Aldi PC on sale 4th Feb

Eemia

3GB DDR3 SDRAM
Powerful graphics
1000GB hard disk
CD/DVD Burner
Intel core i3-530 Processor
Windows 7 Home premium
Multi card read
and much more...

449.99

Might be of use to those that missed the boat on the other PC

madmoe

Wonder does it have any USB 3.0 ports and 802.11 n?? U have a flyer\lnk?

mayordenis

Powerful Graphics eh? if so then it sounds good to me

54kroc

mayordenis wrote: »

Powerful Graphics eh? if so then it sounds good to me

I think it has Integrated Intel GMA HD graphics

iknorr

cork45 wrote: »

I think it has Integrated Intel GMA HD graphics

ayr, powerful stuff, did u know they had the internet on computers too?

Kinetic^

"Powerful graphics" - :pac:

Any idea what the motherboard is?

IrishTonyO

Eemia wrote: »

3GB DDR3 SDRAM
Powerful graphics
1000GB hard disk
CD/DVD Burner
Intel core i3-530 Processor
Windows 7 Home premium
Multi card read
and much more...

449.99

Might be of use to those that missed the boat on the other PC

where you see this? Can't find it on their website

deiseindublin

Anybody know if this has a wireless card?

m4rkiz

deiseindublin wrote: »

Anybody know if this has a wireless card?

probably not, but wireless usb adapter cost €10-15, not a deal breaker if you want to spend €450

Eemia

Its not on their website i have a flyer here i got in the RTE guide.

Will type out EXACTLY whats on it.

Powerful intel core i3-530 processor
(2.93 GHz, 4MB Intel Smart cache, Intel Hyper-Threading-Technology)

Powerful NVIDIA Geforce G210 DirectX 10 graphics card
With 512MB graphic memory and D-Sub VGA, DVI-I and HDMI interface (HDCP support)

Massive 3GB DDR3 SDRAM

Large 1TG (1000GB) S-ATA hard disk

Multiformat DVD/CD burner

High speed Wireless Lan 802.11 n-Standard
With up to 300Mbit/s. 802.11 b/g compatible0

Network controller Gigabit Lan (10/100/1000 Mbit/s

IEEE1394 Firewire on board

eSata connection

8 channel high defination audio

Multi card reader

PS/2 keyboard and optical USB mouse


They also have a 20" TFT monitor for 99.99 on 4th Feb also

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> thanks is over there :eek:

Eemia

BTW anything i had said on first post is actually worded like that on the flyer in front of me, i did not make it up :pac:

Kinetic^

I love the use of "Massive" & "Powerful" in the advertisement, marketing guru who ever came up with that.

dxhound2003

Is the "massive" 3GB of Ram an issue? The other one had 4 and I thought 4 was sort of standard now.

muppetkiller

With Windows 7 , 3 gig is plenty but get more anyway if you're into you're gaming.

gsp119

can i ask a silly question - if I coonect to plasma via the hdmi port - will that carry audio as well?

cheers

Stokolan

It should be bale to. On my laptop I can send audio out via the HDMI to my TV if needed and its using vista. I had windows 7 on it and it was the same.

Tea_Bag

Stokolan wrote: »

It should be bale to. On my laptop I can send audio out via the HDMI to my TV if needed and its using vista. I had windows 7 on it and it was the same.

that depends entirely on the graphics card and not the OS.


also, im not sure i3 is going to be any good for gaming.
that said, expect to buy a 2gb ram chip and not 1gb, if you plan to upgrade to 4gb's for gaming, because its going to be in a 1x1024mb + 1x2048mb array, and the i3 is dual channel.



as with the last aldi pc, if you're looking to do some gaming, you'll need to buy a new graphics card (possibly a new PSU too), because the G210 is going to be useless.

Effluo

muppetkiller wrote: »

With Windows 7 , 3 gig is plenty but get more anyway if you're into you're gaming.

Pish.
Windows 7 is less ram hungry than Vista and only uses around 1gig.

3gigs would be plenty for gaming, on my system i don't think it's ever gone over 2.5gigs!
Also the i3 seems to work great in games from any of the benchmarks i've seen.

Altogether this is an awesome deal

The point needs to be stressed however that the gpu on this thing will play hd content fine, but this will not play any graphic intensive games!

If you're looking for a system to play pc games, then you'll need to buy a graphics card for this

madmoe

Are there any USB 3.0 ports on it I wonder?

billyhead

Folks,


What time would you need to start queuing outside the shop to get this on Thursday week?

Pdfile

Tea_Bag wrote: »

that depends entirely on the graphics card and not the OS.


also, im not sure i3 is going to be any good for gaming.
that said, expect to buy a 2gb ram chip and not 1gb, if you plan to upgrade to 4gb's for gaming, because its going to be in a 1x1024mb + 1x2048mb array, and the i3 is dual channel.



as with the last aldi pc, if you're looking to do some gaming, you'll need to buy a new graphics card (possibly a new PSU too), because the G210 is going to be useless.

the i3 uses H/T too which seems cool when utilized... is their any Competitive offers online to beat the Brick and motor shops ?

Do-more

billyhead wrote: »

Folks,


What time would you need to start queuing outside the shop to get this on Thursday week?

You should be pretty safe if you start now!

Doors open at 9am, it really depends on whether they have 2 of these per store or 20.

If you really want it and don't want to take any chances I say around 7.30am.

iamskippy

Eemia wrote: »

They also have a 20" TFT monitor for 99.99 on 4th Feb also

any info on the monitor? Good buy with the PC?

Slick50

Stokolan wrote: »

It should be bale to. On my laptop I can send audio out via the HDMI to my TV if needed and its using vista. I had windows 7 on it and it was the same.

I thought the beauty of HDMI is that it carries hd audio and visual. Does this unit have the three year warranty as standard? Like the previous one.

Keano

madmoe wrote: »

Wonder does it have any USB 3.0 ports and 802.11 n?? U have a flyer\lnk?

You're not asking for much

Rsaeire

Keano A Legend wrote: »

You're not asking for much

Next he'll be asking for Sata 6.0 Gbps support, 3D glasses and a copy of Avatar in 3D as well. :P

madmoe, I doubt it will have USB 3.0 support, but if it does come with Wi-Fi, it wouldn't be too much to ask for if it came with 802.11n support too. It seems to be another great computer deal for Aldi; let's hope they have at least a dozen or so machines in most stores.

Tweaky

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/2827_11844.htm

madmoe

Rsaeire wrote: »

Next he'll be asking for Sata 6.0 Gbps support, 3D glasses and a copy of Avatar in 3D as well. :P

madmoe, I doubt it will have USB 3.0 support, but if it does come with Wi-Fi, it wouldn't be too much to ask for if it came with 802.11n support too. It seems to be another great computer deal for Aldi; let's hope they have at least a dozen or so machines in most stores.

Exactly lads. The 802.11 N support would make up for no USB 3.0 but it would be nice to have at least one USB 3.0 in there....

RobertFoster

Rsaeire wrote: »

let's hope they have at least a dozen or so machines in most stores.

Good luck with that... Maybe they learned from the last PC deal that 2-4 per store pissed people off. Only time will tell though.

jimogr

What is the build quality like on these MEDIONs?

In general how noisy are they?

How much of a deal is this?

j4vier

i doubt they learned anything from the previous pc sale..actually i think they did that on purpose..
my friend has a 1y old medion pc, works quite well and in terms of noise its very quiet