Aldi i5 pc, good value?

[gaz1]

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Don't know if you intended this, but you say it like it's a bad thing and it's not. Component manufacturers (CPUs, graphics cards, motherboards etc.) constantly release newer models so the earlier versions decrease in (perceived) value / cost. It's not that you're buying old/obsolete kit, just that the components it is made from are lower priced than they were, and lower priced than today's higher-end units.

The alternative would be where we were at the start of the computer boom in the 80s when every computer cost £2,000 and had effectively the same components.

It's purely a matter of price point and I don't / wouldn't view it as "last year's model". As an aside, components made last year will be far better / faster than components made two years earlier so it's still a pretty good deal.




Definitely agree with that, which is one reason why I prefer AMD Ryzen chips and motherboards. A motherboard that has an £80 Ryzen 3 CPU in it today can support a £1,000 Ryzen 9 CPU two years from now.

Not like intel have been innovating recently. Just rehashing previous gens.

I went ryzen 7 3700x with an x570 board for the upgrade path in a few years

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Off the shelf rigs tend to be built to a price I find....don't get me wrong I buy them myself but if you want something specific then I find self build is better.

I'm currently more into silent low power desktops because I have them running 24/7...I've built crazy gaming rigs in the past though. I find if you have a good motherboard (I really like Asus) and a good power supply (preferably silent and matched to the board and graphics) then the other bits can easily be swapped out/upgraded as needed.

I haven't built with AMD for years....they started falling behind Intel but maybe they've caught up again? I found their chips were really power hungry = lots of noise and heat which is OK for a gaming rig but not a low power one.

A good motherboard and power supply...you can always upgrade the rest over time.

Edit...as above I also have the X570....bit of a waste in a low power rig but my logic was if I wanted to drop in some power in future it would be easy with this board....also it runs rock solid (has never crashed in years)

 

[Kram]

You could buy the parts and build yourself, I always preferred. I go for mini-itx boards as they do everything a full size atx board but generally much better pcb and components to make it fit in the space.

I feel for you, but there's always contra-experiences. I've bought three PCs from them, plus a variety of components and some specialist video kit (Blackmagic Design hardware and software) and have always found them well priced, transparent and professional. That said, I've never had to use their support service as everything I've bought has been through the 24 hour burn-in and has just worked.

If you dont need their customer services and everything works, no problem, same with any shop. I would say it took them a good amount of effort to mess up this much, ignore calls and drag out the refund over months.
Are you happy with an OE packaged hard drive (just in anti static bag) being chucked in a larged box of other items with no packaging, or being posted with just a thin layer of bubblewrap? Post gets thrown around and bubblewrap on its own does nothing.
Computer shop that doesnt know how to package drives wont get any orders from me.

 

[gaz1]

amd is back ontop again

but for pcs when buying research your specs

one other thing id never ever use mcafee its the most annoying program to get rid of

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[RaceDiagnostics]

I used to build my own machines but am just not interested any more, I bought an HP all in one ten years ago and never looked back. It will be relegated to the garage and will be used for workshop manuals as it's now chronically slow and no good for video editing and is starting to randomly restart.

I ordered the Aldi unit yesterday, I am sure it will do me fine as I'm not into gaming and I doubt I will ever open it up.

Having worked a lifetime in electronics, chip design, physics and technology, I'm just not interested anymore.

 

[James01]

Yeah depends on motherboard if you are looking to upgrade then take a deeper look at the motherboard for likes of extra hdd and ram

 

[gaz1]

for info really

 

[Kayos]

Totally. I'm desperate (well... maybe not desperate...) to buy a 3060 ti but can't find any. Currys (yes, I know...) is depressing because when you look at cards on their site you get a popup that says "24,723 people have viewed this in the last 24 hours" so you know that even if they got stock it would be gone in nanoseconds.

I had hoped the 3000 series release would have left a glut of 2000 series available second hand.

No chance, I managed to get a 1660 just before they doubled in price!

It is sufficient for the pc, for now