Having fun with World of Tanks

So my spare time is going into a new game called World of Tanks.
Here are some images...

Trying out Arty...Didn't like it.

My best game to date, in the VK3002DB (Mercedes prototype that was rejected for the Panther)

See we arn't the only ones that pick on Josh.  Most of the enemy team pickin on him here.  (My burning wreck just in front of him.

Boom!

American tech tree and costs

Spare time with Star Trek Online

So where has Rob been these days? Well you can see in my other blogs, I've been busy painting / playing 40k. But in my non-tabletop time I've been playing Star Trek Online. Pretty fun game, especially since I have the system to run it.

Anyway here are some screen shots of the game, and my jaunt through it.

USS Acadia (Constitution class)

USS Kennebec (Constitution class refit) headed out to face the Planet Killer

USS Augusta (Cheyenne Class) dodging the wrath of a Romulan Scimitar...Galaxy class wasn't so lucky.

USS Maine (Galaxy Class)

USS Ranger (Sovereign Class)

 This game is perfect for someone with a family, and full time job.  You can play for a hour and walk away, pick right up where you left off a week or two later.

That's all for now.

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

You are a d8: You are the true adventurer! Dragons rescued, princesses slayed, and all that business while O Fortuna plays in the background. Your social calender is crammed with heroic deeds, and you've personally saved the world from ultimate destruction at least twice. You are reliable, perhaps a bit predictable, but overall a shining example of what happens when courage meets determination.

http://dicepool.com/quiz/info_8.html

Fun little Quiz making it's way around the geek net...

Pulled the Trigger.

Well, I did it.

Pulled the trigger and bought the pieces to build a new computer. The Main system in the house is 7 years old. It has held up pretty well, with only one video card upgrade 3 years ago.

Here is the new system.

Motherboard:
ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Processor:
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail

Best non-liquid cooler on the market:
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
XIGMATEK XLF-F1253 120mm 4 white LED LED Case Fan - Retail
Xigmatek Intel Core i7 compatible THOR'S HAMMER HDT-S126384 CPU Cooler - Retail

Op System:
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

Case:
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail

Power Supply:
COOLER MASTER UCP RSB00-AAAAA3 1100W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Power Supply - Retail

Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Disc Drives:
LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray Disc Reader SATA Model iHOS104-08 - Retail
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM

Video Card:
EVGA 02G-P3-1185-AR GeForce GTX 285 2GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Memory:
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK - Retail

New Monitor:
Acer P235Hbmid Black 23" 5ms HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail

Freebie:
OCZ Diesel 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive Model OCZUSBDSL4G - Retail

Lots of room to upgrade after this too. She can take another GTX285, or two more if I get really crazy in SLI mode. Room for 6 more GB of Ram as well. Motherboard came out this week. USB 3.0 and SATA III capable. So I can get a nice Solid state drive when the prices drop a bit.

I'll be posting pics of the assembly and finished beast.