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Aldi Medion 8820 Dual Core PC - 15th Feb
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Aldi Medion 8820 Dual Core PC - 15th Feb
No Details on Website Yet
But instore poster
Shows
Windows Vista Home Premium
Pentium 4 915 Dual Core (2 * 2.8ghz)
1Gb DDR Memory (800mhz FSB)
250Gb HD
256Mb Video
DVB & Analogue TV Tuner
Mouse Keyboard & Remote
& Of Course the Great 3 Year Onsite Warranty.
No Firm Price yet, but instore gossip (staff) puts it at £399 or £349
One to keep an eye on for the 15th Feb at that price
No Details on Website Yet
But instore poster
Shows
Windows Vista Home Premium
Pentium 4 915 Dual Core (2 * 2.8ghz)
1Gb DDR Memory (800mhz FSB)
250Gb HD
256Mb Video
DVB & Analogue TV Tuner
Mouse Keyboard & Remote
& Of Course the Great 3 Year Onsite Warranty.
No Firm Price yet, but instore gossip (staff) puts it at £399 or £349
One to keep an eye on for the 15th Feb at that price
Over 100k miles of Electric Motoring and rising,
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It's Intel's older dual core processor though, and there is no description of the monitor..."Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain0
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It's Intel's older dual core processor though, and there is no description of the monitor...
Older is not always worse, The new Duo Cores are mainly slower
And no mention of a monitor because like all Aldi PCs there is not one, Base unit Only!Over 100k miles of Electric Motoring and rising,0 -
I have used Medion Computers for over 5 years, never a spot of trouble.
Brilliant value.0 -
VickyHurn wrote:Older is not always worse, The new Duo Cores are mainly slower
And no mention of a monitor because like all Aldi PCs there is not one, Base unit Only!
vicky do you know what the gfx card and motherboard are?
Also, you are wrong regarding the processor. The Pentium D915 is a Presler core processor and is in fact the slowest Intel Pentium chip on the market today.
ALL newer Intel Core 2 Duo processors perform faster than this chip.
Could still be a good price, but need to get a better look at the spec.0 -
I bought my Medion PC from Aldi back in November 2003 and have, on the whole, been very pleased with it. When I'd had it a week or two, I thought there may be a problem with the DVD drive. Called them and a couple of days later somebody came to replace it. Only criticism I have would be the graphics card, which has been replaced twice in three years (the fans don't seem to be very good).0
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There are no details on the Mbd yet,
The Graphics are Nvidia 7300SE
Like others here I have used Medion PCs for years, and on the whole they are excellent value
Case £40
Motherboard £40
CPU + Fan £60
Memory £50
Gfx Board £70
TV Tuner £30
DVD Writer £30
Kybd Mse £10
Hard Drive £50
= £380
Take into account the 3 Year onsite Warranty (Worth at least £80)
Windows Vista Home Premium (Worth at least £80)
And there is no way you could build the systme for the price
OK its not going to suit everyone,
But as a general home PC its a good deal, I am typing this on one of the old 8080 series from 3 years ago, and it still runs as my day yo day pc.
Had the onsite warranty used twice in 3 years (Both cases fan went on Video card). apart from that faultless performance for 3 years.Only criticism I have would be the graphics card, which has been replaced twice in three years (the fans don't seem to be very good).
Note the new unit uses a NVidia 7300SE Video card which is Fanless!!! Passive CoolingOver 100k miles of Electric Motoring and rising,0 -
I have also had a medion PC for 3+ years and it has been very very good. Was excellent value at the time and is still running decently with only minor upgrades. My fan does make a racket and proabably needs replacing and I also hear that their aftersales service can be a little dodgy but I have never had to use it so couldnt comment.
I suppose somebody will be able to build one for marginally cheaper though!!
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If it IS going to be £399, I'm not convinced Aldi's Medion deals are the killer ones they used to be, tbh.0
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Personally I think it will be £349.99 (Hoping for £299.99!!)
Considering Staples are doing a similar Gateway PC for £299.99 at the moment
(£299.99 Inc Vat instore + 5% Reward Voucher with a Staples Reward Card = £285.00)
£297.02 Online at Staples
Gateway GT5042
Features
Processor Type Intel Pentium D 915 Dual
Processor Speed 2.80GHz x 2
RAM Memory 512MB
Hard Disk Capacity 200GB
CD/DVD Drive Type DVD +/-RW/DVD +
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre -Vista Free Upgrade
Modem 56K
Graphics Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Speakers Amplified Stereo speakers, USB 8 channel
Keyboard Multimedia
Mouse Optical
Weight 23lbs (CPU only
Warranty 1 year
I think Aldi will be looking around this pricepoint on the PC..Over 100k miles of Electric Motoring and rising,0 -
PC systems from Aldi come without monitors. No problem if you're switching one system for another - keep your old monitor. Or you can choose what you want - 78" wall mounted, if you like - and buy it separately.0
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