Lidl Cheap PC coming soon £299!! 26th May

bobesox

I totally agree the costs you would need to look round for - time consuming - building is not always a piece of cake - hours/days loading software chasing drivers.

It's built - it's delivered - it's Guaranteed...

Let's not forget this forum is also used by non techies - so let's give them sensible advice.

scoobies

Guys - I personally think you would be crazy to go for this when there is a good dell deal on at the moment. It is somewhere further down this forum for an E520. basic specs:

E-Code 305-D05E02a (Remeber to reduce warranty to 1 year)
Intel 1.8Ghz Dual2Core
1GB RAM
250GB 7200 SATA
DVDR
Windows Vista Home
19" Flat Panel Monitor

£293.82 inc delivery. You can also get further discounts with quidco (approx £11)

This is getting heavily discussed at hotukdeals

On the subject of home builds. I bought the Dell PC above (but with 2GB of RAM from last weeks offer). This is the first PC I have bought in 12 years - all my previous ones were self built. I no longer have the time to build one and the price was fantastic.

If you want to self build then do so - but dont discourage people from fully packaged PC's.

Cheers Scoobies

System

Lidl's Spec

Family PC

AMD Athlon 64 3500+
320GB SATA hard drive with 7200rpm
nVIDIA graphic machine nForce 6100 (128MB shared memory)
RAM: 1,024MB DDRII memory
Superfast DVD burner, writes DVD ±R/RW, dual layer +R, CD-R/RW, reads 16x DVD-Rom, 40x CD-Rom
Corded keyboard and mouse
6 in 1 card reader
Huge OEM software package with the latest Microsoft Vista™ Basic Home Edition
Supplied with mains adaptor, EasyInstall CD, instructions and more
Free 3 year manufacturer's warranty
Price per item
was £399
*compared to last year

System

rubbish IMO

Sid_Harper

scoobies wrote: »

Guys - I personally think you would be crazy to go for this when there is a good dell deal on at the moment. It is somewhere further down this forum for an E520. basic specs:

E-Code 305-D05E02a (Remeber to reduce warranty to 1 year)
Intel 1.8Ghz Dual2Core
1GB RAM
250GB 7200 SATA
DVDR
Windows Vista Home
19" Flat Panel Monitor

£293.82 inc delivery. You can also get further discounts with quidco (approx £11)

This is getting heavily discussed at hotukdeals

On the subject of home builds. I bought the Dell PC above (but with 2GB of RAM from last weeks offer). This is the first PC I have bought in 12 years - all my previous ones were self built. I no longer have the time to build one and the price was fantastic.

If you want to self build then do so - but dont discourage people from fully packaged PC's.

Cheers Scoobies

Have to say that's a really good deal vs. the Lidl one.

Inactive

punkrjb wrote: »

rubbish IMO

Well at least tell us why you think so...:rolleyes:

tr3mor

Inactive wrote: »

Well at least tell us why you think so...:rolleyes:

Cos it's far too expensive especially compared to that Dell offer!

scoobies

Listen guys - lets close the debate. It is clear the Dell deal is better. If you are really interested in this there has been over 2000 postings iat hotukdeals in their forum over this Dell PC. That gives you a good indication how popular it is (and also the fact there is no P10 power connectors :-).


Thanks to the OP who was genuinely trying to point out a bargain. If anything it has brought a short discussion on cheap PC's.

Jersy

im with Scoobies on this one

The OP brought a bargin to the board, might not be up to some peoples standards, but thats their problem

£300 for a computer, albeit without a monitor aint a bad price!

vertical_fool

They had this in the LIDL in Prestwich today. It was in the locked plastic case with a crossed out £399 and reading £299. I thought it was an old model that they'd reduced the price of. It's not a great deal but for someone who likes to buy face to face rather than over the internet its not bad particularly if you want to pay cash maybe not having any cards or not prepared to use them etc.

Vertical