Erebus Mk.2 - It lives......finally

Yes, I finally got my PC working - YAY ME!!!

Turns out the two hard drives sent to me originally were both duds, so a quck RMA to WD and I'm up and running. I have no pics of it working yet, as the second I finished this morning, I had to go to work. But below are the pictures I've held onto since March of the stuff in it's boxes, hopefully I can get away early today and get some pics and benches for you later today.

But before I post those up, I need some advise on what wallpaper for my monitor; The choices are OPTION 1, OPTION 2, OPTION 3, OPTION 4 or OPTION 5? I'm leaning towards Option 2, but I'll wait and see what you guys say.

And now, the pic links (Warning, there effin' hooj)

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4332/p1000943e.jpg
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/6244/p1000941g.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2487/p1000944x.jpg
http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2628/p1000946v.jpg
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2784/p1000947t.jpg
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9986/p1000948e.jpg
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3166/p1000950i.jpg
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/1378/p1000951b.jpg
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2179/p1000958e.jpg

1. please use photobucket not imageshack......... photobucket would have autoresized those to some extent... i had to downlaod over 40MB to view this thread which took several mins at 5meg.

2. The links for your options arent working

1. Dont have Photobucket account so CBA with that. But your fair in sayng that the pictures fuck you over - I've switched it to just the links, and put an effin' hooj warning on it.

2. I noticed that just now - fixed.

Option 3, or 5. Also: You REALLY need to find something better to plaster over your desktop... You know, something that dosen't look like roadkill?

I vote for option 5 :D.


Nice PC, I'll be round in next time you're working to steal the Essence ST(X) off of you :p

Option 4 is the best in my opinion.

Had a feeling you'd say that Chaz, since it's all photoshoppy :D

And lol at you VoX, I remember you being the one to recommend that one to me :P I'll let you know how sweet it is soon.

Got the same pure pwnage poster and a doug one :D

Definitely option 2 there Oric. There's nothing like a good closeup :p. Option 4 is a little too dreamy for me.

Other than that, good job on finally having some sort of PC put together! Now get gaming you fool :D.

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Originally Posted by Oricalcos

And lol at you VoX, I remember you being the one to recommend that one to me :P I'll let you know how sweet it is soon.

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Tis all part of my elaborate plan to steal it from you :p.



Although in all seriousness, you're going to need to grab something a lot better than the Failtailities to get the most out of that card, Sennheiser HD555 (modded to become HD595s, or just buy the HD595s if you can afford hehe) or Goldring NS1000s/DR150 (NS1000s apparently sound incredible from an amped source, and the Essence has a headphone amp built in, so pure win there) are good for mixes of Music and gaming, while Audio Technica ATH-AD700s are great for gaming (Or the ATH-A700s if you like bass, AD700s are apparently quite light in terms of bass but are brilliant for positional audio). That, and stick to FLAC/WAV (Any lossless format really)

I know - we had this discussion before. And I said I would look into it after getting everything together. I just wanted to make sure everything worked first before I started blowing out on equipment I might not need :S

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Originally Posted by Chalex4

Definitely option 2 there Oric. There's nothing like a good closeup :p. Option 4 is a little too dreamy for me.

Other than that, good job on finally having some sort of PC put together! Now get gaming you fool :D.

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Thats what I thought. And I gotta install 88 games on steam first, and the largest is about 10GB :S. Although the smallest is about 50MB, so it should balance out.

Option 5 is clearly win.

1 or 4

But I still say you need to buy screens to facilitate summer glau in the summer.

I got over having women as wallpapers a while ago. Lately, I like men in armour.

/sigh, Guild Wars..........

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I got over having women as wallpapers a while ago. Lately, I like men in armour.

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I thought someone edited that message but no.....

I was thinking that as well, but the lol jibe at GW was too good to pass up.

Is that a mage with full plate?

Hear that sound? Gygax is rolling in his grave.

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Originally Posted by D_K_Head

Is that a mage with full plate?

Hear that sound? Gygax is rolling in his grave.

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Yes, ever heard of battle mages?

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Originally Posted by D_K_Head

Is that a mage with full plate?

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No, it isn't. Full plate would be fully armoured, not a cuirass and some cloth sleeves.

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Originally Posted by D_K_Head

Is that a mage with full plate?

Hear that sound? Gygax is rolling in his grave.

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QFT.