Somewhere between Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Grimlock, I'd say, the not the team leader but the "coolest"/"Badass" fan appealing character, not bad for the guy whose first figure had his already minimal paint apps cut for budget!
NECA Ultimate Warrior Predator Action Figure Review - YouTube I'm slightly suprised NECA got away with putting "Ultimate Warrior" on the box like that because all related IP's were owned by Jim Hellwig AKA Warrior after he won a lengthy court battle with McMahon in the early 2000's. If he was still with us he'd have sued without question but his missus is probably doing well enough for cash with all the Mattel money and working with the WWE to not worry about pursuing an IP violation in a fairly niche action figure line.
Luger needs a "Lex Express" bus playset and a Yokozuna figure to not beat for the WWF title at Summerslam 1993
Seeing more of those new M&S convenience stores creeping around, clearly out to get Pret as the premiere destination for grossly overpriced sandwiches.
I was meaning more in the sense that it seems like there's a new Snake Eyes along every few months x)
Anyone here know owt about computers? Looking to get a new laptop for my sons birthday. He currently has this: ASUS X415EA-EB741TS Laptop, Intel Pentium Gold Processor, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 14" Full HD, Silver which is pretty basic. whats the best we can get for around the £500/600 mark? Ive heard Acer Aspire 5 is a decent option in that price range, but even then there is loads to chose from! Doesnt have to have super 3d graphics capabilities, hes mostly into programming/modding etc. scratch, roblox + roblox studio. Any suggestions would be appreciated. ta!
I've a Which account... this should be a bit cheaper if you look around, usually. Apple is the final bit there lol.
£500-600 is the sweet spot for most people where your not buying trash but aren't starting to pay big money for premium stuff that average people won't need or know they are missing. You should be getting around a relatively recent gen i5 CPU, 8-16GB RAM, 256 - 512GB SSD storage and around a 14" 1080p display for that sort of money. Can't personally vouch for any average consumer models as I only deal with business models and MacBooks these days, but none of the major manufactures have a notably bad reputation at the moment.
@Siege Fan, yes it was me and this a good reminder that I mean to also reply to @RabidYak, too. Thank you. I’ll build my own but it’s been a few years since I last did it. The main area I need advice with is for a motherboard so I get what I need and don’t pay for features won’t use; I find the variety motherboards dizzying. PC will likely be: 12th gen Intel CPU 3000 series nVidia GPU Small form factor case which, I think, limits me to micro-mini ATX size I only need 1 x PCI Express slot for GPU 1 or 2 M.2 SSD slots I don’t plan on overclocking Would prefer DDR5 RAM if that’s compatible with Intel 12th gen? There’s loads of other motherboard features I don’t think I need but I’m probably missing something that I do need? I’ve always gone with ASUS for GPU (partner) and motherboard; no idea if the reputable manufacturers from a few year ago are still the same today? I know someone stopped being a board partner for one of the GPU companies and Intel make GPUs, too. Hoping to get value for money by sticking with last gen with the newest Intel CPU being 13th gen and nVidea being on 4000 series. Oh, might make/buy a NAS; would be my first. Any thoughts? Cheers!
Gah, Which doesn't do parts, but have a flick through Computer Active next time you're in Tesco, I think they do a handy breakdown of the best value bits and bobs?
Quick rundown on current Intel motherboards as it's late - Zx90 boards are the top end and the only ones with CPU overclocking Hx70 boards are upper mid range Bx60 boards are lower mid range Hx10 boards are the bottom, don't even consider these as they only have single channel RAM Aside from losing CPU overclocking, the main difference at chipset spec for dropping downwards between 90-70-60 is less PCIE lanes and less USB ports. There will be more differences when it comes to what the stuff the board manufactures are putting on them at different price points. Replace the x with 6 for boards released with 12th gen and 7 for ones released 13th gen. 12th and 13th are the same socket so you can use either on either 600 or 700 boards, but 600 boards will need bios updates to use 13th chips. The main difference is that 700 boards support faster DDR5 and have more faster PCIE lanes. Both the processor gens and both the board gens all have support for both DDR4 and DDR5, but you can only have support for one or the other on a motherboard so you need to decide up front what you want and buy an appropriate board. I'd strongly advise looking round the internet for benchmarks of your specific processor using DDR4 vs DDR5 to decide whether it's worth the extra cost in your use case. Motherboard manufactures are the same folks they've been for a long time - Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, ASrock.
