Pc - What A Price!

ChicoMendez

3.0 ghz P4 hyper threading 800mhz FSB
dIRECTx9 GRAPHIC CARD
ati rADEON 9800 xl
Wireless LAN
DVD/CD Writer
DVD ROM
160 GIG HD
512 MB RAM
FLOPPY
7 USB's
6 canal digital dolby
ethernet card
56 k modem


for 1250 from ALDI

what ye think????

j0e9o

link???

ChicoMendez

NO LINK... its a paper flyer i have

Woden

that radeon 9800 xl it isn't XT by any chance is it?

Creamy Goodness

that's a ****ing cracking system there. it's like mine but i spent more on mine and theres nothing like saying u built your own computer

suppafly

osunds fairly decent but i still don't think i'd buy something like that there

Greenman

Here's a link to Aldi in France, might be of help.
"Hows your french?"
BTW cheaper in Spain

Creamy Goodness

google is your friend

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aldi.fr%2FOFFER_F%2Fhome.htm&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Creamy Goodness

pc looks like a rebadged medion to me

byte

Seems like a fine system. I think the DVD writer is multi standard, guessing from the french site. The media card slots at the front along with USB etc would be very handy also. Pity it's so close to Xmas

po0k

If I were spending that much money on a machine I'd rather have the ability to specify each part myself, particularly something as core as the motherboard.
having said that I've seen several of these medion machines and they seem like very good value for money, are feature-packed - if not with the ultimate highest quality components - with decent reliable tech and usually sell like hot-cakes.
perfect if you don't care if you have a 865 or 875 chipset or don't know the difference between RAID levels and JBOD.

ChicoMendez

Here's a link to Aldi in France, might be of help. "Hows your french?"

French is very good tnx. Im actually in France. Thats where i got the flyer.

Pity it's so close to Xmas

why such a pity?

BTW cheaper in Spain

im sur they would hike it up too at least 1600 for ireland :mad:

think the DVD writer is multi standard

so? what does this mean?

Imposter

They seem to have this offer in lots of countries at the moment.

Germany €1179
Austria €1249

Woden

different vat rates different prices perhaps? i know in spain the vat is particularly low

paulj13

Just seen this in the RTE guide (advert for Aldi, offers thursday the 27th)

looks real well speced. However it's advertised for €1299.99 not €1250.

Think I'll get one. Got one (aldi medion system) about two years ago and it was a very high speced machine back then, still is. Excellent machine that has never let me down. I'll be selling my current one and up grading me thinks......

Doodee

Originally posted by SyxPak
If I were spending that much money on a machine I'd rather have the ability to specify each part myself, particularly something as core as the motherboard.
having said that I've seen several of these medion machines and they seem like very good value for money, are feature-packed - if not with the ultimate highest quality components - with decent reliable tech and usually sell like hot-cakes.
perfect if you don't care if you have a 865 or 875 chipset or don't know the difference between RAID levels and JBOD.

Heh

Quiet too

Doodee

*cough* http://www.aldi-stores.co.uk/ie/specials_01_11/specials_set.html

Woden

i'd still like to know what a radeon 9800 XL is? as far as i know the XT's don't come in a 128mb version?

ChicoMendez

any sign of some high spec laptops?

tman

would i be right in thinking that it has no OS nor monitor?
still a pretty good deal i suppose...

byte

Funny it doesn't mention OS. It comes with software like PowerDVD and stuff. I know it doesn't come with monitor, and they are selling a TFT monitor seperately for €250

Doodee

Originally posted by ChicoMendez
any sign of some high spec laptops?

after chrimbo, say end of january, they do it every year.

byte

Just noticed that the link to French Aldi by Greenman, now shows a DivX DVD player for €79! That can't be bad? Wonder if it'll appear in Irish shops.

SouperComputer

would I be wrong in saying that there is no HT chip with a 800FSB with the exception of the 3.2Ghz "extreme"

Woden

i thought all the "c" chips had HT on them? could be mistaken though

edit, yep check this out

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/p4-800.html

bizmark

Their's no monitor with that pc from what i know .....so add on like 200 euro for a decent 17"

Other than that it's a fine looking pc top of the range

paulj13

Your right the Aldi medion's never came with a monitor but I real don;t see that as an issue.

In the RTE guide it has a full list of a the software that comes pre bundled which includes:

Windows XP Home Edition preloaded and on recovery disk
Microsoft Works suite 2004
MS word
MS Money 2004
MS Photo standard
MS Encarta Encyclopedia
MS autoroute 2004
Cyberlink Power DVD 5
Cyberlink Media Show
Cyberlink Power VCR II
Cyberlink Power Director
Nero Burning Rom 5
Music Match Jukebox
Lot of other bits and pieces

Can't see a floppy drive. I seem to remember that the last one of these didn't have one but there was a slot for one.

whosurpaddy

thats a dam nice wireless desktop for €30 on the aldi specials page. cant believe no ones mentioned that.

also a nice set of 5.1 speakers for €40.

anthonymcg

<Seriously contemplates going for one of these>