Enthusiasts and computer geeks everywhere are waiting in anticipation for the latest Intel X58 chipset mainboards and the Intel Core i7 CPUs to hit the market. The X58 will be the first non-NVIDIA chipset mainboard to run SLI and has other interesting features.

One of the caveats of the new X58/Core i7 combo is that maximum voltage for RAM DIMMS has been lowered significantly from previous combinations. It’s not uncommon to see enthusiast RAM today require voltages over 2V. The X58/Core i7 combo can have a max of 1.65V for RAM.

This means that enthusiasts will need new memory when they upgrade. Kingston has announced RAM specifically for the combination with a maximum voltage of 1.65V that can still provide speeds of 2GHz for DDR3. The RAM kit is also a triple channel kit with three 1GB dims. The highest performing kit is the HyperX 2GHz kit retailing for $334. Kingston also offers triple channel kits as low as $132 running at 1066 or 1333MHz.

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