This time should hopefully be the last move, because TSO appear to be quite excellent when it comes to reliability and speed. Certainly the Thunder website's performance has been superb since the move last week, with none of the problems of our previous host.

So Xmas has come and gone, as has another birthday, raid tier in WoW, and computer

I had got myself a new graphics card , but whilst testing it out some dust got into the casing and fried the motherboard :/

So that meant I had to purchase new equipment! So now my rig looks like this:

i5-2500k @ 3.3Ghz

Asus GTX 560TI

4Gb DDR3 Ram

I'm still using my old Antec 900 case, and the same soundcard and hard drives, but the above in conjunction with the new internet pipe mean everything is absolutely flying along now. It's great purchasing a game on Steam, and being able to play it less than 30 minutes later

As for WoW, Tier 13, Dragon Soul, was released at the start of December. We beat normal mode inside 2 weeks.

I shit thee not. It's dead easy :/

Only really the last fight presents any significant challenge, and only because the tricky part, phase 2, is behind 11 minutes of repetitive action smacking tentacles in the face like some PG version of a Hentai Tentacle short animated feature.

To say we were disappointed was fair. We had 2 groups out on the first raid night and both groups one shot the first boss. Ridiculously easy, he may as well have just farted and popped out his purples once we cleared his minimal trash.

We'll start T13 hard modes next week, as we gear up for it, but this content has to last us for about 5-6 months at a guess. I can forsee us losing bored raiders as a result...

Anyway, last post of 2011, so have a great 2012, and here's hoping the Inca's were wrong and the world doesn't end this time next year!

Tonight saw the final death of the venerable Windows XP on my PC. It's been a long time a-coming, but Windows 7 has proven to be a rock solid and reliable replacement.

So when the final RTM version gets released on October 22nd, I'll be re-installing using it. I managed to get in on the Win7 pre-order deal which means I get Win7 Pro for £99, whereas now it will set you back about £180!

I think I'll try using the 64 bit version (the Pro version comes with both 32 and 64-bit versions), as I upgraded tonight to 4Gb of ram from my old 2Gb. Even with only 3.25Gb addressable under a 32-bit OS, there's a fair difference in speed and responsiveness. Despite the fact that Win7 RC is pretty nippy as is, and a damn sight better than Vista (which also got wiped tonight), service packs included.

I may even chuck the old 2Gb in there as well, and give myself 6Gb of ram, which quite frankly is overkill. But may as well, eh?