2011-07-03, 05:59
Basically because I didn't know any better and my strategy during the build was to wait and find parts on sale (doesn't help that Fry's and Microcenter are walking distance from my office). On the HTPC it comes in handy for games although I rarely play them. I use Airvideo very frequently to stream/transcode video from the server to an ipad so I don't regret the quad core on the server that much. I guess the biggest drawback is the extra power consumption.