Recent content by Jim D

Career EE here. Another thing to consider is just because say you decide to go EE, which discipline will you choose to pursue? I got my BSEE with an emphasis in Physical Phenomena (Electromagnetics, Wave Theory, Fiber Optics). I had 48 Quarter hours of math classes when I graduated. Actually I...

I've got a LeadTek PX6600GT TDH PCIex video card in my rig that the fan is starting to growl on. Sometime in the near future (6 month- 1 year) I will probably upgrade the card, but in the meantime, what's a decent aftermarket GPU fan/heatsink setup that will fit this card for reasonable money?

The machine: Antec Sonata II case with 120mm case fan Antec 450 Watt power supply (came with case) Epox 9NPA+ Ultra MB Athlon 64 X2 4400+, Toledo Core Thermaltake Silent 939 HSF 2 x 1GB OCZ Platinum PC3200 LeadTek PX6600GT TDH WD 120GB, 7200, SATA2 WD 80GB, 7200, IDE Sony 16X Dual...

I just dropped a Toldeo core X2 4400+ in my Epox 9NPA+ Ultra MB as an upgrade from my old 3200+ Venice. Everything running fine at stock settings but while running some Prime95 tests and watching temps I noticed some what I thought might be unusually high Vcore variations. Idle Vcore...