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Quick update, up at 4 tomoz. It's alive. Barely, but it's alive. I got it all together but the PSU cables are too short so it is seriously ghetto at the moment with shit and bits hanging everywhere. I hope these are standard cables as a new PSU is north of 200 bones. I think the motherboard's fucked. It didn't output any picture so it got stripped down to barebones. One GPU? Nothing. Fuck. Remove all RAMS, install one, she boots. Error messages all over the shop but she booted. Insert second RAMS, nothing. Then I started shuffling and fucking around a lot more and it looks like ram slot 2 is borked. With a stick in 1 & 3 she fires right up but as soon as I put one in slot 2 she fails. So atm I've got more tests to run for diagnostics, she's on 16gb at the mo which will be plenty until I can afford a new X99 motherboard. It whinges like a little bitch though, because the motherboard was transplanted from the Alienware case it's lost a shitload of limbs and fans and likes to let me know every boot. Tomorrow I'll pop the second 980 in and see if I can maintain POST. I think it'll be fine but we'll see. Then I have a todo list as long as my arm to get it exactly where I want it but that's all part of the hobby I guess. I said no pics but fuck it, here's a sneaky little preview of what's going on:

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Available as of yesterday: SEASON 1: WILD FRONTIER PATCH NOTES INTRODUCING BATTLE PASS SEASON 1 Added Battle Pass tab to Lobby. Cost: 950 Apex Coins Earn over 100 unique items throughout the season – everything you snag before the season is over is yours to keep. Updated dashboard images for Season 1 on PC and Xbox [PS4 is on the way!] Updated Main Menu with new Season 1 art. Updated the Lobby visuals for Season 1. Updated Apex Legends site FAQ with info on Battle Pass. INTRODUCING THE BATTLE PASS BUNDLE Get the Battle Pass, plus unlock your next 25 levels for Season 1 instantly. Cost: 2,800 Apex Coins. FREE REWARDS Everyone that plays Apex Legends during Season 1 can earn the following rewards: 1 Wild Frontier Legend Skin 5 Apex Packs 18 Wild Frontier themed Stat Trackers Read full blog about Battle Pass with FAQ and video here: NEW LEGEND: OCTANE High-Speed Daredevil If it doesn't involve diving, leaping, plummeting, or racing, then Octane wants nothing to do with it. Always the life of the party, Octane truly believes winning the Championship isn't enough... not if you didn't cheat death at least twice to get there. Passive: Swift Men - While not taking damage, Octane restores 1 health every 2 seconds. Tactical: Stim - Move 30% faster for 6 seconds. Costs health to use. While active, Octane is affected less by attacks that cause slowdown. 2 second recharge. Ultimate: Launch Pad - Deployable jump pad that catapults players through the air. Takes 90 seconds to recharge. Cost: 12,000 Legend Tokens 750 Apex Coins

I've just had a look through it and it's 'okay' for a first battle pass. Kinda disappointed that theres no challenges/objectives but hopefully that will come. At least you just have to play the game and level up for rewards and then can get 1000 apex coins which will pay for the next one. Heres hoping this is the start which will get better at each battle pass. I want to be able to earn more than 1000 apex coins next time round. And yes, this is the first time I'm actually considering a battle pass. On a free, digital game. Which is one gamemode. Crazy, I know, but the game is so solid and just fun.

Progression is apparently extremely stifled on the battle pass and the tier rewards are widely considered mediocre. It's a great game but keeping people on board and engaged wont be easy with lame content like this.

Is the AOI rad thin or is that a 38mm fan on it? as it looks thicker than a standard 25mm fan. Shame one of the RAM slots is borked but nice work getting up and running at all. Should be a good gaming rig if you can get it working properly.

Another awesome write up. You have patience I can only dream of[emoji39] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I count 9 exhausts, but maybe I'm missing something 😄

The skins and overall contents of the battle pass are lackluster. The way Octane sprints is absolutely hilarious.