jono300

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Just picked up the latest flyer for Aldi and see they are going to be doing there bargain top spec pc deal again on the 25th november, massive spec all for just £699.99.

anyone ready to be first in the doorway ??!!
pc is a Medion titanium MD 8383 with pent 4 processor,and when I say massive spec I mean massive spec !! think this will be future proof for a good few years yet !!

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

PMSL i have never seen the pc spec but i doubt it very much

Barmyclown

• Is this the one
• Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system
• Intel Pentium4 3.0Ghz Processor, 800MHz Front Side Bus
• 512MB DDR-RAM (400MHz)
• 160GB hard disk drive 7200rpm (Seagate)
• DVD-ReWriter 4xDVD-R/2xDVD-RW, 4xDVD+R/2.4xDVD+RW, 16xCD- R/10xCD-RW (Pioneer DVR-106DB)
• 16x DVD-ROM
• ATi Radeon 9800XL graphics card with 128MB DDR-RAM
• PCI 56K V.90 Modem
• 6 Channel Audio on board with optical digital sound output/input (S/PDIF)
• 10/100MBit LAN port on board
• IEEE1394 FireWire on board
• Stereo TV Tuner Radio combi. card
• Multifunction Remote Control
• Wireless USB Wheel Mouse incl. Mousepad
• Wireless USB Multimedia Keyboard

ConnectXL - the clever access module on the front, includes the following interfaces: 1 FireWire, 1 Composite Video In, 1 S-Video In, 1 Audio In, 1 Microphone In, 1 Headphone, 3 USB 2.0, 1 Gameport, integrated Flashcard Reader for:

• IBM-Microdrive
• Compact Flash Card
• Memory Stick
• MultiMedia Card
• Smart Media Card
• SD Card

Total connections

• 7 Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0 - 3 front, 4 back)
• 1 S-Video In, 1 Composite Video In
• 1 Audio In
• 1 Microphone In
• 1 Line In, 1 Line Out, 1 Front / Rear Out
• 1 Subwoofer / Centre Speaker Out
• 1 SPDIF Optical in, 1 SPDIF Optical out
• 1 9 pin serial, 2 PS/2 (mouse/keyboard), 1 Parallel port
• 1 LAN port (RJ45)
• Modem port (RJ11)
• 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394 - 1 front, 1 back)

Software included

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (OEM recovery version on CD-ROM)
• Microsoft WorksSuite2004 (OEM Version with DVD-ROM)
• Medion Home Cinema XL (OEM Version)
• Nero Burning ROM 6 (OEM Version)

Product dimensions

Box size: 49.0 X 22.8 X 53.5 cm

Box weight: ca 11 kg

Warranty

Monkeh

average spec, nothing special there !!

Barmyclown

Just slightly less powerful than my laptop and that cost 2600 12 months ago. 3.2 P4 with 128MB Mobile Radeon 9600 and 1Gig of 2700 ddr. Waiting to see if alienware are going to release the mobile radeon 9800. so I can upgrade to the last of the agp mobile graphics cards.

Iain Young

Same here. The 9600 is getting a bit long in the tooth now and is definitely slowing my 3.2Ghz Area 51-m down

Barmyclown

Don`t think the geforce go 5700 is a big enough performance leap to warrant spending the money.

what would scooby do

LOL @ anything that comes supplied with a modem what next a sundial

AndyMoody

iTrader: (2)

This is the one I can see for £699.99

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 550 with HT Technology 3.40 GHz. * DVB-T Digital TV & FM Radio Tuner card * Dual Layer Multi Format DVD/CD Writer * Bluetooth * Graphics card with new PCI-Express x16 bus architecture * 250 GB Hard disc * WLAN 54 MBit/s * 9 in 1 Memory Card Reader * 512 MB Memory * 6x USB 2.0 * 2x FireWire * 8-channel Intel® High Definition Audio * LAN Network Controller * 56K V.9x PCI Data/Fax modem * Reddot Design Award * Microsoft Works Suite 2005

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

like i said nothing great everything onboard and i suspect a cheaper 3.4 ghz pentiun cpu since they have just moved on to another type of pentium cpu

kernel

I think the 550 is the newer P4, it's def a LGA 775 jobbie. Would be interesting to know exactly what the GFX adaptor is, it is a PCIx & would be good if an X800 or 6800GT.

Seems a reasonable spec to me, but does need more RAM.

I think the spec in the original post was the last one they did.

Tim-Grove

Something you could knock together from OCUK obviously you could probably get it cheaper else where.

AMD Athlon 64 3400 (Socket 754) - Retail
DFI LanParty UT nF3 250Gb (Socket 754) Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix PC-4000 BL6464Z505 512MB DDR
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 200GB 6B200MO SATA 8MB Cache - OEM
Connect3D ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail
Pioneer DVR-108 16x DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - OEM
Plextor PX-116A 16x48x DVD-ROM - Retail
OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Silver
CoolerMaster Centurion 2 - Silver (No PSU)
X-PRO 400W Silent Power

Subtotal £592.70
VAT £103.73
Total £696.43

Daz34

I have the same set up but with twin Maxtors stripped in SATA RAID 0 and 1Gb of Ballistix & it goes like stink

kernel

You forgot the software/3 yr on site warranty/DTV capture card/Memory Reader

However you have got a nice shiny AMD chip there

The Aldi deal is GVFM and is a good solution for many people, just not everybody.


Apparently the gfx adaptor is a 6610XL, whatever one of those is, either a 6600 or 6600GT.

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

As said the Aldi deal is great value for money, especially for non geeks who don't want the hassle of building their own PC.

jono300

iTrader: (8)

Okay massive spec, well to me it is anyway !! comming from the owner off an old packard bell club66 that is !!!
was always under the impression that these deals from Aldi were outstanding ??!! problem is that Aldi always only has a few off these pc`s in each store, the last deal they done at my local Aldi store had folk queing from 07:30 for the shop to open and I hear that this is common with there pc deals.

see that a pc monitor is not included in with the MD8383 PC, but they are doing a lovely 17 inch medion md41077 lc colour flat screen for £199.99.

Mick

iTrader: (1)

Ebuyer have got LG L1715S 17" TFT for less than £201 inc delivery! 84 reviews give it 5 stars...

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=65119

Mick

wwp8

this sounds nice

http://www.tiny.com/packages.php?prodid=12749

DazV

tiny are rubbish

confirmed my opinion yet again last week - colleague bought their laptop and the usb ports packed in after 3 days

pslewis

Tiny ARE rubbish! Always have been always will be!

I have a MEDION and their Customer Service is totally useless, no-one wants to help you - pass you from pillar to post, asking for passwords, serial numbers, etc. NOT GOOD!! I gave up - all I wanted was some help with one of their PC's (like a Motherboard Manual or something to help me!)

So BEWARE! They don't give a flying fukc

Pete

Barmyclown

Just got this from Alienware.

Hello Sir,

Thank you for your email.

We are certainly looking into launching the 9800 card but as yet we have no launch date.
If you would like to be kept upto date with all our new product launches then please register for our newsletter on the website www.alienware.co.uk

Please feel free to call us here and talk to technical support if you have any further questions

Jase

Chris L

If you want 'off the shelf' rather than a custom spec machine, have a look at the latest deal from Mesh.

Basic spec
Matrix M3200+

* AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ Processor
* Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
* Mainboard , 1600MHz SB, IEEE 1394, SATA
* 512MB DDR400 RAM (PC3200) Memory
* 200GB Serial ATA (150Mb/s) Ultra Fast Hard Drive
* Direct 2D/3D Onboard Shared Memory Graphics
* 17" TFT Flat Panel LCD Monitor
* SONY 16x Dual Layer DVD-RW (R/W all standard formats)*
* 5.1 Surround Sound 6 Channel Audio
* Creative Labs Inspire P5800 - 5.1 Surround Speakers
* Internet Ready V.92 56Kbps data/fax/voice modem
* Network Ready integrated 10/100 Ethernet
* FREE Microsoft Works 8.0
* FREE Pinnacle Studio 9 SE Video Editing Software
* Logitech Internet Keyboard & Optical Mouse
* FREE 3 Year Warranty (Back to Base)
* Black Mini Tower Case/4 USBs + Additional Features

Beats the Aldi PC!

kernel

In some respects but not others, be very scared of the gfx on the Mesh if you might want to play the odd recent game. Still both are good in their own rights.

Prince Popeye

'Graphics card with new PCI-Express x16 bus architecture'

In other words sh*te. And where's the monitor?

Bought my PC from Mesh. 3.4 ghz P4 with 19 inch LCD Sony and all top quality components and a Geforce GT card for just £1200 quid!!! They are head over heels above the rest.

kernel

Don't want to get into silly arguments about which is best, but PCI-Express is the future whether you believe it to be sh*te or not. The Aldi card is the 6600XT which, if like their 9800XT was a 9800Pro, makes it a 6600GT. This is as quick as anything nVidea do as an AGP card other than 6800's.

All I was trying to point out to people is on-board graphics are useless for any reasonable modern day games, it's nice Mesh give you a monitor for the same price.

As I said "Still both are good in their own rights".