New PC out at Aldi early March.Medion.

therustybullet

Is the spec on this new Medion pc worth the money.I got quoted £500 instore.It has a quad core processor so it doesn't seem bad.It's out March 13th.

Zahc

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_5335.htm

Not much to go on really................

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

Until they post the full spec, it's hard to tell if £500 is good or not.

therustybullet

This is the spec that is instore.thanks for your help.


Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600 (2,4 GHZ, 8 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHZ FSB)
Original Windows Vista® Home Premium (OEM Version)
NVIDIA® GEFORCE® 8600 GT High-Performance graphic with HDMI-tilslutning
3 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
500 GB S-ATA hard disk, 8 MB Cache, lynhurtig med 7200 o./min.
TV-tuner to DVB-T, DVB-S and analog TV-signal.*
Dual Layer DVD-/-CD burner:** (all DVD and cd formats)
8- Canal High definition Audio Out***
Extern SATA-enheder
Integrated WLAN IEEE 802.11n Draft up to 300MBit/s, IEEE 802.11b/g compatible****

Intel® 82562V 10/100 Mbit/s. LAN Controller!

.... Plus a lot of software.

free4440273

There's been a lot of debate as of late, on this forum, as to whether Medion computers are reliable and of good quality....mixed reviews thus far.

HoofeHearted

Here is a video of it (in German). It shows what's on the outside and inside.
http://www.computerbild.de/videos/Video-zum-Test-Aldi-PC-Medion-Akoya-MD8833_2355881.html

Also a translation of the spec.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.billigdrucker.de/medion-akoya-md-8833-premium-multimedia-pc-bei-aldi_9902.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMD8833%26hl%3Den

free4440273

^Quite impressive actually (or am i missing something?): number of ports, inputs, outputs and cards is quite generous. What's that sitting (protruding) on the fan: looks huge, never seen anything like it

AWOL_2

I am interesting in getting a new PC soon and £500 is slightly over budget but it may be worth pushing the boat out if this is really so good!

Anyone know if this spec an be beaten for under £500 mark?? hmmm
Dell outlet is that a good option when you price vat and delivery into equation?

Nilrem

Dell machines can get close to it in terms of spec (and often have the monitor), but the Aldi ones tend to have a better warrantee (3 year), and better extras/software.

I've been looking into a new machine recently and this is getting me interested, although I would have to buy an extra drive for it (the external drive option on the medion's is nice).

Blacksheep1979

quad core isn't really used atm and probably won't be fully utilised for a while - go with dell and get a better gfx card and monitor

moonrakerz

I have a Medion and have been very pleased with it, MUCH better than the the two Mesh machines I had before that.