Patch 5.3 - Dungeon Journal UI
Patch 5.3 finally makes it faster to move through the Dungeon Journal by putting boss selections for an instance on the left always, and loot, abilities, and model on the right, making it much faster to switch between bosses to find the right loot list.
Otis - Dungeon Journal Addon
If you don't want to wait a few weeks for Patch 5.3, you can install the Otis addon to make life a little bit easier. It adds arrows to the side of the Dungeon Journal that allows you to quickly move up and down through the boss list.
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Weekly News Recap
Lots of news this week, so here is your chance to catch up if you missed a day of news!
- April 28
- We looked at the new Deepwind Gorge battleground.
- April 29
- We looked at the Battle on the High Seas Scenario.
- Ghostcrawler mentioned that Patch 5.3 will increase the drop rate of Sigil of Power and Sigil of Wisdom.
- April 30
- Weathered Observer's Shield and Flamescarred Draconian Deflector are being added in Patch 5.3 at the cost of 2175 Justice Points.
- Ghostcrawler made his initial comment on tri spec.
- Raid Finder difficulty Lei Shen had a 10% health and Static Shock damage reduction.
- Exodus decided to stop doing 25 player raiding.
- May 1
- We looked at the Old Seer quest being added in Patch 5.3 that rewards item level 502 boots.
- Ghostcrawler replied to some more tri spec tweets.
- May 2
- Patch 5.3 PTR - Build 16911 was released, and halved the amount of PvP Power and PvP Resilience on gems.
- There was a blog post about how to catch up on gearing in Patch 5.2 and 5.3.
- May 3
- We looked at the new Brawler's Guild mount, the Brawler's Burly Mushan Beast.
- Some new Hearthstone cards were revealed.
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
The current SSD prices seem to be moving back up slowly, with almost all SSDs under $1 per gigabyte when on sale. No new GPUs or SSDs worth waiting for are expected before the third quarter this year. RAM prices have been increasing for the past few months, so if you were thinking about adding RAM anytime soon, now is the time.
The new Haswell CPUs from Intel are almost here and should bring a mild performance improvement, power usage reduction, and significantly better integrated graphics.
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 | Asus VS229H-P 21.5" LED IPS Monitor - $140 | ASUS VS248H-P 24-Inch Monitor - $170 |
Keyboard | Kensington Pro Fit Media Keyboard - $20 | Cyborg V.5 - $48 |
Mouse | Logitech G400 - $37 | Razer Deathadder - $46 |
Speakers | Creative A220 2.1 Speaker System - $30 | Logitech Z313 Speaker System - $40 |
Component | Narwhal | Unicorn |
Monitor | ASUS VE278Q 27-Inch - $266 | HP ZR2440W 24-inch (IPS Panel) - $369 |
Keyboard | Logitech G510 - $90 | Razer BlackWidow (Backlit)- $76 ($129) |
Mouse | Logitech G500 - $45 | Razer Naga (Buttons on the Side) - $70 |
Speakers | Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - $60 | Logitech Speaker System Z523 - $65 |
Puppy and Dolphin
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 but the CPU/Motherboard combo between Puppy and Dolphin. Pick one of the two CPU/Motherboard combos.
Component | Puppy | Dolphin |
---|---|---|
Case | NZXT Source 210 - $35 | NZXT Source 210 - $35 |
Power Supply | Corsair CX500 - $58 | XFX Core Edition PRO 550W - $69 |
CPU | AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition- $85 | AMD FX-6300 - $117 |
Heatsink | Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - $28 | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $30 |
Motherboard | ASUS M5A97 R2 AM3+ 970 - $99 | ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ 990FX - $135 |
Memory | Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB 1333 - $31 | 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $71 |
Graphics Card | ASUS 7770 - $109 | Gigabyte 7850 2 GB or Gigabyte GTX 660 OC 2GB - $195 / $210 |
Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB - $57 | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $91 |
DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $23 | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $23 |
Total | $525 | $766 - 781 |
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 - $58 | Cooler Master HAF 932 - $160 |
Power Supply | Corsair 650TX V2 - $90 | Corsair 750HX - $130 |
CPU | Intel i5-3570K - $210 | Intel i7-3770K - $317 |
Heatsink | Thermaltake Frio - $53 | Noctua 6 NH-D14 - $80 |
Motherboard | ASUS P8Z77-V LK - $115 | ASUS P8Z77-V - $176 |
Memory | 8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $71 | 16GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $120 |
Graphics Card | Gigabyte 7950 OR MSI GTX 660 Ti - $310 / $299 | Gigabyte 7970 OR GIGABYTE GTX 670 - $400 / $393 |
Hard Drive | Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $91 | Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $91 |
SSD | SAMSUNG 840 128GB (Review) - $100 OR Plextor 128 GB M5 Pro (Review) - $132 | Intel 330 180GB (Review) - $150 OR SAMSUNG 840 Pro 128GB (Review) - $139 |
DVD | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $23 | Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $23 |
Total | $1010 - $1153 | $1590 - $1647 |
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