PC in Aldi €679.99

ayatollah

Powerful Quad Core processor
Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q8200 (2.33GHz, 4 MB cache, FSB 1333MHz). Impressive power and speed – the new Intel® Quad Core technology provides both. With four cores the Intel® Core™2 Quad manages multitasking effortlessly and in the blink of an eye.

Huge memory
4GB DDR2-RAM, Dual Channel Mode.2

Massive storage capacity
1000GB hard disk (Serial ATA 2, 16 MB cache). For storing more than 200,000 music tracks/photos or 600 hours of TV recordings.1

High performance graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT (512MB GDDR3 RAM with HDMI and DVI output). For unmatched realism with multimedia applications, movie playback and games it has to be the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600GT. The 512MB dedicated memory and integrated HDMI interface make the MEDION® AKOYA® P7300 D the perfect partner for your LCD or Plasma TV.

Easy future expansion
With the MEDION data port2 you can easily connect the external HDDrive2Go Ultra Speed and expand your storage capacity.5

High Speed Wireless LAN 802.11n Draft
With up to 300 MBit/s. 802.11 b/g compatible.4

Multi-Standard DVD/CD Writer
With DVD-RAM and Dual-Layer support.3

Extra software package
(OEM versions pre-installed and/or on CD/DVD or Recovery CD/DVD):

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium. With new Media Center Interface (32 Bit & 64 Bit/incl. SP1)
Microsoft® Works® 9.0. Incl. Microsoft® Office Home and Student Trial Version 60 day test version (internet access required for activation)
Corel® Draw Essentials 3 + Corel® Media One™
MEDION Home Cinema Suite (PowerDirector 7, PowerProducer 5, Power DVD™ 7, MediaShow)
Nero essentials3 (Nero Burning ROM 8, Nero Recode 3, Nero Express 8, Nero Vision 5)
BullGuard Internet Security Pack6 (90 day trial version)
Accessories included:

Remote control
Wireless multimedia keyboard
Wireless optical scroll mouse
Numerous ports

HDMI + DVI
Connect the MEDION® AKOYA® PC to a HD ready TV via HDMI/DVI port to give you brilliant colours and picture perfect clarity – the ultimate digital home cinema experience.

All the support you need
36 month manufacturer’s warranty. MEDION offer a telephone support hotline charged at National Rates and a return to manufacturer service for repair.


I am seriously considering getting this it actually looks ok.

they have a load of other offers on pc accessories too check it out her for yourself


http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/offers_week48thursday08.htm

pyramuid man

Was looking at this alright/

Looks pretty good.

carbsy

ayatollah wrote: »

Easy future expansion
With the MEDION data port2 you can easily connect the external HDDrive2Go Ultra Speed and expand your storage capacity.

I presume this is Aldi marketing speak for an External SATA port? They're trying to make it sound like they have a patent on it. lol

Mr. Incognito

God help you if anything goes wrong- what sort of after sales service are you expecting?

I'm an apple convert and I'm not going back.

Boots09

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

God help you if anything goes wrong- what sort of after sales service are you expecting?

I bought my Laptop in Lidl had a problem with the power supply/battery after about 8 months rang manufacturer up(For after sales you deal directly with manufacturer) they sent a courier to collect it had it repaired and returned in about 2 weeks slightly less. I was very happy with there after sales service can only presume Aldi's would be along the same lines.

CiaranC

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

God help you if anything goes wrong- what sort of after sales service are you expecting?

I'm an apple convert and I'm not going back.

Wanna show me an apple near that spec for €679?

ongarite

Excellent spec for the price. A Dell XPS of similar spec would be close to €1000.

Riesen_Meal

I have an Aldi cheap desktop pc the last 3 years, never once had to re-install XP either, not one bit of trouble with it, couldnt recommend it enough.....

Folks use it mainly in the sitting room, its great, now they have laptops it kinda collects dust.....

Another journalist friend of mine bought an aldi laptop say 3 years ago, he relies heavily on his laptop for work for obvious reasons, he had an issue with a power supply after bout 2 years and they had it back to him within 4 days (from Germany apparently)

Also a friend of the family works for Aldi as a manager and said if at all your unhappy with the purchase they will more than likely refund you up to 2 years after you buy it!

In regard to the mac thing, my future mac purchase is 3K, granted its for music only so they dont really compare to a cheap ass aldi pc -

:rolleyes:

Thats a bit of a silly comment from Mr "ive got a mac" Incognito.....

I hope you get a cd stuck in your DVD drive like most macbooks do these days and in no time you'll be making your way out to blanchardstown to collect it.....

bk

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

God help you if anything goes wrong- what sort of after sales service are you expecting?

Actually Aldi and Lidl are considered to have some of the best support in the industry.

All their electronics include a 3 year guarantee and if anything goes wrong they will either send around an engineer to fix it or a courier to pick it up.

You pay a lot of extra money to get the same level of support from Apple, doesn't come as standard, you need to buy an applecare contract.

shayg1971

Sticks in the craw a bit that Aldi are selling this in the UK for £499 (€590 at today's rate). Ok, so maybe €25 of the difference is VAT, and no doubt the rest is somthing else plausible that they can make up... Time to get some Aldis into NI methinks.

Also, the UK spec description includes:
"Watch and record digital TV programmes
Integrated triple-use TV tuner for analogue TV, DVB-T and DVB-S".

Presumably the TV card is in the Irish one as well (identical model number), and they've pulled it out of the spec description in case it would mislead about the general availability of DVB-T broadcasts here. Still, I wonder if it does MPG-4 decoding on DVB-T in readiness for our digital service (eventually).

Valentia

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

what sort of after sales service are you expecting?

I'm an apple convert and I'm not going back.

Excellent by all accounts. Apple are robbers BTW.

ayatollah

i am really surprised as to how good of an offer this is

and some of the accessories are quite reasonable too

i think im going to have to make my way to aldi in carlow on thursday morning

is there a way to get the tv card in ireland at all or we looking at online shopping again!?!?!?!

also anyone know anyone who works in aldi - carlow?!??

quarryman

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

God help you if anything goes wrong- what sort of after sales service are you expecting?

I'm an apple convert and I'm not going back.

What is your experience of Aldi after sales? Exactly, none. You're talking shít.

celticfc

ayatollah wrote: »

is there a way to get the tv card in ireland at all or we looking at online shopping again!?!?!?!

The spec sheet in their catalog has much more info and it says it is there. but I presume they just cut it from the irish site because Ireland does not have any "Official" dvb-t transmissions at present. You might be able to download a mpeg-4 codec to make it work with the Irish DTT tests.

The dvb-s functionality will work fine here tough for satellite.

Do-more

Lidl have a quad core coming up on Monday aswell for €599.99



* Intel® Core 2 Quad Processor Q8200 2.33 GHz
* 3GB DDRII-RAM 800
* 640GB Samsung Hard Drive
* nVidia GeForce 512MB DDRII-RAM
* LG Dual/Double layer DVD/CD writer with Lightscribe
* ASUS PEGATRON Motherboard and TV Tuner
* Software Package: Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Operating System, Corel Office Home, CorelDraw Essentials 3, PVT Autoroute 2008, Nero 8 Essentials Suite, Bullguard Anti-Virus.
* Accessories: PS/2 keyboard, USB optical scroll mouse, 2.4 GHz wireless RF remote control with USB receiver, USB W-LAN Stick
* 6 in 1 card reader for up to 23 different media types
* 3 year guarantee

TJM

I've two Aldi desktops. Superb value for the spec - particularly when you're getting things (firewire, e-sata, card readers, tuner, remote, media software, etc.) that you wouldn't get on most comparable pcs. Recommended.

rob316

I have an aldi desktop I bought about 18 months ago, great piece of kit, got everything I need. Best pc I've ever hard. The one thing about these I will say is they don't offer much upgrade options for the future, well atleast with mine.

jonny72

Unlike most other mainstream PC's this actually has a good graphics card so you can play most the latest games without having to upgrade, Call of Duty, etc

ayatollah

have to say well done aldi - the general consenous from here and word of mouth is that this is a great deal.

i tried to post in the carlow forum to ask if anyone here worked in the carlow aldi to do me a turna and one of the mods locked the post for reasons known only to himself. so i guess i'll have to just take my chances and see what else i can arrange.

i think this is an offer thats too good to miss especially when you see what other companies are charging for lesser machines.

opus

I bought one of the Aldi Medion PC's around 3.5 years ago & it's been going fine, I've never reinstalled it or anything. Am tempted by this one but don't really need a new PC as I don't use it for games.

recycler1

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

God help you if anything goes wrong- what sort of after sales service are you expecting?

I'm an apple convert and I'm not going back.

MEDION give a fantastic service. I had a problem with a 17" Monitor that was 2 years, 11 months, old. (Guarantee was for 3 years.) MEDION replaced it with a new, higher spec., 19" one - just because the courier was a bit tardy in collecting it. A friend had a similar experience.

97i9y3941

most comps are the same,most of the parts sourced from the same suppliers in china,only put their name on the case,if you know how to fix comps you woundnt have much prob fixing it

slave1

have had a Medion PC for 2 years no issues

Time to get some Aldis into NI methinks.

Are Aldi in NI?

milly4ever

slave1 wrote: »

have had a Medion PC for 2 years no issues



Are Aldi in NI?

that s what i was thinking! cos it probably would be cheaper there but i don't think there are any

97i9y3941

slave1 wrote: »

have had a Medion PC for 2 years no issues

thank god you said that,some ppl think its the comps fault all the time!

mickr1

the aldi one seems much better. i like the sound of 4 gb ram! but i suppose it depends what you want one for.

FingalAirsoft

Just seen on the big ad outside the Lidl in Balbriggan the pc is going for €799.00:eek::eek: not 599 that is advertised on the website:(

webmanie

Hi Guys

I do some video editing , do ye thing that its got what it takes the Aldi pc ?

97i9y3941

depends on what sort of editing,only use mine for making dvds and stuff,basically the more ram/processor power,the faster and ease of making the video it gets

Onikage

The Lidl one looks awful. The Aldi one looks like an XPS. Better RAM, HDD, graphics, wireless, etc. The only thing the Lidl one has in it's favour is the built-in tv tuner, though I suspect the Pegatrons are analogue only.

Actually, I'm having difficulty seeing what is better about an XPS at twice the price. SideShow? Not likely.

webmanie

I use Pinnical studio 12, and the machine i use now is a Medion from aldi as well ,a real work horse but i think pinnical 12 is a bit more demanding

celticfc

I think I shall invest in it tommorrow

ongarite

Friend is going to get one in Santry tomorrow. Take this as a warning, he is big angry guy and wants this PC so no queue jumping!!

kerash

Just some word of advise on Medions service if things go wrong - I purchased a pc Over a year ago, last September something banjaxed - sent it back to medion as it was under guarantee, ended up waiting months (apparently there was no part) for them to fix or replace, every week I'd call and they would say it'll be on it's way tomorrow - blah blah, turns out they lost my PC and I only got a replacement when I got on to Aldi.
Never had a problem with the replacement - touch wood!
The moral of the story is, they are a decent machine but if something goes wrong in my experience Medion are a disaster. Big thumbs up to Aldi's Kildare office though, they were great.

iMax

Wish I had the cash. Great machine. I have a medion here which is about five years old. Had both the MBD & the PSU replaced in the warranty. Both times, engineer called to the house to do it, despite me telling them I could do it myself.

This system has been on almost continually for all that time.

Great piece of kit & great service from them. What I'd give to have a spare €1k tomorrow morning.

kerash

iMax wrote: »

Wish I had the cash. Great machine. I have a medion here which is about five years old. Had both the MBD & the PSU replaced in the warranty. Both times, engineer called to the house to do it, despite me telling them I could do it myself.

This system has been on almost continually for all that time.

Great piece of kit & great service from them. What I'd give to have a spare €1k tomorrow morning.

:eek: Serious?! That was great. I didn't get that option, had to send mine away to the UK:(

Tar.Aldarion

Nice price!

phasers

Just went over the road to aldi and got a ticket. Number one here baby :cool:
ALdi Fonthill only has 4 anyway lads so I'd get up to your stores quick smart

MunsterCycling

Aldi Mayfield, Cork

Sold out only had 3 machines and they sold out in less the 5 mins, rest of the shops in the area are sold out too apparently. They reduced the number of machines each shop got this year as they had stock left over last year and ended up reducing them in January to get rid of them. Still HDDs left, got myself one, have to reformat it now as its formatted FAT32.

MC

Tweaky

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Aldi Mayfield, Cork

Sold out only had 3 machines and they sold out in less the 5 mins, rest of the shops in the area are sold out too apparently. They reduced the number of machines each shop got this year as they had stock left over last year and ended up reducing them in January to get rid of them. Still HDDs left, got myself one, have to reformat it now as its formatted FAT32.

MC

New store opened in Carrigtwohill this morning - might be worth checking if they have one !!!

ayatollah

wahhhheeeyyy

i got it

went down to carlow and they had none left was talking to the manager he said they only got like 9 or 10. he said they're was a queue from 7:30!?! bargin hunters up at the craic of dawn again.

but he rang around a few shops for us and got them to hold one.

it is a beast of a machine i'm using it right now.

so far so good anyways.

any other sucess stories??

ScumLord

My sister went to claremorris one first thing this morning and was told they sold them all yesterday!

I'm in the process of trying to give someone a verbal ****ing if I ever get someone on the phone.

MunsterCycling

ScumLord wrote: »

My sister went to claremorris one first thing this morning and was told they sold them all yesterday!

I'm in the process of trying to give someone a verbal ****ing if I ever get someone on the phone.

Ring head office in Kildare and tell them, thats not on. You won't get the number for any of the shops as they are ex-directory.

MC

ScumLord

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Ring head office in Kildare and tell them, thats not on. You won't get the number for any of the shops as they are ex-directory.

MC

I did that and yerone said she can't do anything for me, she took my number and is supposed to get someone else to ring me back. It's really annoying as my sister had to take time off work to go there.

MunsterCycling

ScumLord wrote: »

I did that and yerone said she can't do anything for me, she took my number and is supposed to get someone else to ring me back. It's really annoying as my sister had to take time off work to go there.

Always always take their name and use it frequently during the call so they know you have it, makes the job of avoiding knowing a little harder if you can tell them who you spoke to when you ring again.

Sounds like they are trying to fob you off.

MC

ldusoswa

I love lidl and aldi products! reliability and service are built in from the get-go... have bought many many things from lidl and aldi... and the things i had to return were either refunded on the spot, replaced, or a guy called out to fix it on the spot! what more could you want...

It's true what they say, quality is free... a company invests a lot in giving great quality products and service, and gets more custom and less hassle as a result...

thefinalstage

Getting a vista index rating 5.9 in all aspects and I think this thing has a physX card installed. No problems so far

celticfc

I missed out, all the tickets were gone in tallaght thismorning

I'll be keeping my eye out for their next deal, I dont really fancy the Lidl PC next week.

dotsman

Just a slight warning for people not very well up in buyin compeuters!

There is no monitor included, so you should take that into account (fine if your just upgraing your existing computer and happy with your current monitor)!

For anyone that has bought it (and who knows what they're talking about:D). What's it's physical architecture like (in the sense of upgrading). Does it have many free slots (for extra hard disks, PCI-E etc). Only asking because I've upgraded my current dell to the max (over 4 years old, running fine, but cannot upgrade the system board due to dell design, so am bottle-necked when it comes to CPU etc). Certainly interested in the spec and price, but it would have to be something I can easily upgrade over the next few years to keep it up-to-date.

Freeman

Does anyone know what motherboard is in this PC? I have been searching the net but all the results are in German.

ldusoswa

Freeman wrote: »

Does anyone know what motherboard is in this PC? I have been searching the net but all the results are in German.

I got one from Aldi a while back (4 years ago! DELIGHTED!). Generally the RAM is the fastest type of RAM the board can take. Mine was DDR2 PC6400.

I have no idea if this board supports SLI, but I do know that you can upgrade to any of today's PCI-e 2.0 cards as even if the motherboard only has an x16 slot, not all the bandwidth of that pci slot will be used by a single graphics card. So no need to worry about that unless you're looking to go hardcore, in which case you'd be better off building from scratch.

This is a serious gaming computer, that will run everything out there.

BTW >> Try translating the search results with http://babelfish.yahoo.com