Valor of the Ancients Buff
Mists of Pandaria is going to make it easier for you to earn Valor points on your alts once your main character is capped for the week. The Valor of the Ancients buff increases the Valor earned on all of your characters on a realm by 50%, after one character has capped for the week. This comes along with another change to Valor points that limits the amount you may hold at any time to 3,000 per character.
Jaina Audio for Theramore Event
One of the recent beta patches added some more audio for Jaina during the Theramore event. If you haven't already listed to the previous audio, listen to it first! See the long standing thread about Jaina in the Mists of Pandaria forum if you are interested in more speculation and discussion of the lore!
Beta Class Balance Analysis
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Computers - Setup of the Month (by chaud)
Each month or every 2 months, depending on the hardware evolutions, the lovely chaud will work on a couple of hardware setups for those of you who are thinking of upgrading their computer!
This month
Hard drive prices are slowly declining, but are still above the pre-flood prices, so now is still a good time to buy a SSD. The current SSD prices are still slowly moving downward, with most under $1 per gigabyte now. A few sales have even gone under 50 cents per gigabyte, so look for something on sale!
Unless you are doing a lot of video rendering or something that is similarly multithreaded, you do not need the 3770K and should spend that money elsewhere.
Make sure to keep your AMD and Nvidia drivers up to date.
Don't hesitate to post any feedback in the comments of that news post, and don't forget to visit the Computer Forum for any extra questions! If you are interested in Folding@home, take a look in our team's thread.
Peripherals/Monitors
Component | Puppy | Dolphin |
---|---|---|
Monitor | Acer V223W EJBD 22-Inch Widescreen - $138 | ASUS VW246H 24-Inch Widescreen - $190 |
Keyboard | Logitech Media Keyboard K200 - $18 | Cyborg V.5 - $49 |
Mouse | Logitech G400 - $34 | Razer Deathadder - $42 |
Speakers | Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System - $23 | Logitech Z313 Speaker System - $40 |
Component | Narwhal | Unicorn |
Monitor | ASUS VE276Q 27-Inch - $254 | HP ZR2440W 24-inch (IPS Panel) - $363 |
Keyboard | Logitech G110 - $52 | Razer BlackWidow (Backlit)- $70 ($104) |
Mouse | Logitech G500 - $54 | Razer Naga (Buttons on the Side) - $72 |
Speakers | Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - $60 | Logitech Speaker System Z523 - $70 |
Puppy and Dolphin
Overclocked Puppy will outperform Dolphin when multiple threads are in use (Not WoW) and come close in most other cases.
Mix and match anything but the CPU/Motherboard combo between Puppy and Dolphin. Pick one of the two CPU/Motherboard combos.
Mix and match anything between Dolphin and Narwhal.
Overclocked Puppy will outperform Dolphin when multiple threads are in use (Not WoW) and come close in most other cases.
Mix and match anything but the CPU/Motherboard combo between Puppy and Dolphin. Pick one of the two CPU/Motherboard combos.
Mix and match anything between Dolphin and Narwhal.
Component | Puppy | Dolphin |
---|---|---|
Case | NZXT GAMMA Classic - $40 | NZXT GAMMA Classic - $40 |
Power Supply | Corsair CX500 V2 - $54 | XFX Core Edition PRO 550W - $64 |
CPU | AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition- $110 | Intel i3-2120 - $122 |
Heatsink | Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - $26 | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $32 |
Motherboard | ASUS M5A97 AM3+ 970 - $95 | Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H - $120 |
Memory | 4GB PNY Optima DDR3 10600 - $25 | 8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $55 |
Graphics Card | XFX 7770 - $105 | XFX 6870 or EVGA GTX 560 - $137/ $146 |
Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB - $68 | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $100 |
DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $20 | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $20 |
Total | $543 | $695 |
Narwhal and Unicorn
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn. SSDs are always optional.
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn. SSDs are always optional.
Component | Narwhal | Unicorn |
---|---|---|
Case | Cooler Master HAF 912 - $60 | Cooler Master HAF932 - $154 |
Power Supply | Corsair 650TX V2 - $90 | Corsair 750HX - $156 |
CPU | Intel i5-3570K - $220 | Intel i7-3770K - $330 |
Heatsink | Thermaltake Frio - $60 | Noctua 6 NH-D14 - $85 |
Motherboard | ASUS P8Z77-V LK - $146 | ASUS P8Z77-V - $190 |
Memory | 8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $56 | 8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $56 |
Graphics Card | ASUS 7850 DirectCU II - $260 | XFX 7970 Black Edition OR EVGA GTX 670 FTW - $430 / $430 |
Hard Drive | Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $100 | Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $100 |
SSD | Crucial 128 GB m4 (Review) - $105 OR Corsair Force Series GT 120 GB - $129 | SAMSUNG 830 128GB (Review) - $99 OR OCZ 120 GB Vertex 3 (Review) - $95 |
DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $20 | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $20 |
Total | $1012 - $1141 | $1521 - $1620 |
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