It’s Vista time! Everyone around is introducing new desktops and notebooks, or at least announcing availability of the old ones with the new Windows OS.

One of them is Gateway, who has been strangely quiet all through the beginning of the year. It has a new powerfull and attractively priced multimedia desktop for you - Gateway DX430.

Starting at $849 Gateway DX430 desktop features:

Intel® Core™2 Duo E4300 (1.8GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB cache) CPU
1024MB 667MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3000 with Maximum 384MB Shared Memory
Integrated Intel® 7.1 high-definition audio
160GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II hard drive w/ 8MB cache
16x Double-Layer Multi-Format DVD±/R±RW/CD-R/RW recorder
15-in-1 Memory Card Reader
19″ Gateway WideScreen HD LCD Display
Gateway 2.0 Speakers
Gateway 104+ Elite Keyboard and Soft-touch USB optical wheel mouse
Windows Vista Home Premium OS

Even at its minimum, Gateway DX430 is quite a powerfull multimedia PC, already with 19″ monitor, speakers and other accesories. But if you want more power, you can upgrade it to:

Intel® Core™2 Duo E6700 (2.66GHz 1066MHz FSB 4MB cache) CPU
4096MB 667MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7950GT 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI - Dual Link w/HDCP & TV-Out graphics
Sound Blaster X-FI PCI card
1000GB 7200rpm Serial ATA II/300 hard drive w/ 16MB cache (2-500GB hard drives)
16x Double-Layer Multi-Format DVD±/R±RW/CD-R/RW recorder
15-in-1 Memory Card Reader
24″ Gateway WideScreen HD perfprmance LCD Display
TV Tuner Asus/ViXS Combo-210E NTSC/ATSC with Symphony Blaster Receiver and Remote
Logitech Z-5300e 280 Watt 5.1 THX Certified Surround Speakers with Subwoofer
Gateway 104+ Elite Keyboard and Soft-touch USB optical wheel mouse
Windows Vista Ultimate OS

Of course, Gateway NX430 with this configuration will cost you $3414, but for that you’ll get a monster media center that will satisfy all your multimedia and gaming needs for a long time.