Blackrock Mountain Grim Guzzler / Coren Direbrew First Look
Mythic Blackhand Kill Videos
Paragon and Midwinter have also released their kill videos.
Blue Tweets
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
PvP
I spent an hour and a half in Ashran and got one box, a couple hundred honor, and zero conquest points. It sucked. A lot.
Thanks for the feedback and for presenting it reasonably. (holinka)
I'm not sure how to feel about the Ashran change. When events appear my team is overrun instantly and we have to wait for the next.
now that the queue times are under control, we may lower the player cap in Ashran. It would help the overwhelming force problem. (holinka)
won't use personal account to speak about wow issues...... Unless it's ashran or to promote pvp tournaments cause pvp is fine lol
Yes I will continue to promote WoW and PvP through Twitter. No I won't discuss design issues. Thanks for catching me on that. (holinka)
Garrisons
Love the Garrison Jukebox, but I thought Portable Audiophone would work more like an iPod. I need a jukebox for the mine/town hall
The idea of an in-game music player that picks from any available track is kind of a cool idea, right? (Muffinus)
That would be amazing. I rarely mute the in game music, but I get super nostalgic to hear the old tracks now and then.
The track that plays when you enter the imp area of molten core before the first boss is my jam. (Muffinus)
Misc
Has the hate really even that bad on your end? I know it's wow pvp but you seem more withdrawn on twitter regarding WoW.
We decided to have all WoW discussions from and not our personal twitter accounts. (holinka)
Computers - Setup of the Month
Each month or so we will post a couple of hardware setups for those of you who are thinking of upgrading their computer!
This month
The current SSD prices are trending slightly downward again over the past few months, with most SSDs under $0.50 per gigabyte when on sale.
New GPUs from AMD may be coming in the second half of this year, but no official announcements have been made.
Depending on how much you want to overclock, you may need to spend a bit more for a better CPU cooler like the NH-D14.
Unless you are doing a lot of video rendering or streaming, you do not need the 4790K 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!
Peripherals/Monitors
ComponentPuppy DolphinMonitorASUS VS228H-P 22-Inch Monitor - $120ASUS VS248H-P 24-Inch Monitor - $195
KeyboardKensington Pro Fit Media Keyboard - $21Cyborg V.5 - $53
MouseLogitech G402 - $46Razer DeathAdder - $58
SpeakersCreative A250 2.1 Speaker System - $30Logitech Z313 Speaker System - $34
ComponentNarwhal Unicorn
MonitorDell P2414H Monitor - $256Dell U2412M - $290
KeyboardLogitech G510s - $70CM Storm QuickFire XT - $91
MouseLogitech G502 - $67Razer Naga 2014 - $61
SpeakersLogitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System - $61Logitech Speaker System Z523 - $90
Puppy and Dolphin
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Puppy and Dolphin.
ComponentPuppy DolphinAll of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Puppy and Dolphin.
CaseNZXT Source 220 - $45NZXT Source 220 - $45
Power SupplyEVGA 600B - $55EVGA 600B - $55
CPUAMD FX-6300 - $100AMD FX-8320 - $140
HeatsinkCooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $35Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - $35
MotherboardASUS M5A97 R2.0 - $94ASUS M5A99FX PRO - $139
MemoryKingston HyperX Blue 4GB 1600 - $378GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $73
Graphics CardXFX R7 260X - $102Gigabyte R9 270X / GTX 960 - $155 / $200
Hard DriveWestern Digital Caviar Blue 500GB - $45Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB - $70
DVDAsus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21
Total$534$733 - 778
Narwhal and Unicorn
All of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn.
ComponentNarwhal UnicornAll of these parts can be mixed and matched to create a build between Narwhal and Unicorn.
CaseCooler Master HAF 912 - $70Corsair Air 540 - $125
Power SupplyXFX Pro 750W - $100XFX Pro 750W - $100
CPUIntel 4690K - $233Intel 4690K - $233
HeatsinkScythe Mugen 4 - $50Noctua 6 NH-D14 - $82
MotherboardASUS Z97-A - $160ASUS Z97-A - $160
Memory8GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $7316GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $140
Graphics CardXFX R9 280X - $240XFX R9 290X OR MSI GTX 970 - $330
Hard DriveWestern Digital 1TB Caviar Black - $70Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black - $125
SSDCrucial MX100 128GB (Review) - $67
OR
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB (Review) - $90 SAMSUNG 850 EVO 120GB - $76
OR
SAMSUNG 850 Pro 128GB (Review) - $100
DVDAsus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW - $21
Total$1017 - 1117$1383 - $1416
Fan Concept - Reign of Azshara Expansion
Golden Yak made a nice post with a fan concept of a Reign of Azshara expansion, complete with a map, logo, and some artwork. He recently added more art for a X.1 patch.
If you are interested in the Guild Wars 2 expansion, Heart of Thorns, be sure to sign up for the beta!
Dark Legacy Comics #480 - Home Alone
DLC #480 takes a look at the new social interaction added in Patch 6.1.
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