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Todd Christ

Todd Christ is a Senior Systems Engineer for Intel and contributes as a PC enthusiast for "Inside Scoop." He has worked in the computer industry since the early '90s and has been with Intel for over 16 years. His current position is based around evaluating end-user experiences with Intel Architecture based products with Fortune 50 companies. His passion both inside and outside of work is computing, whether you're dealing with handhelds or servers - if you can use it, he's most likely had one or juggled a few machines over time. Todd grew up on the East Coast, but has been in NorCal since his career started at Intel. You may find "Toadster" active in several online-community venues; you'll find his stuff on Intel Communities, and various other 3rd party forums, some for work - and some for play. He is a believer in the social community whether it's social, gaming, blogging, forum-related or person-to-person. He is a 'real' gamer, so bring your l337 SkillZ or be prepared to be pwned. You can tweet/ joke/ befriend/game with Todd on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and on Steam as well.
RECENT BLOG POSTS

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition – get IT, got IT, GOOD!?

The Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (previously known as Gulftown) has now decended from the heavens… haha! Well, I have one of these new Extreme CPUs and I hope to get it installed soon… Many of you know I have the previous Extreme Core i7 i965 in [my home pc](http://scoop.intel.com/2009/02/ive-been-smacked-over-by-intels-latest-extreme-hardware.php). What am I looking forward... Read more >

Upgrade Your CPU Fan: Step-by-Step Process

I helped my neighbor cubemate Josh [(@JoshProStar](http://www.twitter.com/joshprostar) on twitter) upgrade his CPU fan/heatsink at his desk to the [CoGage TRUE Spirit-1366](http://www.cogage.com/a_page/cpu_cooler/true_spirit/product_cpu_cooler_true_spirit.html). He has quite the monster Core i7 975 setup with dual HD4850 video cards setup in Crossfire, and 4 (count em FOUR) Intel SSDs: two 64GB X25-E (system drive) and two 160GB X25-M for... Read more >

Team EG’s “chance” says Quake or Bust!

posted for : Chance “[Chance](http://www.myeg.net/my_profile/profile.php?user_id=30)” Lacina (Quake Live – 3rd Place) BTW – you can find TeamEG on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/EvilGeniuses) too! America’s best players battled rigorously through weeks of online matches and headed north into -41.8 degree Fahrenheit weather to compete in a vicious battle for glory and qualification to the world finals in Germany. Ha,... Read more >

Team EG’s “fRoD” livin large at the Intel Extreme Masters Championships!

posted for Danny “[fRoD](http://www.esl-world.net/masters/player/3925079/)” Montaner (Counter-Strike, 1st Place) After all the trips recently, I think we have earned ourselves a nice break which is something I really am excited for. It’s been a really rough year as far as not only losing some heartbreaking tournaments, but mainly it’s been a learning process for us as... Read more >

Team EG’s “Lurppis” – Counter-Strike Champ talks of gaming and… minigolf?

posted for Tomi “[Lurppis](http://www.esl-world.net/masters/player/488108/)” Kovanen (Counter-Strike – 1st Place) The dust has finally settled in Edmonton and after a bunch of intense games against the North America’s best teams we managed to come out on top, beating our rivals coL 2-0 in the finals to take home $15,000 and qualify for the global finals at... Read more >

Team EG's Azael Talks About His Intel Extreme Masters WoW Competition

posted for Isaac “[Azael](http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season4/edmonton/player/2868114/)” Cummings-Bentley (World of WarCraft – 4th Place) So I just returned yesterday evening after having spent the past few days at the IEM North American Championship. The event was held in the West Edmonton Mall which really made it a lot of fun for players as anything you could possibly want... Read more >

DaHanG: Thoughts from Intel Extreme Masters Tour in Edmonton

posted for Tim “DaHanG” Fogarty ([Quake Live - 1st Place](http://www.esl-world.net/masters/season4/edmonton/quakelive/groupstage/match/16373425)) Well, where do I begin? I suppose I’ll highlight the big moments of the Intel Extreme Masters North American Finals and maybe dabble into some other stuff. First of all, it was great to meet up with all the EG staff and players, and particularly... Read more >

Intel Extreme Masters Tour – Edmonton Friday Update

Posted for Bobby “[weenus](http://www.myeg.net/my_profile/profile.php?user_id=1650)” Hicks Rain, sleet, snow, and cracked windshields could not stop an extremely successful Friday in Edmonton, Canada, for the three Evil Geniuses divisions.

Only the geekiest of geeks may enter this blog

One of my co-workers forwarded me an email about a modded PC case build – I though, oh great – someone squeezed a PC into a bicycle helmet or made a new fangled HTPC case.. but this is NOT the case I was thinking of! **This is like Bioshock meets Fallout 3 – WOW!**

Intel Extreme Masters Tour – Edmonton – are you ready!?!

Posted by Todd Christ for Tim “[DaHanG](http://www.gotfrag.com/quake/story/38582/)” Fogarty (Orlando, FL) Game: [Quake Live](http://www.quakelive.com) Hi Everyone! The first thing worth mentioning about Quake before [Edmonton](http://www.esl-world.net/masters/ql_americas_s4/) I suppose is the anticipated patch. As it is now only three days before the North American Championship for ESL and Intel Extreme Masters, the gameplay changes to be released are... Read more >