Just had a look and it does not look so good after all, the memory is made by Samsung all the stickers on the motherboard have been removed making identifying it impossible, when you run software to find out it just comes up with Medion as the make but I think it’s a MSI motherboard, the BIOS screen is deadly simple and is American Megatrends Inc so I would say it’s a cheap and nasty motherboard.
Graphics card is cheap as well, also has the make removed and just the sticker saying Geforce G210 512MB, could not see what make the PSU was as the sticker was on the other side so without removing it I was not able to tell but I assume it’s going to be a cheap nasty one.
I did some research online and if it’s the same motherboard that was in the last computer Aldi was selling then it will be limited to a maximum 4GB of memory, there is no free SATA spaces to add another HDD as the two hot swap HDD bays and memory card reader use up all the SATA slots.
I would say the motherboard, PSU and graphics card are no more than £150 in total if you purchased them separately so the most expensive part by far is the CPU.
The good points are the CD drive and the case, the case is of OK quality with only the front being made out of plastic but still has that cheap look and feel about it but does the job its intended for.
Would I buy one?..... No
Will upload some photos when I get home from work.
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Re: may not get on for a bit
Oh dear.
"USP'd in the face from miles away Peter. You should be embarrassed." - Floodie 13/03/2012
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well as far as the graphics card biend worse than mine... im still using a bfg 7950... so it cant be any worse than that i know.http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,6942 ... d/Reviews/
in the comments it says " cant see what the cpu is the sticker has been removed" well it says its a intel on the advert so unless they are taking a risk and lying... it will be an intell...quad core proccessor...
mine is an amd 64 dual core.....
for 350 quid it isnt going to be a mega rig... but i imagine it would perform alot better than this one... but like ive said before... all the medion stuff ive had before has been shat..
but the thing has a 3 year warrenty on it ?? so if it does fuck up i could get my wedge back
in the comments it says " cant see what the cpu is the sticker has been removed" well it says its a intel on the advert so unless they are taking a risk and lying... it will be an intell...quad core proccessor...
mine is an amd 64 dual core.....
for 350 quid it isnt going to be a mega rig... but i imagine it would perform alot better than this one... but like ive said before... all the medion stuff ive had before has been shat..
but the thing has a 3 year warrenty on it ?? so if it does fuck up i could get my wedge back
proper geezer AVE IT init
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Says the PSU sticker not the CPU. The CPU is good.
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oops and i wasnt even lashed..Says the PSU sticker not the CPU
proper geezer AVE IT init
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Re: may not get on for a bit
For £350 I suppose you can't complain...
"USP'd in the face from miles away Peter. You should be embarrassed." - Floodie 13/03/2012
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Gets trounced by a card that is ~£30 more. http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=12024&page=6
It is one of Nvidias "value" cards. Good enough for games like the Sims etc.
It is one of Nvidias "value" cards. Good enough for games like the Sims etc.