IS this worth £399 and wil it cope with modern games ??

[cityblue121]

ALDI - Thursday Special Buys 4th February 2010


is it worth £399 and will it play games at adecent level also can it b upgaded or will i have to buy the parts from them like dell?

 

[Iccz]

Depends what games you are looking to play?

Not all games need the same spec, brilliant PC for the price though, they often go quickly we're talking minutes as people queue up for them...

 

[cityblue121]

games like codmw2,pes2010 there the main 2 games i play on and also are they easily upgraded

 

[PowerLee]

There a rumor ( & only a rumor so far ) on the Aldi / Medion forum of a much better machine possibly I5 based coming in March but it will be higher in price.

This Feb 4th deal isnt bad & you do get the Aldi 3 year warranty, only problem will be getting hold of one at the local store, be ready to get there early & queue if you really want one of these.

 

[Ned Senior]

Some of the Larger tesco stores have Medion PC's on the shelf I saw one at Southport Meols Cop store earlier in the week

Think it may need to be a Tesco Extra

 

[cityblue121]

Some of the Larger tesco stores have Medion PC's on the shelf I saw one at Southport Meols Cop store earlier in the week

Think it may need to be a Tesco Extra

whats it like playin games have you tried ? if so what games also what psu is in it and can it easily be upgraded ?

sorry for all the questions just woderin what its like before i buy one

 

[Ned Senior]

Sorry unsure about much of the spec as I had only noticed it on the shelf for £399 and remembered a previous Aldi thread sorry
if you find one at tesco get the specs off the box and post on here someone will know.... That tesco is 15 miles from me so dunno when I will be there again
I bought a Compaq 5306 from ebuyer for £399 happy but do not game it has onboard gfx so you would have to add a card

HTH

regards


Ned

 

[UnGreat]

Anyone get the Aldi PC and can give their impressions?

 

[dacads]

I'm surprised no one has noticed that the PC has NVIDIA® GeForce® G210 DirectX® 10 graphics card which is an entry level card
You won't be able to play any games on that

 

[UnGreat]

I'm surprised no one has noticed that the PC has NVIDIA® GeForce® G210 DirectX® 10 graphics card which is an entry level card
You won't be able to play any games on that

I take it you could stick in a better card fairly easily?

If someone did get this PC and wanted to kick the graphics up a couple of notches on a budget any recommendations?

 

[PowerLee]

Anyone get the Aldi PC and can give their impressions?

Not got one but over on the Aldi / Medion forum people who have aint impressed / are having problems.

 

[UnGreat]

Not got one but over on the Aldi / Medion forum people who have aint impressed / are having problems.

link?

Wouldn't mind reading peoples impressions.

 

[PowerLee]

You need to join to be able to view the forum.

Aldi / Medion Forum :: Home

Once signed in the thread is in the "Upcoming Medion Computers" section

 

[RBJTech]

I'm surprised no one has noticed that the PC has NVIDIA® GeForce® G210 DirectX® 10 graphics card which is an entry level card
You won't be able to play any games on that

I'm not sure why it has a card at all - it has an i3 530 which has the GPU on the CPU itself ! Yes a G210 is probably better than the onboard stuff but as you say, only just and not worth the upgrade / price increase.

 

[EndlessWaves]

At £400 something like this is a much better choice for gaming:

Quad Core Intel 4GB RAM 1TB HD ATI 4850 Bluray £405 (or £389.24 with 3.5% Quidco) @ Misco - HotUKDeals Forum

 

[angliaboy]

Please dont buy that computer there are so many better ones around, the graphics card will be useful for watching movies and not much else to be fair. the processor is ok but there are definately better specs around for the price, the deal that guy posted above is good

 

[treab]

I'm surprised no one has noticed that the PC has NVIDIA® GeForce® G210 DirectX® 10 graphics card which is an entry level card
You won't be able to play any games on that

I have a GF210 in my pc and it runs crysis on medium, fallout 3 etc... so yeah it can run games..

 

[dacads]

I have a GF210 in my pc and it runs crysis on medium, fallout 3 etc... so yeah it can run games..

well yeah of course it's going to run games, what resolution is that? Probably 800x600 and even on that you will be getting like 30 fps as it's an antry level card that's not for gaming
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/axle_g210/

 

[treab]

You say of course he was saying it wouldn't

and tbh i recon slightly below 30fps... still playable though lol

 

[dacads]

You say of course he was saying it wouldn't

and tbh i recon slightly below 30fps... still playable though lol

yeah well trust me compared to a better card it will look rubbish as I didn't play cod4 for ages and I tested it few weeks ago and the graphics sucked lol. So it's always good to buy decent card when buying a GAMING pc