As promised, I have come back to give an update. I bought Aldi's PC and gave it to my dad, and I must say it is thee dog's hairies. It is unbelievably powerful and runs everything to upmost perfection. I have a few games running on it and maximum settings, including MS Flight Sim 2004 - they all run smooth, fast and are immaculate in the graphics department.
Now then, with regards to the noise! When you first turn it on, it is quite noisy (the fan) for about 10 seconds, then it calms down and you cant really hear it at all. The beauty of it is, when you do somehting that may require a lot of processor power or HDD RPM, the fan kicks up again, to ensure maximum cooling. I suppose you could look at this in two ways, either as an annoyance, or as a clever way of keeping things cool
Got the 17 inch monitor too and the Medion 5.1 surround sound system (these are the extremely flat speakers) - they are awesome - and overall it is an amazing system.
What's most important is that my dad is completely made up with it all. So there you go, a nice shiny new family PC that runs like clockwork
Hope you all had a good Christmas, and have a great new year,
Lee
