Well Intel have gone and put the “smackover” on AMD again with the Core i7 cpu range.  The entry level option hands the high end Core 2 Duo’s a slap around the chops with a semi concious and confused wet fish, leaving the AMD range of CPU’s in the fetal position crying like a baby who wants mummy to make the nightmare’s go away…

All this brilliance will not come cheap however! The entry level chip is going for around £240 inc VAT ( that’s the 15% flavour ) and a new motherboard will cost you between £200-300 depending on how deep your pockets are.  Not only that but the x58 chipset supports Quad DDR3 and most importantly in my opinion it is the first chipset to support SLi & Crossfire!  Well I am pleased to announce that it is time for me to decommission my current machine *sob* which is a totally water-cooled AMD X2 with Sli 7800GT’s, and dip my toe into the world of i7.  My trusty current rig has seen many a session of BF2 but is starting to struggle with the latest games Especially when I am trying to run at 1920×1200.  You might ask why I am bothering you tell you guys about this?  Well I am going to be launching a review section on my site and I thought perfect! this is a great opportunity to show case some of the latest parts on the market, and show off our talents for PC building. 

Of course the ironic thing is my fav game at the moment is Left 4 Dead and that runs peachy on a leapfrog from Argos..

Watch this space !

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