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We take a look at the two different systems set up for tournament play at Newegg LANfest 2k7. Both feature the same processor, the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, even though AMD is the lead sponsor of the event. Go figure.  KODE5 Tournament Computers Newegg LANfest 2k7 is playing host to the KODE5 USA Regional Qualifiers. The 5v5 Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament will be carried out on ten fancy desktops graciously provided by up-and-coming system integrator, Vigor Gaming. We have reviewed some Vigor Gaming products in the past; you can check out our review of the Force Recon gaming chassis (discontinued) here, and the Monsoon II Active TEC Cooler here. These computers are based on the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, which is kind of weird considering this is an AMD event, and are using NVIDIA graphics cards. The whole NVIDIA/ATI at the same event thing is pretty new to us, as most gaming events are sponsored by one or the other. Rounding out the system is several other sponsored components, including memory from Kingston, motherboard from Gigabyte, and cooling by Cooler Master. UPDATE: We were unable to run benchmarks on these machines because Lester of KODE5 said he would rather we review a complete system configured identically to the ones they will be using for the Global finals! 
In addition to the KODE5 USA Regional Qualifiers for Counter-Strike 1.6, Newegg LANfest 2k7 is also playing host to a relatively large Counter-Strike: Source tournament. Featured in this event will be all six teams from Region 1 of the Championship Gaming Series, as well as top competitors like Turmoil, United 5 and Pandemic. There will also be a Day of Defeat: Source tournament featuring Mug N’ Mouse, Turmoil, and several others. Both of these tournaments will be played on the same set of computers, 44 Small Form Factor PCs with some pretty substantial power. These machines, funnily enough, also feature the same Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 chips as the KODE5 systems. While we are left wondering why the tournament PCs at an AMD event are not powered by AMD processors, Intel’s stranglehold of the gaming market is incredibly apparent here and cannot be ignored. Providing a home for the processor is an ASUS P5B-VM motherboard based on Intel’s G965 chipset. This component is another not provided by an event sponsor. Western Digital put up 150GB Raptor hard drives for these systems, which are rounded out by DDR2-800 memory and GeForce 8800GTX from PNY’s XLR8 lineup. The Source tournament PCs are sort of being watched over by glostik’s eagle eyes, so getting anywhere near them without his consent is going to be a challenge. That said, we are trying to schmooze him in to letting us run some tests before the tournament gets underway. Here are the specs: 
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