Medion 6486 at Tesco

penrhyn

My desktop PC is getting a bit long in the tooth so I was interested in the Medion base unit that Mr T has on sale for £550 odd.

Brief spec is:

• Intel® Viiv™ processor technology with Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E6750
  (2.66 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
• Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
• NVIDIA® GeForce® 8500GT PCI-Express Graphics Card with 256 MB, supports DirectX® 10, DVI-I, TV-Out, HDMI (supports HDCP)
• 500 GB SATA hard disk drive (7200rpm)
• 2 GB (2,048 MB) DDR2-RAM Memory
• DVB-T / Analogue TV Tuner card with MCE remote control
• Wireless LAN 802.11b/g
• Dual Layer DVD-ReWriter with LightScribe
• 16x DVD-ROM

Aldi sell Medion from time to time as well so i guess I'm asking what are they like performance/reliability/aftersales etc compared to the more obvious choices like HP or Dell.
http://www.medion.co.uk/

motorguy

is there a screen with it at that price?

random456

the bf has just bought this, was waiting for it to come out and he is very happyt with it, it seems very good value for money. Looks cheap and nasty but it is medion and the price reflects this (have had a medion laptop and another desktop before)
Talking to my other mate who's had one for 2 years he hasnt had any problems with it apart from one of the stands for the keyboard broke recently.
I think for the price and features you cant beat them but if you are one of those who goes for looks you will be disapointed as the quality of the case etc is very cheap, but then the price really makes up for it if you compare with a 'branded' make, we saw a very similar spec hewlett packard in pc world but that had a slower processor and it was over a grand.
Also another friend who works from home in It always buys medion for the spec and he is on it all day working so i guess thats a good sign!

random456

no no monitor.

random456

if anyone wants pictures i can post some?

motorguy

How does it compare to this Dell for £417.19 delivered? The graphics card wouldnt be as strong, but depends what you want it for i guess?

Base
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6750 processor (2.66GHz, 1066MHz, 4MB cache)[URL="javascript:to_page_mod(1, 1, 'config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&fb=1&l=en&oc=D08V03a');"][/URL]Microsoft Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista™ Business - English[URL="javascript:to_page_mod(1, 11, 'config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&fb=1&l=en&oc=D08V03a');"][/URL]Enhanced Service Packs
Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support[URL="javascript:to_page_mod(1, 30, 'config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&fb=1&l=en&oc=D08V03a');"][/URL]Monitor
No 19" Wide Monitor[URL="javascript:to_page_mod(1, 5, 'config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&fb=1&l=en&oc=D08V03a');"][/URL]Memory
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024][URL="javascript:to_page_mod(1, 3, 'config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&fb=1&l=en&oc=D08V03a');"][/URL]Hard Drive
500GB Dual Hard Drive Non RAID (2x250GB - 7200rpm)Video Card
256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro PCI Express graphics card[URL="javascript:to_page_mod(1, 6, 'config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&fb=1&l=en&oc=D08V03a');"][/URL]Optical Devices
16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives[URL="javascript:to_page_mod(1, 16, 'config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&fb=1&l=en&oc=D08V03a');"][/URL]Keyboard
Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)[URL="javascript:to_page_mod(1, 4, 'config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&fb=1&l=en&oc=D08V03a');"][/URL]Mouse
Dell™ 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black

random456

here are the specs right from the box that i have in front of me:
intel core duo e6750 dual core 2.66ghz 4mb l2 cache with 1, 333 mhz fsb (intel viiv)

nvidia geforce 8500gt 256 mb, directx 10, dvh, tv out, hdmi supports hdcp)

500gb sata hddrive

2gb ddr2-ram memory

dvb-t/analogue tv tuner card with mce remote control

wireless lan 802.11b/g

dual layer dvd rw with lightscribe

16x dvd-rom

8 in 1 memory card reader

8 channel surround audio

wireless keyboard

wireless rechargeable mouse

gigabit lan 10/100/1000 mbit/s on board

8x usb 2.0
2x firewire
2x ps/2
2x esata
1x svideo
1x composite
headphone and mic

audio:
line in, mic in, front line out, back surround line out, centre/subwoofer line out, side surround line out.

Hope this helps.

Oh, software bundled is all tesco branded, 'easy record', 'photostyer', 'internet security', 'complete office', 'personal finance', and 'photobook creator'.

box contains: pc base unit, wireless keyboard, wireless mouse, keyboard/mouse reciever, remote control, software pack, user manual.

also listed is email for after sales support and phone number (08707270370)

exegnomad

The specs look interesting, but I notice that the list of connections only mentions hdmi and dvi. Is there no VGA socket for using the old/standard monitors, or does it demand buying an expensive new digital monitor?

also, what is the tv tuner card? Presumably it has to have an aerial socket (not mentioned in the spec) but does it also have inputs for transferring material from a video recorder? If so, what are they?

Hope someone can help with this info.

moonrakerz

My present machine is a Medion, I've had it for some years now. Never had a problem with it. Added more RAM, an extra hard drive, TV card etc, etc no bother.

On the strength of this one I would seriously consider another, at the right price !

Bamber19

If you're not interested in the TV tuner/remote you could spec up something at the same price with 2x 512mb 8500GT's(Higher memory Version of the same card) running in SLI (total 1024mb memory compared to 256mb) at pcoption.co.uk

Conor_3

exegnomad wrote: »

The specs look interesting, but I notice that the list of connections only mentions hdmi and dvi. Is there no VGA socket for using the old/standard monitors, or does it demand buying an expensive new digital monitor?

Usually they supply a DVI to VGA adapter. If not, they're as common as muck and you can buy them for pennies.

Just been looking at it. The case looks remarkably similar to the HP ones PC World were selling last year.