Quad PC ALDI €399.99 Jan 7th

slave1 · 02-01-2010 03:22PM #1

Not on the website yet but decent enough PC in Aldi Thursday Jan. 7th

Core 2 Quad @ 2.5GHz Q8300 1333MHz, 4MB Cache
4gig RAM (2X2)
1TB hard disk
Windows 7
2 hot swap SATA hard disc drive bays
NVIDA DirectX 10, 512MB graphics
DVD burner
HDMI, Card reader, USB X 6, LAN, 7.1 sound. Giga LAN
Keyboard/Mouse
3 year warranty

That's great spec for bricks and mortar at €399.99

budhabob · 02-01-2010 03:42PM

I bought the previous pc that had (similar spec with smaller harddrive) and its a mighty machine. Defo a bargain.

richieb · 02-01-2010 04:15PM

asking a lot i know but is there any mention of wireless

el dude · 02-01-2010 04:30PM

Really wish my PC was running like crap so i'd have an excuse to buy this. Seems a great deal.

W1llz0rz · 02-01-2010 04:32PM

Anyone in Waterford know which Aldi would be the best to go to for this?

Thanks

jelly&icecream · 02-01-2010 04:51PM

God damn thats tempting....

Tea_Bag · 02-01-2010 04:56PM

whats the graphics card like? would it be any good for gaming?
any more detailed specs?

slave1 · 02-01-2010 04:59PM

asking a lot i know but is there any mention of wireless

was looking for that myself, no mention of it, you can pick up a wireless dongle pretty cheap though, I have two from DX working perfectly.
But hey, when it pops up on the website it may have it, just not mentioned in the flyer

TJM · 02-01-2010 05:12PM

All recent Medion desktops have had wireless so I'd be very surprised if this one didn't.

Spunge · 02-01-2010 05:16PM

with a top of the range graphics card thats pretty much an awesome machine.
whats the card that comes with it ?

lasno · 02-01-2010 05:23PM

Its discussed on the Aldi/Medion support forum

www.medionsupport.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=89406#89406

You need to resister to read the posts but only takes a few seconds to register.

slave1 · 02-01-2010 05:24PM

G210, link is to a 210

Tragedy · 02-01-2010 05:26PM

If I'm remembering the leaflet correctly, it's a 512mb G210.

Costs about $35 in the states, basically worthless for gaming(Think ~8fps in Far Cry 2 at 1280*1024 and medium settings)

Solitaire · 02-01-2010 05:41PM

Guess the PSU spec is more relevant then

Still, I doubt a GT240/HD4770/HD5750 would cane even a naff PSU. Stick in one of those (and, if feeling cheeky, OC the CPU just a bit...) and you have a pretty strong gaming rig. €400 + cost of monitor and GPU isn't bad at all, as the ol' Windows Tax is already paid on this rig

south · 02-01-2010 06:36PM

W1llz0rz wrote: »

Anyone in Waterford know which Aldi would be the best to go to for this?

Thanks

ferrybank i'd say.

slave1 · 02-01-2010 06:38PM

CPU is Q8300 1333MHz, 4MB Cache

Tea_Bag · 03-01-2010 06:11AM

slave1 wrote: »

CPU is Q8300 1333MHz, 4MB Cache

reckon its worth €400?

iamskippy · 03-01-2010 11:37AM

slave1 wrote: »

Core 2 Quad @ 2.5GHz Q8300 1333MHz, 4MB Cache

what is the highlighted, is it the speed of the FSB?
edit: yes it is
Many thanks

iamskippy · 03-01-2010 01:21PM

There is no monitor? How much would a decent monitor cost?

zod · 03-01-2010 02:04PM

iamskippy wrote: »

There is no monitor? How much would a decent monitor cost?

100 -150

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/11124/xx/xx/1899/9/criteresn.html?s=11124&m=xx&t=xx&categorieid=9&cat=1899&startrow=&sortBy=ASC&orderBy=Prix

jonny72 · 03-01-2010 02:57PM

The 8300 is a 2.5 quad processor, thats all you need at the moment unless you are a hardcore gamer

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLB5W

with 4 gig ram, 1 tb space, etc.. very very good spec for that price.

Anyone interested in gaming can throw an ATI 4670 into this for nice gaming

or a 4770, 5750 or 5770 for progressively much better gaming

all have low power draw and should work with the power unit.

Tea_Bag · 03-01-2010 03:43PM

slave1 wrote: »

G210, link is to a 210

Gorgeous Graphics

If you want to play popular mainstream games like World of Warcraft, Spore or Sims3, the GeForce 210 is an essential addition to your PC.

lol, not exactly the most graphic intensive games out there is it. WOW can run on integrated graphics.

Tragedy · 03-01-2010 04:39PM

It won't run any of those games at decent resolutions.

Also, a 4670/4770/5750 aren't worth it, if you want to game on it: get a 4870 or 5770.

IsaBrown · 03-01-2010 04:52PM

Anyone know if the hardware is osx compatible

iamskippy · 03-01-2010 05:21PM

zod wrote: »

100 -150

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/11124/xx/xx/1899/9/criteresn.html?s=11124&m=xx&t=xx&categorieid=9&cat=1899&startrow=&sortBy=ASC&orderBy=Prix

Thank you for this help

Rsaeire · 03-01-2010 05:45PM

This is a good deal, given the CPU and HDD.

I would have loved if ALDI had a similar system, but with a small HDD, integrated graphics and no peripherals, as the price would have been a lot cheaper and I could have upgraded the graphics and HDD myself.

jonny72 · 03-01-2010 06:09PM

Tragedy wrote: »

It won't run any of those games at decent resolutions.

Also, a 4670/4770/5750 aren't worth it, if you want to game on it: get a 4870 or 5770.

Odd comment.

This is not an enthusiast PC, it has a weak power supply. A 4870 uses up too much power. Which is why I recommended cards which do not use much power, e.g. 4770 or 5750, which, when coupled with a 8300 quad can run almost every game out there with good framerates at 1680 x 1050 resolution (thats a 22 inch monitor).

If, however, you make up the 0.05% of people who play games on 2560 x 1600, and are a complete enthusiast, then why you'd be buying this PC in the first place is beyond me.

iamskippy · 03-01-2010 06:13PM

jonny72 wrote: »

Odd comment.

This is not an enthusiast PC, it has a weak power supply. A 4870 uses up too much power. Which is why I recommended cards which do not use much power, e.g. 4770 or 5750, which, when coupled with a 8300 quad can run almost every game out there with good framerates at 1680 x 1050 resolution (thats a 22 inch monitor).

If, however, you make up the 0.05% of people who play games on 2560 x 1600, and are a complete enthusiast, then why you'd be buying this PC in the first place is beyond me.

Games aside what do you think of it? Would it be good for surfing and using photoshop and or quark express. is it good enough for those? Thank you

deiseindublin · 03-01-2010 06:21PM

Anybody know yet if it has wireless?

Medion site to techie for me!

iamskippy · 03-01-2010 06:32PM

deiseindublin wrote: »

Anybody know yet if it has wireless?

I also wish to know this please

alastair_doom · 03-01-2010 06:48PM

theres a scan of the ad from the aldi leaflet from the UK here which is almost definately going to be the same.

The make a big deal about the LAN in the ad, and no mention of wireless, so I'd say surprisingly there is no wireless adapter.

5 page thread on HUKD about this (£350 in UK) http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/572480/medion-akoya-pc-x7330-d?

Quad PC ALDI €399.99 Jan 7th

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