Geezer

You just cannot pass these offers up you are in the market for a new PC. Price up these components and see how ridiculously cheap this is..... Aldi PC

XL-POWER

High performance Intel Pentium® 4 3.2GHz-2MB L2 Cache-800 MHz FSB
64 bit Technology to support your future computing needs
Whisper quiet due to AIR XL heat pipe cooler and SpeedStep
XL-HARD DISC CAPACITY

Enormous Western Digital 320 GB Hard Disc
XL-MEMORY

1024 MB Memory, DDR 400MHz, 64 Bit dual channel memory
XL-HIGH-END GRAPHICS

ATI RADEON X740 XL Graphics Card with new PCI-Express x16 bus architecture 128MB DDR3 Memory at 900MHz
XL-BURNER

Pioneer 16x DUAL LAYER Multi Format DVD/CD Writer**
XL-PACKAGE

DVD-ROM 16x
DVB-T Digital TV TUNER***
Analogue stereo TV
Bluetooth
WLAN 54 MBit/s Built-in wireless adaptor IEEE 802.11g
9 in 1 Memory Card Reader USB 2.0 integrated
6 x USB 2.0 2 x front, 4 x rear
2 x FireWire IEEE 1394, 1 x front, 1 x rear
8-channel Intel® High Definition Audio
LAN Network Controller. DSL and Network ready
56K V.9x PCI Data/Fax modem.
COMES COMPLETE WITH:

Wireless multimedia keyboard
Wireless optical scroll mouse
Wireless RF remote control
Headset with microphone
SOFTWARE XL^

Comprehensive Software Package: Suitable for family and school as well as office and home entertainment.

Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Preloaded and on recovery CD OEM-version
PowerDirector
PowerProducer
PowerDVD
MediaShow
Nero 6
MICROSOFT WORKS SUITE 2005^

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Works 8 Standard
Microsoft Picture it! Photo 10
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2005
Microsoft Money 2005
Microsoft AutoRoute 2005
Superb 36 months warranty* and aftersales service. The MEDION service is exclusive and included in the price.



And all for £749!!!!!!!

Geezer

damatrix

wooooah thats a tasty box of treats for the money! but who the hell is medion... still might be worth a look (dunno where i will put it tho lol)

lightning101

Right:

P4 3.2 - £120 (ebuyer)
Asus 478 m/board - £23.76 (ebuyer)
Card reader - £3.68 (aria)
Pioneer DVD-R - £35 - (diskdepot)
Corsair 400mhz DDR - 2x512 matched pair £59.97 (ebuyer)
Radeon X740 - £111.41 (ebuyer)
Maxtor 300GB - £96
Wireless Keyboard and Mouse package £7.46 - (aria specials)
Ebuyer Dracula Gaming case with 550w power supply £20

£476 + software

Stueyb

Medion are ok, had to fix a few peeps here at work have brought in. They are quite reasonable for the money tbh. On the down side, ffs dont loose your restore disk as they do not keep copies and cannot provide a replacement (found out when one of my lusers lost his disk)

Geezer

Try again,

P4 3.2 is the 2MB cache, not 1MB, try £190+ (if it's the 478 Extreme, it's £600+, but that ain't clear)
The motherboad is inkown, but I doubt it's that one! PCI express MOBO will set you back about 100 notes.
The hard drive is SATA, so Maxtor 300GB is £170.

I've only listed 3 items and it's already circa £460!!!!

Geezer

Neanderthal

iTrader: (6)

They used to wait 4-6 months between PC deals, obviously deciding it's a good money spinner!
I brought the 1st one they did a few years ago. Been handed down thru the family, but still working fine. Would recommend one.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

£750 inc vat? If so, thats a good package for the price. I paid a grand for a similarly specced AMD box about 6months ago, however I did get a good monitor included.

lightning101

I was just trying to put it in relative terms - you are right, if its a proper 64 bit processor and matching PCI express 64bit board then that is shockingly well priced.

GaryScoobNCBR

doesn't say if that includes Vat if not its a crap deal, the graphics card is nowt special and it dont include a monitor, all the wifi, usb, sounds etc is Onboard and the Ram is probably the slow specced stuff.

ScoobyJawa

includes VAT.

messiah

Am I reading it right?

64bit P4?

Fuchsrohre

wheres the monitor ?

ScoobyJawa

erm, its just a base unit..................

Scooby Dooby Blue

We're selling a similalrly spec'd AMD64 system in the shop for £670 (inc VAT) including a 17" TFT

Only difference is a slighlty cheaper graphics card (PCI-e X300SE) but the board allows you to run two of them , and no Microsoft Works

lightning101

I have just checked with Aldi - it is a pentium 4 Extreme with 2mb cache 3.2 mhz and has the 64 bit extension set.

Ebuyer want £650 inc vat just for the processor.


So that is the equivalent of an AMD FX55 at £550 as well.


Either its a loss leader, or Aldi own factories in Malaysia

Scooby Dooby Blue

Mark

Is there an Aldi anywhere near us? That's a steal if they're assuring you its the P4 Extreme they're building with!

Buy a few....strip the bits....make a killing on eBay!!!


Paul

kernel

I would have thought the processor is more likely to be a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 640 HT 64bit processor. Meets the 64bit extensions and 2MB cache criteria.

This site http://md8083.hertsinternet.com/ certainly thinks it is as do others