Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Gateway E-4000 Series Desktop computer (6-bay)-


The E series E-4300 6-bay computer is available in tower configuration. There are 6 expansion bays. The sizes of these bays are two external 5.25-inch, two external 3.5-inch and two internal 3.5-inch bays. There are four add-in card slots at the rear of the case The casing is very spacious and houses Intel D915 motherboard with LGA775 socket for latest Pentium 4 processors and DDR-2 compatibility.

The system has two PCI Express Slots (1x,16x) for installing graphics cards and other peripherals. Firewire port is given at the front to connect media devices like cameras etc.

In above picture you can see an open casing of a E-4300 6-bay computer.

Description of labeled parts is given below:

Item Description
A Power supply
B 5.25-inch drive bays
C Chassis fan
D 3.5-inch drive bays
E 3.5-inch hard drive bays
F Add-in card slots
G Motherboard



The Gateway E-4000 Series Desktop computer (4-bay)-

E-4300 Desktop 4-bayThe Gateway E-Series computers have been around for a while now. The systems are available in both desktop and tower configuration.

The particular Gateway system we are about to review is a E-4300 series small form factor 4-bay computer. The term "4-bay" refers to the fact that a total number of four expansion sites are available for installing storage devices like floppy drive, CD-ROM Drive, hard disk drive etc. The sizes of these bays are one external 5.25-inch, one external 3.5-inch, one external 3.5-inch slimline and one internal 3.5-inch bay.

One of the E-4300 Desktop standing 4-bayunique advantage of this casing is that it can be use as a desktop or mini-tower configuration. It has a rotatable feet which comes out when you turn it 90 degrees. Hence the casing can stand stably.

The motherboard model is D865GLV Intel manufactured. It carries a Pentium 4 Socket 478. Which makes it possible to install any processor in the 1.7-3.00 GHz Range (Faster and newer Pentium 4 processors use LGA 775 package). This particular system uses 2.8GHz processor with 800MHz Front Size Bus (FSB). 4-slots are available for 400 MHz DDR RAM thus there is plenty of room for memory expansion. A PCI slot and 8x AGP port is also available for gaming enthusiasts. This desktop PC is still available for sale on ebay and other sitesGateway E-series Casing open.