Aldi md 8828

Coveredinbees!!!!

I saw this being advertised in aldi and it looks pretty good, it plays HD and Bluray .Is it a good deal? I was thinking of having it in my lounge as a media PC and to play the odd game on my plasma TV. I can't find much info on the LG combo drive any idea how much they cost on there own?

fox2319

Decent spec, as with most Medions though it could benefit from a new graphics card.

Coveredinbees!!!!

What's so bad about the graphix? What would be a better option.

Can the processor be upgraded to a quad core. I'm more used to AMD stuff

emmaroids

but it doesn't say how much it is?

Red_Rose_Exile

can't find much info on the LG combo drive any idea how much they cost on there own?

The GGW-H10N costs about £490

What's so bad about the graphix? What would be a better option

the Radeon 2900 Pro 1024Mb would be nicer

Can the processor be upgraded to a quad core. I'm more used to AMD stuff

only if you ripped out the mobo and replaced with a new one

Personally I would wait until HD rewriters and bluray writers or indeed combi writers start coming out and prices falling, which will be pretty soon

espresso

emmaroids wrote: »

but it doesn't say how much it is?

£630 here..............

fox2319

Coveredinbees!!!! wrote: »

What's so bad about the graphix? What would be a better option.

Can the processor be upgraded to a quad core. I'm more used to AMD stuff

It's not that the card is particularly bad, it would just struggle with something like crysis. As someone else said, either an ATI2900 or Geforce 8800 would be the dogs danglies in this system. However, some of these cards take up 2 slots at the back for the fan outlet.

Only really a problem at the mo if you intend to try out crysis, will probably be ok for most other stuff.