Aldi PC - Next Thursday

Stephen · 17-11-2005 12:30pm #1

Aldi have a decent PC offer from next Thursday. As usual, no monitor is included, but a 17" TFT is available seperately. the details aren't on their website yet, but I saw this in a flyer thrown into the local paper yesterday.

Dual core pentium 4 (D830 i think, @ 3ghz)
PCI-Express nvidia 6700XL 128mb - I've never actually heard of an nvidia 6700 before.
250gig seagate SATA drive, 7200rpm
dvd burner
card reader
usb2/firewire
10/100 ethernet and 802.11g wlan
DVB-T TV tuner
Fancy vacuum fluorescent display thingy on the (BTX) case
1GB 533mhz ddr2 ram
8-channel audio
Windows XP home

As I don't have the flyer in front of me at the moment, I don't have the exact specs but the above should be very close. Price was about 1200 euros if I recall corrrectly.

muppetkiller · 17-11-2005 12:33pm

Can't see anything on their website either ...Has anyone bought their LCD's before ?

Stephen · 17-11-2005 12:37pm

Actually, just found this article with full specs on google:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27712

The price the guy in the article (in Austria) mentions is €1099, so €1200 would be about right for here.

Sponge Bob · 17-11-2005 4:16pm

You will need a TV licence if you buy one

"The machine supports two DVB-T signals, two DVB-S signals and two Analogue TV or Cable TV signals. For all the people that like to watch a TV this really sounds like a nice deal."

JohnCleary · 17-11-2005 4:23pm

Thought you only needed a TV license if you have a tv...

ie. You could have a cable subscription in the house, but no need for a license if there is no actual TV

Sponge Bob · 17-11-2005 4:35pm

JohnCleary wrote:

Thought you only needed a TV license if you have a tv...

ie. You could have a cable subscription in the house, but no need for a license if there is no actual TV

If there is a tuner in the house then you need a licence, a dumb monitor attached to a dvd needs no licence as it can not tune itself to receive a channel.

The Aldi PC has the tuner built in.

JohnCleary · 17-11-2005 4:36pm

Makes sense really.
... you learn something new everyday

On a lighter note, theres a damn hot girl sitting across from me

-Edit- By next Thursday, do you mean the 24th?

Downtime · 17-11-2005 4:41pm

Sponge Bob wrote:

If there is a tuner in the house then you need a licence, a dumb monitor attached to a dvd needs no licence as it can not tune itself to receive a channel.

The Aldi PC has the tuner built in.

Quite true

If your household, business or institution possesses a television or equipment capable of receiving a television signal, you are required by law to have a television licence. Even if the television or other equipment is broken and currently unable to receive a signal, it is regarded as capable of being repaired so it can receive a signal and you must hold a licence for it.

Stephen · 17-11-2005 4:42pm

You could always remove the TV card?

lensman · 17-11-2005 5:18pm

Aldi pc here the spec sheet is in German but eazy to follow
a fancy flash video can be found here
http://www.medion.de/flash/md8800/#
and what about the 42" plazma they are flogging, how much will that be over here !!

forbairt · 17-11-2005 6:33pm

JohnCleary wrote:

Thought you only needed a TV license if you have a tv...

ie. You could have a cable subscription in the house, but no need for a license if there is no actual TV

off main topic I know .. but if your house has an outlet for cable .. whether you subscribe or not you are required to have a license ... read this before ... I went WTF

EyesOnly · 17-11-2005 7:13pm

just to let you know, i've got the flyer infront of me and it say's €1099.99
so im off to aldi next week to get 1 and monitor

Stephen · 17-11-2005 8:02pm

I'm impressed, they normally hike the price here, due to our ridiculously high vat rate and to make a little extra profit... but this is the same price as it was in Austria.

KdjaCL · 17-11-2005 8:35pm

This Titanium MD 8800 Designer PC with high-gloss front design is the ultimate high performance PC, TV, audio, video, games, office and internet PC.

THE LATEST INTEL® DUAL CORE PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE

* Intel® Pentium® Duel Core Processor 830
* Featuring the latest PC Processor Technology: Dual Core. The new Intel® Pentium® D processor features 2 processing cores enabling your PC to think as fast as you can multitask
* 3.0GHz, 2 x 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB
* Future-proof technology for optimal performance
* Extremely low noise due to new BTX form factor with optimised air stream, heat pipe cooler and quiet fan

1024MB MEMORY

* DDR2-533MHz SDRAM
* 64 bit dual channel memory (1 bank free for upgrading)

250GB HARD DISK

* 8MB cache S-ATA 150 interface
* Super fast 7,200rpm

3 x DUAL TV-TUNERS READY

* Watch a TV channel at the same time as recording another TV channel
* 2 x DVB-S digital satellite reception (only functions with the appropriate aerial, not supplied)
* 2 x DVB-T The digital everywhere TV (requires a DVB-T digital service in your area)
* 2 x analogue TV/cable TV (stereo TV reception via the normal house and room antenna, or the existing cable connection)

NVIDIA® G-FORCETM 6700XL HIGH-END DVI/VGA GRAPHICS CARD

* TV Out connection via: SCART, S-Video, Composite or Component (YUV; YPrPb) High Definition
* Super fast GDDR3 memory at 1100MHz
* nVidia® G-ForceTM 6700XL graphics processor with 525MHz
* 128MB PCI Express x16 bus concept

16 x DUAL LAYER, MULTI-STANDARD DVD/CD BURNER

16 x DVD-ROM

WLAN 54Mbit/s

* IEEE 802.11g 802.11b compatible
* Wireless network access, the perfect solution to a cable-free network at home and in the office (assuming there is a WLAN Access Point at your location)

INTEGRATED 8-IN-1 USB 2.0 MEMORY CARD READER

* Integrated USB 2.0 Flash memory card reader, reads and writes most current flash memory cards (flash memory cards not included)

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS, 2 x FRONT, 4 x REAR

2 x FIREWIRE PORTS, 1 x FRONT, 1 x REAR

MODEM

* V.90 PCI Data Fax Modem

NETWORK CONTROLLER

* Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbit/s

8-CHANNEL INTEL® HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO

WOW factor is high in this one, €1099 for the complete ready to go PC, take note Dell.....Everything you could possibly want in a pc is in there (cept a monitor

) But its a fantastic deal. Could do with another HD tho :eek:

kdjac

Endurance Man · 17-11-2005 9:10pm

Wtf is a 6700

, why have i never heard of this.

EyesOnly · 17-11-2005 11:36pm

looking at some german sites i found that it was released 31/8/05 and only OEM.

and for some reason they dont seem to like "BTX form factor"

KdjaCL · 18-11-2005 12:36am

Endurance Man wrote:

Wtf is a 6700 , why have i never heard of this.

The last one had a ATI X740XL

Again OEM uses the same drivers and performs between an X600 and X800. Has a stupid amount of tv ins and outs tho

kdjac

Placebo · 18-11-2005 1:10am

w0rd, that sounds good. SHould i buy it ? will it run Half life 2 and battle feild 2

KdjaCL · 18-11-2005 1:13am

Placebo wrote:

w0rd, that sounds good. SHould i buy it ? will it run Half life 2 and battle feild 2

It will run them on high quite easily, HL2 will look stunning and BF2 will be amazing as the ram and cpu will make the online part work better.

kdjac

DingChavez · 18-11-2005 3:43am

Anyone know if the TFT Monitor is a good deal?

Placebo · 18-11-2005 10:22am

Okay thanks alot KDJAC,
so with all this tv in/out functions = would i be able to play my ps2 etc ? on it

Placebo · 18-11-2005 11:06am

hmm i customized a dell, price is around 1,101 euro

not sure if link will work
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&oc=D11915&rbc=D11915&s=dhs&sbc=iedhsrsdimen_9150_3

Dimension 9150 (D11915)
Intel® Pentium® 4 630 (3.0GHz, 800FSB, 2MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 [Included in Price]
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
160GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
16x max. DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell E176FP 17" Midnight Grey (TCO99) Flat Panel Monitor
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)
OR 256MB ATI Radeon® X600 HyperMemory graphics card [subtract € 139.15]
Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Sound Card
Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY) /Dell USB 2Button Wheel Mouse

so with 256MB ATI Radeon® X600 HyperMemory graphics card its €962 with the monitor

Tazz T · 18-11-2005 11:09am

The TFT is 220 and has a 9ms response time. Not bad at all.

There's a big external HD for 150 too.

There's gonna be some big queues at Aldi next week.

Valentia · 18-11-2005 11:38am

Placebo wrote:

hmm i customized a dell, price is around 1,101 euro

not sure if link will work
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&oc=D11915&rbc=D11915&s=dhs&sbc=iedhsrsdimen_9150_3

Dimension 9150 (D11915)
Intel® Pentium® 4 630 (3.0GHz, 800FSB, 2MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 [Included in Price]
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
160GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
16x max. DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell E176FP 17" Midnight Grey (TCO99) Flat Panel Monitor
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)
OR 256MB ATI Radeon® X600 HyperMemory graphics card [subtract € 139.15]
Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Sound Card
Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY) /Dell USB 2Button Wheel Mouse

so with 256MB ATI Radeon® X600 HyperMemory graphics card its €962 with the monitor

There is very little resemblence with this and the Aldi.....to start with it's not dual core...I could go on but I imagine it's pretty obvious to you all.

ghost26ie · 18-11-2005 1:14pm

Placebo wrote:

hmm i customized a dell, price is around 1,101 euro

not sure if link will work
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&oc=D11915&rbc=D11915&s=dhs&sbc=iedhsrsdimen_9150_3

Dimension 9150 (D11915)
Intel® Pentium® 4 630 (3.0GHz, 800FSB, 2MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 [Included in Price]
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
160GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
16x max. DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell E176FP 17" Midnight Grey (TCO99) Flat Panel Monitor
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)
OR 256MB ATI Radeon® X600 HyperMemory graphics card [subtract € 139.15]
Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Sound Card
Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY) /Dell USB 2Button Wheel Mouse

so with 256MB ATI Radeon® X600 HyperMemory graphics card its €962 with the monitor

Dimension 9150 (D11915)
From € 1,964
Now From
€ 1,905
Includes VAT & Shipping

thats the cost of a dell as close to that spec. as possible.

that processor u picked isn't dual core and the hard drive is smaller.
wireless keyboard and mouse are more expensive. dell also have a special offer of €150 off the price.

gireland · 18-11-2005 1:44pm

http://www.aldi.ie/special_buys/product_477.html

here ya go... it's all up there... 1099...

Placebo · 18-11-2005 3:19pm

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27712

will lidl be brining out a pc ?

ghost26ie · 18-11-2005 3:23pm

i'd say lidl will bring one out soon. the last one they did bring out was not a high spec one i think.

parasite · 18-11-2005 3:31pm

i thought they'd take out the dvb-t as there's no use for it here

lensman · 18-11-2005 4:49pm

ghost26ie wrote:

i'd say lidl will bring one out soon. the last one they did bring out was not a high spec one i think.

no sign of lidl's new PC on the German site, current items or next week,..who knows when we'll see it.

ghost26ie · 18-11-2005 5:24pm

its on targa's german site. they provide lidl with their p.c.'s

http://www.targa.de/index.jsp?SID=0&NAV=236&DOC=&PAGE=&PCAT=2&PROD=&PTUBE=&PARAMS=&PARAMS2=&SPCAREA=undefined

don't know how long it will take to get here

Stephen · 19-11-2005 2:15pm

You can use the dvb-t to pick up freeview if you live around the border I think... Anyways, it will also pick up analogue tv too.

Sponge Bob · 19-11-2005 3:05pm

parasite wrote:

i thought they'd take out the dvb-t as there's no use for it here

It should work where the RTE DVB-T test broadcasts off 3 Rock in the Dublin mountains can be picked up or along the border where the signal comes from the North (Freeview)

Eurorunner · 20-11-2005 9:29pm

I seem to remember from previous aldi-related threads that its possible to order up if all the shop stock is cleared. Is this still the case and if so, do they take full payment in advance/a deposit? How long is the lead in from order to supply?

Looks like I will not be able to call in on thurs until later in the day.

2 x DVB-S digital satellite reception

]
Is this integrated or seperate cards and theres two of them? Anyone have any idea what make/model of card they are?

KdjaCL · 20-11-2005 10:19pm

You can go now and pay for it and it will be there for you either Thursday or over the weekend.

I would imagine the tv cards are Philips 1734 and its bigger brother for the DVB.
In hardware manager it will show as Medion but with a PCI identifier or using the registry it will show as a Philips.

kdjac

carrotcake · 20-11-2005 10:21pm

plenty of details here: http://www.discountfan.de/gratis/download/pdf/Testbericht-Aldi-PC-Titanium-MD-8800-vom-16-November-2005.html (german)

TV-Tuner-Karte
Medion SAA7131 (Creatix) Hybrid Capture Karte
Hybrid Tuner-Karte mit DVB-S, DVB-T- und Analog-Funktion und jeweils 2 Tunern

Placebo · 20-11-2005 11:23pm

so if i pay now, can i come in late to collect it on thursday ? or is it First come first serve ?
BEST place/branch to get it ? what time does it open? what time do ppl start queuing?

KdjaCL · 21-11-2005 12:07am

Placebo wrote:

so if i pay now, can i come in late to collect it on thursday ? or is it First come first serve ?
BEST place/branch to get it ? what time does it open? what time do ppl start queuing?

LOl i made d22ontour get to the store @ 7am it opened at 9 and they were a few left the following sunday. But dont take the chance go with a mate (a big one as you will have cash).

Drop into any Aldi near and say you work as a nurse or somfin and cant get time off hand him money get the receipt and pick it up at lunchtime.

kdjac

mad m · 21-11-2005 12:29am

KdjaC wrote:

Drop into any Aldi near and say you work as a nurse or somfin and cant get time off hand him money get the receipt and pick it up at lunchtime.

kdjac

Im telling you Kdjac you are full of surprises.A word of warning(Placebo), if a power washer is near or at front when you go in,tell those voices in head "You dont want one".:D

Placebo · 21-11-2005 8:58am

Okay thanks guys, im taking day off work, so queue for 7 i guess ?
can pay with laser or c'card if they take em !
Do you have to go and take one yourself and bring it up to the counter i take it ?

People advise against going to the blanch branch..only one closest to me . ne Other ?

thankS

sikes · 21-11-2005 12:43pm

they will take laser. you will have to go up to a line in the store usually at the entrance to the stock room where you will be handed a pc and u then bring it to the cash register. if you also need a lcd, bring a mate..i imagine they will fly off the shelves as well.

this is howits done in parnell anyway

good luck

Elessar · 21-11-2005 2:10pm

With great deals like this, always selling like hotcakes, I'm suprised Lidl/Aldi don't sell PCs all year round.

They would give dixons/pc world/currrys etc. a run for their money.

unkel · 22-11-2005 12:45am

KdjaC wrote:

Drop into any Aldi near and say you work as a nurse or somfin and cant get time off hand him money get the receipt and pick it up at lunchtime

Clevah

parasite · 22-11-2005 12:51am

more details at http://www.medion.co.uk/ - click on 8800 on the left there :v:

Placebo · 22-11-2005 10:18am

some odd problems with the G driver
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grafikkarten.org%2Fshowthread-t_16262.html&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8

anyway ne where to pick up a decent 19inch crt ?

okidoki987 · 22-11-2005 10:36am

Now let me think
More then 20 people in a Q each with over a grand in cash on them..... :eek:
Easier then a bank, no security.....Wonder can I get time off work?

Use Laser much safer and easier.

shaneos · 22-11-2005 1:07pm

I bought one of the aldi computers that aldi had last time (on St. Patrick's day). I think that it was a good bargain and a great multi-media computer - I use it as a video recorder, music centre, dvd player etc. A good software package came with it last time too.

I queued up from 8.30 in Parnell street - and was fourth in line. Last time most of those queuing wanted the accessories (scanner, screen etc) and not the computer, and all those there at 9 got what they wanted.

If you are researching the computer on the web beware of those giving poor review. A lot of non-technical people think that the computer is a load of crap because they can't figure which way is up on a plug or how to update a driver. There is a good uk forum supporting medion computers for those of us less-technologically challenged.

Details on the last computer below for comparison (not this week's one!):

The new ALDI-PC MEDION Titanium MD8386 with Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 640 and HT Technology

€ 1099.99

High performance 3.2GHz-2MB L2 Cache-800 MHz FSB
64 bit Technology
XL-HARD DISC CAPACITY
Enormous 320 GB
Hard disc capacity
XL-MEMORY
XL-HIGH-END GRAPHICS
ATI RADEON X740 XL
XL-BURNER
XL-PACKAGE
DVB-T Digital TV TUNER
Analogue stereo TV & FM Radio Tuner Card
Bluetooth
WLAN 54 MBit/s
9 in 1 Memory Card Reader
6x USB 2.0 2x front, 4x rear
2x FireWire IEEE 1394, 1x front, 1x rear
8-channel Intel® High Definition Audio
LAN Network Controller
56K V.9x PCI Data/Fax modem
SOFTWARE XL
Microsoft Works Suite 2005

tadgh · 23-11-2005 4:54pm

parasite wrote:

more details at http://www.medion.co.uk/ - click on 8800 on the left there :v:

Why is this computer not running Windows Media centre edition operating system. Dell seems to have it installed on most of their Home PCs.
And what are the advantages of Windows Media centre edition?

FrankGrimes · 23-11-2005 5:47pm

Media Center 2005 is XP Pro with Media Center applications running on top of it.You can use it as normal XP Pro (though I think it does not have the ability to support multiple concurrent logins, not sure on this though) and then launch MCE whenever you want.

You generally have a medica center pc in the living room and use it as a PVR for TV, and a server for all your music and photos. It kicks a whole lotta ass.

You'd think this PC is an ideal candidate for media center as it should be quiet and has loads tv tuners and should be quiet cos of the heatpipe, though obviously its not a htpc case which people often use to make it fit in in the living room. MCE 2005 is 130 european monetary units from komplett.ie but its oem so you need to buy hardware with it (the MCE remote counts and is 30 quid and essential).

The future trend will see people using PCs (and this one is perfect) as a media center server in the PC room, and then stream its media to other points in the house via the Xbox 360, which can act like an extender over wireless or wired networks. I've never been a fan of any technology as much as I am of Media Center - I love it and that aint no joke.:D

bucks73 · 23-11-2005 7:13pm

Placebo wrote:

Okay thanks guys, im taking day off work, so queue for 7 i guess ?
can pay with laser or c'card if they take em !
Do you have to go and take one yourself and bring it up to the counter i take it ?

People advise against going to the blanch branch..only one closest to me . ne Other ?

thankS

Are they the same as Lidl in that they do not take credit cards?
Want to get a couple of the external hard drives.

daywalker · 23-11-2005 9:18pm

bucks73 wrote:

Are they the same as Lidl in that they do not take credit cards?

yes cash or laser card only

Aldi PC - Next Thursday

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