5Forty Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 I'm looking into buying a new PC as my current one is 6yrs old and the cost of upgrading isn't worth it and I wouldn't see much of an performance increase if I did anyway, Ive been looking around and saw that PCworld have this quad core PC on offer and was wondering what you think of it? Philips HEPC 7511 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Global Moderator Posted March 7, 2008 Global Moderator Share Posted March 7, 2008 you cant make your own? it's a lot less than 499 if you pick the right parts... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589256475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 just build it yourself... mine looks like its going to end up being $750(CND) , if i decide to go with quad core. whats that in pounds? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589256608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted March 8, 2008 MVC Share Posted March 8, 2008 (edited) The Dollar to Sterling conversion rate makes it a hell of a lot more expensive buying equivalent parts in the UK. I think you would struggle to build a similar spec pc for the same money so it sounds like a fairly decent deal, but spend (a little more) money building one and it would be of a much higher quality. For the sake of interest I looked up the equivalent prices of the cheapest equivalent parts on eBuyer.com. This is what I got: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor ?162.25 Innovision 3D 8500GT 256MB DDR2 DVI PCI-E Graphics Card ?38.99 Western Digital WD4000AAJS 400GB SATA 7200RPM 8MB Cache - OEM ?58.97 Kingston 2GB (2x1GB Kit) DDR2 533MHz/PC2-4200 Non-ECC CL4 ?27.04 Optiarc AD-7200S 20X DVD?RW/DL/RAM Internal SATA Bare Black Drive - OEM ?15.83 Casecom KL-201 ATX Midi Tower with 350w PSU ?15.51 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 32-bit - English ?57.99 Digimate L2041W 20" Monitor 1680x1050 8ms Multimedia VGA ?111.63 Foxconn G31MX-K iG31 Socket 775 onboard VGA 6 channel audio mATX Motherboard ?42.15 Various cables: ~?10 Total: ~?600.00 Which comes in about ?100 more expensive than the Philips machine from PC world (and the components aren't great either, especially the monitor which would cost at least ?50 more to upgrade to a decent model and you'd still need a keyboard and mouse which would be another ?15)- so if you look at it like that, the Philips machine is not a bad deal at all! Edited March 8, 2008 by .fahim Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589256651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+PeterUK MVC Posted March 8, 2008 MVC Share Posted March 8, 2008 For ?500 + Monitor its not a bad deal...but if you plan on turning it into a gaming system the PSU would need changing and Graphics card length could be a problem with such a case. Apart from that don't expect it to be more upgradable then that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589256701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Forty Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 Just found this PC and wanted your guys views on it Multimedia Entertainment PC MEDION AKOYA MD 8833 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589268667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Just found this PC and wanted your guys views on itMultimedia Entertainment PC MEDION AKOYA MD 8833 thats a nice one, how much is it? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589268811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Forty Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 ?499, seem to get alot for that price Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589269285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 but it dosnt tell what kinda of graphics card it has hmmm.......... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589269317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
instant.human Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 ^it sports an nvidia geforce 8600gt. ;) man, i didnt even know aldi was active outside of germany! =) these medion-computers really are quite good, they werent a while back, just cheapo-computers from a food-discounter but these days they really make some decent PCs. =) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/624309-this-pc-worth-it/#findComment-589269318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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