Hi I am looking at buying a PC for my daughter and as I know I am not capable of building one I am looking for the easy way out and have come across the following PC in Aldi::- Thanks to the AMD Athlon™ X2 7750 Dual-Core processor the MEDION® AKOYA® E3300 D becomes a multitasking Power-PC with increased performance. Send emails, browse the internet, download files and even enjoy music or videos, all at the same time! You can easily achieve more as a consequence of the combined power of two processor cores. Experience full high definition (HD1) and DirectX® 10.1 with the ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 Premium graphics card. Full-HD (1080p resolution)1 and 7.1 HD surround sound2 provide a fantastic home cinema experience. With the support of DirectX® 10.1 you can enjoy the latest graphics effects – and all from a whisper-quiet, energy-saving computer. 1 Requires a Full-HD screen/monitor supporting 1920x1080 resolution. 2 Only in conjunction with suitable loudspeaker systems (not supplied). AMD Athlon™ X2 7750 Dual-Core processor ATI Radeon™ HD4350 DirectX® 10.1 Premium graphic card with 512MB graphic memory and digital video/audio output via HDMI Massive 4GB (4096MB) DDR2 SDRAM† 640GB hard disk with GreenPower™ technology for storing more than 120,000 songs or photos** Multiformat DVD/CD burner with DVD-RAM and Dual Layer support*** Network controller Gigabit LAN (10/100/1000 Mbit/s.) on board eSATA for connecting external SATA devices such as hard drives 8 Channel High Definition Audio**** Stylish high-gloss design Powerful DirectX® 10.1 graphics Huge Software Package (OEM Versions) Pre-installed and/or on CD/DVD and recovery DVD or CD. Windows Vista® Home Premium 32 Bit with new Media Centre user interface incl. Service Pack 1 (64 Bit version included on DVD) Microsoft® Works® 9.0 Office Home and Student Trial Version 60 days test version (Internet connection required for activation). After 60 days you have to purchase a licence if you want to continue using the product. MEDION® Home Cinema Suite (PowerDirector 7, PowerProducer 5, PowerDVD™ 8, Media Show 4) Nero essentials (Nero Burning ROM 8 essentials, Nero Recode 3 SE essentials, Nero Express 8 essentials, Nero Vision 5 essentials)*** Corel® Draw Essentials 3 BullGuard Internet Security Pack Incl. 90 days update (free registration required) via Internet. After 90 days you have to purchase a licence if you want to receive ongoing updates. System Recovery powered by Symantec www.symantec.com. MEDION® data port 2 Simple, limitless storage capacity expansion – no cables required! The MEDION® data port 2 for the HDDrive2go ultra speed hard drive. This allows easy connection of an external HDDrive2go ultra speed hard drive directly to the PC without any cables or external power supply. Includes latest SATA docking port interface technology. (HDDrive2go ultra speed hard drive, not included – sold separately) Connectivity (front) 2 × USB 2.0 1 × Firewire 1 Microphone 1 × eSATA 1 × Line In Integrated USB 2.0 Flash memory card reader, reads and writes all current flash memory cards (not supplied)‡ Connectivity (rear) 2 × PS/2 4 × USB 2.0 1 × LAN (RJ45) 1 × Firewire 1 × Front Line Out 1 × Back Surround Line Out 1 × Side Surround Line Out 1 × Centre/Subwoofer Line Out 1 × Line In 1 × SPDIF (opt.) Out 1 × DVI-I 1 × VGA 1 × HDMI Could anyone please advise me if this spec is any good and will be capable of playing games such as the sims as her current one turns the grass purple and sends the walls flashing!!! Any help would be great Many Thanks Adam
It's a very poor system for modern games, but apart from that it's fine. Older games like the Sims original should run flawlessly.
