Specifications
Part Number: LX6820Gateway LX6820 Desktop Series

Following are the specifications for the Gateway® LX6820 desktop series.
Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation.

Feature Specification
Operating System1, 2, Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit (Service Pack 1)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic (Service Pack 1)
Processor1 Intel® Core™2 Quad processor (up to 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor (up to 1333 MHz FSB)
Intel® Pentium® processor
Chipset Intel® G43 Express Chipset
Memory1 Up to 8 GB of DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM (dual-channel support on four DIMMs)
Hard Drive1 Serial ATA hard disk up to 1 TB
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support3
Two 3.5" front access for tool-less swap HDD bays4
Optical Drive1 Optical drive options:
  • Blu-ray™ and SuperMulti DVD burner combination drive
  • Blu-ray reader / SuperMulti DVD burner combination drive
  • SuperMulti drive with Labelflash™ technology
  • DVD-ROM drive
Media Card Reader Multi-in-one card reader with a USB 2.0 port and IEEE 1394 port, supporting:
  • CompactFlash® (Type I and II)
  • CF+™ Microdrive
  • MultiMediaCard (MMC)
  • Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC)
  • Secure Digital™ (SD) Card
  • xD-Picture Card™
  • Memory Stick®
  • Memory Stick PRO™
Graphics Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (Intel® GMA) X4500
Discrete card support for high-end NVIDIA® and ATI™ graphics cards
Microsoft® DirectX® 10 support
PCI Express® 2.0 x16 graphics card support
TV-tuner card1 Hybrid analog (NTSC/PAL/SECAM) and digital (DVB-T or ATSC format) TV-tuner card, supporting hardware or software MPEG-2 stream encoding
Audio Optimized 3rd Generation Dolby Home Theater®5 audio enhancement, featuring:
  • Dolby® Digital Live
  • Dolby® Pro Logic® IIx
  • Dolby® Headphone
  • Dolby® Natural Bass
  • Dolby® Sound Space Expander
  • Dolby® Audio Optimization
  • Dolby® High Frequency Enhancer technologies6
Embedded high-definition audio with 7.1-channel support
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) support
Network Support LAN: Gigabit Ethernet
WLAN: IEEE 802.11b/g
Front I/O Ports Multi-in-one card reader
Smart Backup button
High-definition headphone and microphone jacks
Two USB 2.0 ports
IEEE 1394 port (6-pin)
Media Control Center interface, featuring,
  • Menu navigation
  • Media control
  • Volume control
Rear I/O Ports Four USB 2.0 ports
Two PS/2 ports (keyboard and mouse)
Ethernet (RJ-45) LAN port
Six audio ports
D-sub VGA port
HDMI™ port
Expansion bays Two 5.25" drive bays
Four 3.5" drive bays (two external, two internal)
Add-In Card Slots One PCI Express 2.0 ×16
One PCI Express 2.0 ×1
Two PCI 2.3 (5 V) slots
Power Supply 500,750 or 1000 watt
BIOS AMI PnP BIOS compatible with SMBIOS 2.6
System Compliance PC 2001, ENERGY STAR® 5.0 (only for units with 500 W power supply)
Dimensions (W × D × H) 7.28 × 17.9 × 16.3 inches (185 × 456 × 416 mm)
Certification FCC, CE, BSMI, CCC, VCCI, CB, MET
Software7 Gateway Recovery Management
Adobe® Reader®
Cyberlink® Power2Go
Cyberlink Label Print (included with Labelflash drive)
Google Toolbar and Desktop Search
Microsoft® Works 9.0 and Office Home 2007 Trial
Microsoft Money Essentials
Norton Internet Security 2009 (60-day trial)
Wild Tangent Games
Optional Accessories Gateway keyboard and mouse
Gateway LCD monitor
Media Center remote control

  1. Specifications vary depending on model.
  2. 64-bit software is required to enjoy the advantages of 64-bit processing.
  3. Support for RAID 0 and 1 requires two hard drives, RAID 5 requires three, and RAID10 requires four.
  4. Turn the PC off before inserting HDDs.
  5. Dolby® is a registered trademark of Dolby® Laboratories. Dolby Home Theater® is a trademark of Dolby® Laboratories.
  6. Dolby® Pro Logic® and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby® Laboratories.
  7. Bundled software may vary depending on hardware configuration, OS, and regional availability.