On the other hand, I have an i7 930 and it works well. The i7 uses an integrated memory controller which supports triple channel DDR3 setups. This means that the i7 more than likely has a much more efficient memory setup than the AMD chips. This actually can help during gaming, as memory access is very important when moving around large, detailed environments. My motherboard (Gigabyte X58A-UD3R) has RAM usage LED's that show RAM activity. I noticed in games with large worlds (GTA IV mainly) that the RAM LED's are constantly flashing as it loads the huge and detailed world each frame.