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Our old computer is getting slow... time for a new PC?
posted by Todd Christ on November 20, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
Yes… I believe the time has come to replaced ‘ye ol shared pc’ in the house. Our little DELL has been great! Other than a dead power supply during the first year (replaced under warranty) - it still runs ‘ok’...
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tagged: Atom, Core_i5, Core_i7, DELL, holiday, Internet_Device, Laptop, Nehalem, PC, Toadster, todd_christ, X25
From Sand to Silicon: the Making of a Chip
posted by Todd Christ on November 09, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
This was passed along to me on Twitter today, thought I’d share it with the Scoop audience. Awesome video showcasing how sand is turned into one of the worlds most innovative use of silicon - the Intel Core Processor!...
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tagged: Bloomfield, chip, Core_i5, Core_i7, CPU, Extreme, Gaming, Gulftown, innovation, intel, nehalem, sandy_bridge, silicon, todd_christ, Westmere
The holidays are coming... what's on your Intel wish list?
posted by Todd Christ on November 04, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
Computers have changed our daily schedule so much in the past few years, and as we slowly creep into the holiday season, what is on top of your holiday list this season? Do you envision building the baddest of Core...
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tagged: Atom, Bioshock, CoDMW2, Core_i7, holiday, HP, HP_Vivienne_Tam, Intel, L4D, L4D2, MW2, Netbook, season, todd_christ, Vivienne, wishlist
My Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade experience rates 7 out of 7!
posted by Todd Christ on October 22, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
I’ve been dying to do this upgrade for a while, and I finally did the upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate! Yes, I said “upgrade”, mostly because I just wasn’t ready to do a full OS rebuild on my Core i7....
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tagged: Core i7, Core_i7, DX58SO, extreme, gaming, todd_christ, Ultimate, Upgrade, Windows_7, X25-M
Affordable Performance: How the NEW Intel Core i7 helps you to "Get Your Game ON!"
posted by Todd Christ on September 22, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
When people ask me for recommendations on buying (or building) a new PC, my first question is ‘How much do you want to spend’ - because like anything, you usually get what you pay for. Everyone who’s wanted Intel Core...
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tagged: Consumer, Core, Core_i5, Core_i7, Corsair, CPU, Gaming, Mainstream, MSI, NCIX, Nehalem, P55, P55_Chipset, quad, quad-core, quadcore, todd_christ, Tomorrow
The Intel Core i5 Processor - what's in your gaming PC?
posted by Todd Christ on September 08, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
If you've been waiting for the Core i5 Processor - then wait no longer! This CPU was just released and the reviews look pretty darned amazing! The newest Core i5 45nm chips give you multi-threaded performance for faster multi-tasking,...
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tagged: core, Core_i5, Gaming, Intel, Lynnfield, Performance, Price, Processor, todd_christ
Intel Solid State Drives - SOLID!
posted by Todd Christ on September 02, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
This video gives a whole new meaning to ‘durable computing’… and for those of you who don’t like math… 70C is 158F (that’s HOT!)...
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tagged: Alan_Frost, Black_Rock, Burning_Man, Gaming, High_Performance_Computing, Intel, Solid, Solid_State, Solid_State_Drive, SSD, Todd_Christ, X-25, X-25M, X25, X25-M
Blizzcon Goodie Bag - and a video montage of the event...
posted by Todd Christ on August 26, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
Ok - I’ll be totally honest here… when I was first invited to goto Blizzcon - I hesitated. Why? Well, for one - I’m not a Warcraft player, I’ve seen Starcraft, and many of my friends have lost countless...
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tagged: blizzcon, core, Core_i7, diablo, gaming, IntelGameOn, murloc, starcraft, todd_christ, warcraft
Starcraft 2 Fans - Blizzcon didn't forget about you!
posted by Todd Christ on August 24, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
From my previous Blizzcon blogs, you know that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Diablo 3 have been previewed already - but many of you are die-hard Starcraft fans too! Whether you’re a Protoss, Terran or Zerg - this to be...
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tagged: Blizzcon, Core i7, Gaming, Sponsors of Tomorrow, starcraft, starcraft_2, starcraft_II, Toadster, todd_christ
For the Alliance? or Horde? Blizzcon 2009 is simply amazing!
posted by Todd Christ on August 22, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
As an online gamer, I’m pretty used to ‘community’ practices - finding friends, joining clans, online forums - but this Blizzard crew blows them all away! I’ve had a chance to walk the whole floor, and the amount of energy...
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tagged: blizzcon, Cataclysm, core i7, prizes, toadster, todd_christ, World of Warcraft, WoW
Blizzcon 2009 - We're going to Anaheim!!!
posted by Todd Christ on August 14, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
Blizzcon - a massive event for the most Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) creator - BLIZZARD Entertainment! Yes - the software monstrosity that brings us games like StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft is having their annual Blizzcon...
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Sacramento LANFest 2009 - food, friends and lots of FUN!
posted by Todd Christ on July 30, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
I remember attending my first LAN Party back in the mid-90s - a small group of us; maybe 8 to 10 people at a friend's house. We played Quake 2 for about 10 hours... It wasn't so much the game-time...
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tagged: CoD4, core i7, gaming, intel, LAN, LAN party, lanfest, online gaming, pc, TF2, todd_christ, UT3
Friday Night Fights - Intel Style!!!
posted by Todd Christ on July 02, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
$80,000 in prizes are up for grabs. When gamers get together - great things happen! I’m going to give this site a shot and try my best to frag some of the finest in gaming… that’s right, I’m going...
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tagged: destructoid, FNF, Friday_Night_Fights, gaming, prizes, todd_christ
Building a better, faster, multi-core Tomorrow @ Kid to Work Day!
posted by Todd Christ on June 16, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
Each year, I get the opportunity to volunteer at our local campus to help setup Kid to Work Day - many companies have promoted this type of activity where the employees can bring their kids to work to see what...
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tagged: Core_i7, DX58SO, Extreme, gaming, Smackover, sponsors, todd_christ, Tomorrow
Tomorrow's games are being created today...
posted by Todd Christ on May 20, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
As an update to my previous blog, I did take the multitude of responses and added a 2nd video card to my home PC, and the experience only got better! Now the Core i7 has increased input from the SSD,...
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I've been 'smacked over' by Intel's latest Extreme Hardware!
posted by Todd Christ on February 23, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
This past weekend I was able to upgrade my home PC with the latest in Intel hardware - wow I love this stuff! Motherboard: Intel DX58SO (Smackover) - cool demo Processor: Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Processor (3.2GHz) SSD: Intel...
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tagged: core i7, DDR3, DX58SO, Extreme, gaming, smackover, SSD, todd_christ, X25-M
Why I'm upgrading to an Intel Core i7 based computer...
posted by Todd Christ on February 19, 2009 at Inside Scoop @ Intel
From my previous blog, many of you now know that I’m into PC gaming - but that’s just a glimpse of what I use my PC for. The modern PC is a “media engine”. I’m upgrading my PC at home...
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