Aldi P.C. 749.99

outvader · 29-07-2005 09:10AM #1

Heyas, new aldi base unit, no monitor, looks nice enough.....

Base Station comes complete with
Remote control
Wireless keyboard
Optical wireless mouse
Headset with microphone

Power
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 519
3.06GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 533 MHz FSB
64-bit technology to support future computing needs
'Whisper' quiet thanks to AIRXL heat pipe cooler

Hard Disk Capacity
250 GB 8 MB Cache
S-ATA 150 Interface
Super fast 7200 U/Min

Memory
512 MB DDR
Upgradeable to 2GB

High End Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® 6200 TC graphics card with TurboCacheTM Technology1 supporting 256MB DDR, PCI-Express x 16 bus-architecture, TV-out

Burn
16 x Multi-standard, Dual Layer DVD/ CD-Writer

Software
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with SP2 pre-installed
Microsoft Works 8.0
Also comes with an amazing software bundle2

Entertainment
16 x DVD-ROM idea for watching DVD movies

oops sorry, address is http://www.aldi.ie/special_buys/product_311.html

KTRIC · 29-07-2005 09:13AM

Jaysus Man, How dare you post a thread like that without a link !!!

Consider yourself banned.

KTRIC · 29-07-2005 09:14AM

I'll be buying one of course.

okidoki987 · 29-07-2005 09:14AM

Yes but it's a bit of sneaky advertising.
There's a supplment in the Indo and it shows a bloke at the PC WITH monitor and the price for 749.99 and until you see "Base station", you might think the monitor comes with it, but that's an extra 219.99 for the 17" TFT.
So to get the full price for what's in the picture, it's 969.98 Euro.

machalla · 29-07-2005 09:58AM

Is it me or does that seem a bit of a lower spec than the previous offerings which usually had a really nice graphics card plus a few add-ons (top end processor, Huge hard disk, etc)?

Its still a good bargain I'd say just not quite what it used to be.

Maybe its just me.

jimbling · 29-07-2005 10:14AM

machalla wrote:

Is it me or does that seem a bit of a lower spec than the previous offerings which usually had a really nice graphics card plus a few add-ons (top end processor, Huge hard disk, etc)?

Its still a good bargain I'd say just not quite what it used to be.

Maybe its just me.

Are you for real????
it is a better spec than previous, and even if it was the exact same as the previous ones.... it has dropped by €250. How is that not as good a bargain as it used to be.

Headshot · 29-07-2005 10:19AM

lads im looking to buy a pc

and that Aldi one looks good

which is better
amd64 3000+ boxed (this incl heatsink)
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=307201&s=sc

gigabyte nforce 4 motherboard (no sli)
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=307571&s=sc

ram:1 gig twinmos cas 2.5
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=118498&s=sc

hardrive: seagate 250gig IDE
(make sure you get the ide, less trouble to setup! than sata)
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=306378&s=sc

GFX card:6600GT by club3d 128mb
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=307935&s=sc

dvd burner: LG 16x speed
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=304302&s=sc

Case: antec sonata, comes with dacent 380w psu
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=305069&s=sc

or Aldi one

also with the Aldi one can any monitor work on it and is it easily upgradeable
i know nothing about pc's by the way

TerrorFirmer · 29-07-2005 10:37AM

machalla wrote:

Is it me or does that seem a bit of a lower spec than the previous offerings which usually had a really nice graphics card plus a few add-ons (top end processor, Huge hard disk, etc)?

Its still a good bargain I'd say just not quite what it used to be.

Maybe its just me.

I was thinking the exact same thing. About a year ago, their PC was a beast in relation to the time. This one seems pretty average to be honest.

Headshot, yes your Pc parts would make a better PC then this Aldi one.

jimbling · 29-07-2005 11:04AM

MobileInfantry wrote:

I was thinking the exact same thing. About a year ago, their PC was a beast in relation to the time. This one seems pretty average to be honest.

Headshot, yes your Pc parts would make a better PC then this Aldi one.

and thats why the price is down by €250.

Dr. Dre · 29-07-2005 11:55AM

Not bowled over by this offer TBH.

@ Headshot > Go with Komplett

Headshot · 29-07-2005 12:01PM

cheers

MobileInfantry and Dr. Dre for the advice

ill keep with komplett

savemejebus · 29-07-2005 12:12PM

K-TRIC wrote:

I'll be buying one of course.

That's not really great for that price you know, would prefer to spend an extra 50 and get something like this

DELL OUTLET
Dimension 8400
Dimension 8400, Pentium 4, 3.4GHz, MiniTower
English - Win XP SP2 Pro (Backup Media)
System Price EUR 728.80 (786 incl VAT and discount)

Dell recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Operating System: English - Win XP SP2 Pro (Backup Media)
Memory: 1024MB PC-4200 DUAL CHANNEL (2X512mb)
Floppy Drive: 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 160GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
160GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive #2
Modem: V.92 Data Fax Modem Ire/Spn
V.92 Data Fax Modem Ire/Spn
Sound Card: Creative Labs SoundBlaster® Audigy™ 2 Sound Card
DVD Drive: 16x DVD Drive
Software: Microsoft® Works® 7.0
MISC: Dell Standard PS2 Keyboard
Norton Internet Securities 90 day English
256MB ATI Radeon¿ X800 XT
Dell 2 Button PS/2 Scroll Mouse
SATA Cable Mod for 2nd Hard Drive
DMX Dell Media Experience 2.

slave1 · 29-07-2005 05:12PM

having bought the last Medion the differences are;
3.2 processor 2mb cache
1 gig memory
320 hdd
on board bluetooth
on board wireless network card
the whole tv package, analogue/digital tv tuner, scart out
multi card reader/writer

the last one was 1100
the great thing about these pcs is the 3 year warranty and if anything goes wrong in the first year you can walk into your local store and get a cash refund

oh, BTW very quiet pc and the keyboard/mouse is not the same as the keyboard/mouse Aldi also sell, much better, best I've ever used
all in all, highly recommend

bogman · 29-07-2005 05:54PM

Check ALDI's and DELL's sites in Holland Germany and in Dell's case UK, u will find these same PC's are about 250 to 300€ cheaper.
Of course if u want to part with ur hard earned cash, the Irish companies will be delighted to oblige
Charles

machalla · 29-07-2005 06:12PM

So its not just me then

savemejebus · 29-07-2005 08:01PM

Charles Coughla wrote:

Check ALDI's and DELL's sites in Holland Germany and in Dell's case UK, u will find these same PC's are about 250 to 300€ cheaper.
Of course if u want to part with ur hard earned cash, the Irish companies will be delighted to oblige
Charles

Yeah but what can you do? Excluding the price differences caused by different vat rates and such they will continue to rape us with rip-off prices because the masses buy from them. Ordering complete pc's from abroad (with the exception of jes.de and a few sites) is fairly tricky and delivery and related charges usually end up reducing the amount you save to maybe €100 instead of €300. Then when you factor in the hassle of trying to get it fixed if anything goes wrong (it's a pain i've been there) saving a few quid at the start can end up either being more trouble than it's worth or costing you in the long run.

I don't like it but that's the way it is at the moment. I thnk that if you want to save money buy the parts from komplett or somewhere like that and put the machine together yourself,. If you want a ready to go machine go to elara or go to the dell OUTLET store.

Also things arent always better in the UK. I got my laptop from LIDL and it was €100 more expensive in the UK and had a year less guarantee at the time. So the germans are screwing the brits too

equal opportunists

slave1 · 29-07-2005 09:52PM

its all relative, compared to vast majority of shops that you can physically walk into these pcs are good value, as regards building your own these pcs these medions are very very well built, as pointed out before anyone who has had the hassle of returning goods abroad etc will know its a majot pain in the kn*b, had previously built all my pcs, but highly impressed by being able to walk into a shop and hook up the pc and everything installed/working perfectly, its great if/when tere's an issue with the company not having the excuse that "oh the burner is fine, it must be your processor", also great having no conflicts, had to bring a pc back to aldi after 3 months before as the fan started going loopy and cash back no hassle, then bought the next medion when it came out, they use pretty good components and my only issue is they don't come with a floppy, this rip off Ireland is jus too easy to crib about the whole time, just get the best deal you can and move on, if you were running any shop believe you me you price at whatever the market can bear, simple as that, these aldi medion pcs are up there and not far from the top

delly · 29-07-2005 10:19PM

Dell outlet, tried and tested with great results*

*I must stop going on about my purchase at the drop of a hat

Aldi P.C. 749.99

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