Two reasons, first I could get my hands on a dirt cheap e5620 for 10 EUR inc shipping. Second, the system is standing in my living room and is mainly used for media with some gaming at random times.
But the system sounds like a jet engine when gaming so I'm upgrading to lower power components...
Hello guys,
As intro, I'm now running a Gigabyte EX58-ud5, i7 920@3.4Ghz with vcore 1.136 16Gb memory @1360. (GTX770 as GPU).
I used to use a Scythe Mugen 2, with decent temps (~75 under full load).
Now I have a custom water loop with a slim 120mm rad. and ~65 under full load.
I can get a deal...