June 21, 2008 6:00 AM PDT
3. Gateway FX541XT
Editors' rating: 7.3
The good: Great deal for high-end hardware; strong jack-of-all trades performance and features.
The bad: Gamers would swap out some of the extras for better 3D cards; 32-bit Windows can't use all 4GB of included memory.
The bottom line: Gateway's highest-end performance desktop aspires to be everything to everybody. It takes a few missteps, but mostly it succeeds, especially with its price.
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Price range: $3,299.99
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