Gateway DX4320-02e

Gateway DX4320-02e

Armed with AMD's quad-core Phenom II X4 CPU and 6GB of RAM, the Gateway DX4320-02e ($899.99 list) desktop, available at Costco, won't win awards for speedy performance. However, it's powerful enough to handle your everyday home productivity workload and basic multimedia tasks, such as light photo editing, music and video encoding, and DVD authoring. It comes with a nice 23-inch monitor and a two-year warranty, but there are better deals out there in this price range The DX4320-02e uses the same mid-tower chassis as the Gateway DX4840-02e and Gateway DX4300-03 ($749.99 list, ). The case stands 16 inches tall, and has a glossy black finish and a recessed tray on top that will hold small gadgets such as cameras and external drives. There are two USB ports at the rear of the tray for connecting and charging devices. Positioned along the desktop's upper bezel are five media card slots, two USB ports, and headphone and microphone jacks. There's also a button that launches Gateway's Photo Frame picture viewing application. Rear accessible connections include VGA and HDMI video inputs, an Ethernet port, 3 audio jacks, two legacy PS/2 ports, and 6 additional USB ports.