My new monster

My latest PC build, earlier this year. My most powerful one yet!

Ingredients: Asus P8Z77-V LK motherboard, Intel core i7 3770K processor, G.Skill twin 4G memory (8GB),  MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti graphics card, Samsung 120G solid state drive, Western Digital Black 500GB hard drive, Seasonic M12ii 620W power supply, Asus DVD burner disc drive, Cooler Master HAF-912 case.

 

 

Pre-assembly and power up to make sure all components are functional.

 

 

The brains of the beast. Asus P8Z77-V LK motherboard and Intel Core i7 3770K processor.

 

 

Big boy graphics card, a must for playing World of Warcraft!

 

 

Double drives. One 120GB Samsung solid state drive for the operating system & main software, and one WD 500GB hard drive for music, pictures, games, files, etc.

 

 

Gotta have some big clean power to back it all up!

 

 

And of course the body of the beast, my Cooler Master case.

 

 

Mix it all together and you get.......One nice clean build.

 

 

 

Update - Added 2 more case cooling fans last week, one 200mm top fan and one 140mm side fan. The GPU and CPU were running a tad hotter than I cared for.

 



 

 

 

 

 



 

 



 

 

 

You eat those things?!

"You eat those things?!"

 

 



Roadtrip

Headed down to the in-laws place for a couple days this weekend.

 

Perfect timing! Their blackberry patch was at it's peak.

 

 

 

And of course what's the first thing I see when I return home? One of the 3 resident wild baby rabbits eyeballing the garden. They're leaving it alone for now, but when they're grown up i'm sure we'll be having a war!

 

 

A bunch of tomatoes decided to ripen while we were away. Tomatoes always seem to ripen faster when their care giver isn't checking them 3 times per day.

 

 

 

 



Welp, here it goes.

 

 

It's over 90 degrees today, so the cat is of course miserable. It's his own fault though, he refuses to migrate to the cooler parts of the house. Soooooo....
 

 

Finally starting to get some goods from the garden. Spring and early summer was a wash out with all the rain, so everything got delayed.
 

An ice cream bucket full of mustard greens is always a good sight. These will be takin' a dive into a pot on the stove with bacon grease and garlic!!
 



 

The bees have been taking over the hummingbird feeders lately. I suppose that's why the birds stopped showing up?
 

 

Today is my kind of day!

 

Garden Tomato + Bacon + Salad Dressing + Bread = Supper time!

 

 

 Time to kick back for the evening.