Packard Bell Imedia J2412 €299 (Excludes Monitor) Currys,Gulliver Retail Park,Santry

ninty

Seems a Good PC Deal. Intel core 2 Duo Processor 2.2Ghz,2GB DDR2 Memory,250GB SATA Hard Drive,Nvidia geoforce 8400gs card,DVD RW DualLayer,8in1 Memory card reader.
€100 euro extra for 17" Advent monitor.Also they are selling 3 packs of philips (25)DVD-RW's for €20 or 3 packs of Verbatim (25)DVD+R for same price.

culabula88

has anybody else come across this deal in any other currys stores?

ninty

culabula88 wrote: »

has anybody else come across this deal in any other currys stores?

Think its exclusive to this store,manager's special €450 in other stores

Agent Smith

any of these left?

projectmayhem

agent smith wrote: »

any of these left?

should be loads yeah. there was a pallet of them the other day, but once that's gone the deal's over

Agent Smith

Picked one up At about 5ish, Met mairt's brother!


looks good, i'll set it up later and report back

ninty

Mr.S wrote: »

im assuming Vista Home Prem is on it?

Yes Vista Premium, bought one myself for the graphics card which is great on a PC this price.Not a great card but will play Quake 4,oblivium,call of duty 4 with a little tweaking of resolution etc. Crysis will even run at 10fps at lowest settings.More infomation here http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/?pn=PB80X19701&g=1400

AlmightyCushion

ninty wrote: »

Yes Vista Premium, bought one myself for the graphics card which is great on a PC this price.Not a great card but will play Quake 4,oblivium,call of duty 4 with a little tweaking of resolution etc. Crysis will even run at 10fps at lowest settings.More infomation here http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/?pn=PB80X19701&g=1400

The system is pretty good. If you stuck a good graphics card in there it would be a pretty decent gaming machine for next to nothing. A 3850/3870/9600gt should work in that no bother and would give a good performance boost in games at quite a low cost.

ninty

Mr.S wrote: »

any idea how many where left? might try and pick one up, seems like a bargain at 300.

There were 18 left on saturday but once you put a bargain up here they disappear quickly.Great site saved hundreds.

Agent Smith

any idea what type of ram is in this?

AlmightyCushion

Probably ddr2 running @ 533Mhz. Probably cheap stuff as well.

TerrorFirmer

Seems good for the price, though if you go to Dell it's also possible to get similarly spec'd Vostro machines for the same price. The only difference would be the card, which is dedicated here, though I wouldn't advise anyone to heed this advise:

Yes Vista Premium, bought one myself for the graphics card which is great on a PC this price

Yes the price is technically good for the machine, but the 8400Gs is a low end card and worth about 20 euro second hand, about 30 new - anyone buying the machine specifically thinking they were getting a great deal owing to the card would be misinformed . You'd be disappointed with this card if you were looking at buying a new machine with gaming in mind, it's more for the individual who doesn't mind playing the odd game at low-mid settings and primarily uses the machine for other things. Though that said I think you're being a little unfair on the card, it can definitely run Crysis far better then 10fps @ lowest settings....(10fps would be choppy, jerky and unplayable)

Though I would agree with this:

The system is pretty good. If you stuck a good graphics card in there it would be a pretty decent gaming machine for next to nothing. A 3850/3870/9600gt should work in that no bother and would give a good performance boost in games at quite a low cost.

Top gaming machine for 400-50 for those who aren't into building their own systems.

ninty

This PC is now €330 with 17" lcd monitor (€70 euro cheaper than it was)

AlmightyCushion

ninty wrote: »

This PC is now €330 with 17" lcd monitor (€70 euro cheaper than it was)

You should be able to get it without a monitor as well, handy if you already have one.

ninty

PC World are selling the monitor (advent17"LCD) for 199 euros by itself.So you could argue that your getting the PC for 130 Euros.

ronano

is this still available?

is there any other way to contact the shop outside of 1890 number?

ronano

If anyone is interested

they only have display model left which they'll knock 20 euro off so its 230 euro for just the tower.

zod

20" lcd €126


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