVD-ROM, 40X CD-ROM, 5X DVD-RAM
    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
    Media Card Reader 9-in-1 media manager with one USB 2.0 port and support for the following cards:
    • SecureDigital (SD)
    • MultiMedia Card (MMC)
    • SmartMedia (SM)
    • Memory Stick (MS)
    • Memory Stick Pro (MS Pro)
    • xD-Picture Card (xD)
    • CompactFlash (CF)
    • Microdrive
    Video NVIDIA GeForce® 8800GTX video card
  • 768 MB on board memory
  • DirectX® 10
  • Ports:
    • Two DVI-I ports with HDCP
    • S-Video port
    DVI-to-VGA adapter included
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    Audio Sound Blaster® X-Fi XtremeGamer PCI sound card
    Network Support Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps (Gigabit) Ethernet LAN
    Dual RJ-45 NIC ports
    Power Supply 700 watt
    Add-In Card Slots
  • Two PCI Express ×16
  • One PCI Express ×4
  • One PCI Express ×1
  • One PCI
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    External Connectors
  • Seven USB 2.0 ports (two front, one in media card reader, four rear)
  • Two IEEE 1394 ports (one front, one rear)
  • Two RJ-45 network ports
  • One PS/2 keyboard port
  • One PS/2 mouse port
  • One S/PDIF digital audio out (covered and not used)
  • Five rear analog audio jacks (covered and not used)
  • Two Front audio jacks
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    Drive Bays
  • Two external 5.25-inch bays
  • Two external 3.5-inch drive bay
  • Three internal 3.5-inch (hard drive) bays
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    Dimensions (H × W × D) 16.9 × 8.0 × 20.0 inches (429 × 203 × 508 mm)
    Weight 38 lbs (varies with configuration)