Lidl PC - different one

Searcher

MORPH3US wrote:

After the success of my post last week :rolleyes: :rolleyes: about a PC at Lidl I thought i'd post this new one.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20060608.p.TARGA_Ultra_3700_PC

Just to reitterate, I have no idea if this is a bargain or not, but please before stating that you can find better spec for less money, be prepared to provide a link to this better option or people will get a little annoyed!!

M

Last weeks thread:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=201976&highlight=lidl

Firstly I agree with quidsinquentin and I've seen more and more on this site where people are all too ready to shoot people down for trying to help.
As for the system itself ok it's not the latest up to the minute dual core super duper spiffy megabeast but it is pretty well specced and should fair zoom along.
To all those of you that are having a go then this is a C+P of a Micro Direct Shopping cart which will get you pretty much the same system if you want to build it yourself. I didn't log in but there's postage to add on the final price and funny enough it works out at just about the same price :rolleyes: Except the Lidl system has a 3 month warranty and it's already put together for you.
I've deliberately chosen mid-range components so as not to inflate the price, so thanks to the OP for this one


AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego Core 64 bit 1MB L2 Cache Retail inc.fan Skt 939 (3yr Manufacturers Warranty)
£ 129.99 Ex. VAT £ 152.74 Inc VAT

300 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus10 SATA2 7200rpm 16MB Cache oem
£ 57.10 Ex. VAT £ 67.09 Inc VAT

LG GSA-4167BA Beige DVD +/-R/RW 16x16x8x6x5 Dual layer IDE OEM
£ 21.34 Ex. VAT £ 25.07 Inc VAT

512MB DDR400 PC3200 RAM (elixir brand)
£ 44.98 Ex. VAT £ 52.85 Inc VAT

Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard skt939 Athlon 64FX NVIDIA GeForce 6150 + nForce 430 on board VGA PCI-E SATA RAID Giga LAN Firewire micro ATX
£ 41.45 Ex. VAT £ 48.70 Inc VAT

Trust EasyConnect Media Connect Bay CR-3300 Multi purpose direct access USB 2.0 connect bay for use in 5.25 inch drive bay High speed USB 2.0 15-in-1 memory card reader
£ 14.70 Ex. VAT £ 17.27 Inc VAT

Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 Keyboard & Optical Mouse PS2/USB
£ 16.00 Ex. VAT £ 18.80 Inc VAT

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 (oem) ** Free mouse bundle ** ( WINDOWS-KEY IS DISPLAYED ON OUTER PACKAGING, PLEASE KEEP SAFE) software may not be returned or refunded
£ 67.40 Ex. VAT £ 79.20 Inc VAT

Hauppauge WinTV PVR 150 MediaCenter TV and FM Tuner with Hardware MPEG2 encoder Composite & S-video capture certified for MCE Retail includes Media Center remote control model model 1063
£ 49.90 Ex. VAT £ 58.63 Inc VAT

LG 16x DVD-ROM Black IDE OEM
£ 13.13 Ex. VAT £ 15.43 Inc VAT

Colors IT 8007C-43 Black/silver tower 400W quiet PSU +USB +audio ATX
£ 20.95 Ex. VAT £ 24.62 Inc VAT

Labtec Stereo 342 Headset & Mic
£ 7.60 Ex. VAT £ 8.93 Inc VAT

Ex. VAT Inc. VAT
Total: £484.54 £569.33

talkshop

bergy2 wrote:

Agree too

Keep posting - if a thread isn't particularly good it will drop out of sight quick

Not true

I have posted bargains where people are just too lazy to reply or have been asleep, as the bargain was while they were laying asleep in bed, and only lasted for an hour or two.

talkshop

Searcher wrote:

To all those of you that are having a go then this is a C+P of a Micro Direct Shopping cart which will get you pretty much the same system if you want to build it yourself.

You left out the DVB-T TV card, and an extra 512MB of RAM. plus a lot more

Searcher

talkshop wrote:

You left out the DVB-T TV card, and an extra 512MB of RAM. plus a lot more

Oooo so I did but I did add the Hauppauge :embarasse although that was to get the remote more than anything lol
It's not exactly the same by any means and I'm working at the moment (shhhh :rolleyes: ) so kind of rushing lmao

EDIT: actually that is for 2 sticks of 512Mb DDR400 the box with the amount of items didn't copy over
I do see your point though and it was more an excercise in proving a point more than anything else

I didn't notice there's no modem on that M/b either lmao that's got to be worth another £8

biglugs

Which goes to show that the days when you could build your own PC for less than you could buy it are starting to disappear. Manufacturers like Dell and Targa have machines that you'd struggle to match - I built my last two PCs but gave up when Dell started producing 5100s for less than £400 and now I just buy from them.

Searcher

biglugs wrote:

Which goes to show that the days when you could build your own PC for less than you could buy it are starting to disappear. Manufacturers like Dell and Targa have machines that you'd struggle to match - I built my last two PCs but gave up when Dell started producing 5100s for less than £400 and now I just buy from them.

Exactly! I've never bought a prebuilt machine before (apart from a notebook) but I think this PC is the last one I'll build. It's reaching the end of it's upgrade life and the way things are going with Dell, the machine cost is way less than what it would cost for the parts alone especially considering the cost of a dual core processor :eek:

Oh well it was fun while it lasted

SaleHunter

quoia wrote:

A few days ago you said that a particular offer for a disk drive wasn't very good value and that better was around.

I and several others asked you to show us where this might be.

I, and I suspect everyone else that asked, was not at all surprised by your total silence and inability to back up your claims, which were total bull$hit !

If you can't add anything constructive then why bother to waste not only your time but ours as well !

Spot on!

Needstoknow is quick to criticise others posting offers, but has not been able to provide links/specific information to better deals elsewhere. Saying "go to your local PC shop for a better deal" is unsubstanciated and a waste of other MSE'ers time.

MORPH3US

Many thanks for all the sensible messages above, I was gutted to read the first couple of replies to my original message but seeing that there are most definately still sensible people on here means I WILL continue to post any bargains rather than keep them to myself through not wanting to get shot down!!

Cheers

M

quidsinquentin

Well said mate! don't let the b******s grind you down!!!

Coldfinger

quidsinquentin wrote:

Well said mate! don't let the b******s grind you down!!!

Agreed. If it is not a bargain to you then simply move on without getting personal. If you have a genuine suggestion as to why it is not a good bargain then simply state why.


A contributor could fail to post an absolute corker for fear of being shot down by someone who disagrees. One mans cr*p is another mans gold.