I just got an i7, and its friggin' BLAZING. I have 6 gigs of DDR3 Dominator, and a 2.66 GHz proc, with an Nvidia 285 FTW (pre-overclocked) form Evga, witht their tri-SLI motherboard. Its all around $1600, more like $2000 if you need a case or PSU. If that's your price range, I recommend it. It gets 35 fps on Crysis with all settings on high with max res and 8xAA, so you can't go wrong.