Chromatic Dragon Pet Video, Setup of the Month, Fan Art, The Daily Blink

[chaud]

Chromatic Dragon Pet Video
The Chromatic Dragon pet was updated since the last time we featured it, so here is a new video with the current model and animations. (The dragon's breath at 0:45 may be slightly bugged)

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
Even though hard drive prices have come down slightly, now is still a good time to buy a SSD, as the next generation is a good while away and the current prices are fairly flat.

AMD's Bulldozer arrived last month to negative reviews, citing excessive power usage and heat output and very poor single threaded performance. They are working on another stepping which may help the problem slightly, but don't expect any significant improvements on the design until the middle of 2012 with the arrival of Piledriver. There is a glimmer of hope for those of you who purchased one and play games however, a software patch that increases gaming performance by fixing some of the scheduling issues is coming in January.

New mid range AMD GPUs are rumored to be coming in Q1 2012 if you are thinking about upgrading. The new higher end 7900 parts will be here in January, with a press event and NDA lift possibly later this week.

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 VW224U 22-Inch Widescreen - $149	ASUS VW246H 24-Inch Widescreen - $217
Keyboard	Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000 - $20	Cyborg V.5 - $47
Mouse	Logitech G400 - $35	Logitech G500 - $61
Speakers	Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System - $25	Logitech Z313 Speaker System - $44
Component	Narwhal	Unicorn
Monitor	ASUS VE276Q 27-Inch - $303	HP ZR24w 24-inch (IPS Panel) - $400
Keyboard	Logitech G110 - $70	Razer BlackWidow (Backlit)- $70 ($112)
Mouse	Razer Deathadder - $45	Razer Naga (Buttons on the Side) - $70
Speakers	Creative Inspire T3130 2.1 Speaker System - $45	Logitech Speaker System Z523 - $71

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. Mix and match anything between Dolphin and Narwhal.

Component	Puppy	Dolphin
Case	NZXT M59 Classic - $50	NZXT GAMMA Classic - $40
Power Supply	Corsair CX500 V2 - $41	Corsair CX600 V2 - $50
CPU	AMD Phenom II X4 960T Black Edition- $125	Intel i3-2100 - $124
Heatsink	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - $21	Corsair Air Series A70 - $26
Motherboard	ASUS M5A97 AM3+ 970 - $95	Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 - $115
Memory	4GB PNY Optima DDR3 10600 - $27	4GB G.Skill Ripjaws F3 4GB 12800 DDR3 - $42
Graphics Card	XFX 6770 - $90	MSI 6850 or EVGA GTX 560 - $168 / $165
Hard Drive	Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB - $118	Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $170
DVD	Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $20	Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $20
Total	$587	$755

Narwhal and Unicorn
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 - $50	Cooler Master HAF932 - $152
Power Supply	Corsair 650TX V2 - $75	Corsair 750HX (7 Year Warranty) - $118
CPU	Intel i5-2500k - $240	Intel i7-2600k - $315
Heatsink	Thermaltake Frio - $60	Noctua 6 NH-D14 - $83
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 - $160	ASUS Z68 P8Z68-V PRO - $210
Memory	4GB G.Skill Ripjaws F3 4GB 12800 DDR3 - $42	8GB G.Skill DDR3 12800 - $54
Graphics Card	XFX 6950 1GB OR EVGA GTX 560 Ti- $210 / $220	XFX 6970 2GB OR EVGA GTX 570 - $310 / $360
Hard Drive	Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $172	Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $172
SSD	Crucial 128 GB m4 (Review) - $213 OR Corsair Force Series GT 120 GB - $200	Intel 510 Series 120 GB (Review) - $275 OR OCZ 120 GB Vertex 3 (Review) - $170
DVD	Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $20	Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $20
Total	$1029 - $1242	$1604 - $1759

Blizzard Art Gallery Update
The World of Warcraft Cataclysm Art gallery has been updated with six pieces representing the Warcraft universe.

The Daily Blink - Zero Sum Games
The Daily Blink reports on a discovery that no one thought was possible.

[Melilithia]

XD Nice Daily Blink.

[Znuff]

We'd still wish to know where that awesome pet drops from :-(

[Melilithia]

We'd still wish to know where that awesome pet drops from :-(

This too. It's so... shiny @.@

[FishHead]

Any chance it's going to be added as a pet like Tarecgosa for the legendary dagger achievement?

[Deleted]

The Daily Blink delivers!

[The Glitch]

Any chance it's going to be added as a pet like Tarecgosa for the legendary dagger achievement?

This was my first thought I hope so!

[yunito]

Olympic pet 2012?? or MOP pre-order c.e??

[Swisted]

The daily blink is sooo fucking true i hope all the haters and whiners take a look at that and understand some shit.

[diox990]

even thou i don't like SWTOR at all i really liked this Daily blink xD

[Imhullu]

Soo wtf is up with the names on these setups of the month.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

That pet is either for the pre-MoP event, or MoP collector's edition. Working on a paper about the SW/WoW coexisting thing.

[mistuhbull]

Am I the only one vaguely offended that WoW is on the body of Arafat?What you trying to say daily blink?

[Chip Zvarri]

I think that comic is full proof that The Daily Blink is utter BS. This goes against everything we know. They have NO PROOF TO BACK THIS CLAIM. They just make the claims and run off hoping we believe them. There is NO SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE WAY to prove that 2 games can be simultaneously good.Seriously, I used to respect TDB, but after this "discovery" it's clear that I can't rely on them for PROPER news../satiresincesomebodiesgoingtotakemeseriously

[good diu bro]

Soo wtf is up with the names on these setups of the month.

For puppy, I would recommend genius led media 700 than the microsoft media 3000.
Its almost the same price, but the genius one simply just have more features.

[Skyte87]

Srsly that pet dragon is so....energetic! xDME WANT!

[Venteus]

Star wars is nothing compared to WoW. Daily blink is off.

[carnifex2005]

I think that comic is full proof that The Daily Blink is utter BS. This goes against everything we know. They have NO PROOF TO BACK THIS CLAIM. They just make the claims and run off hoping we believe them. There is NO SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE WAY to prove that 2 games can be simultaneously good.Seriously, I used to respect TDB, but after this "discovery" it's clear that I can't rely on them for PROPER news../satiresincesomebodiesgoingtotakemeseriously

I think we can all agree that WoW and SWTOR both suck.

[Sammonoske]

Hm yes, nice pet. So where is the chromatic dragon mount that I actually care for?

[Rezzyk]

2012 is the Year of the Dragon for the Chinese. And Pandas coming next year too. Yeah. Just sayin! Could be either I guess.