Recent content by schmd

Quick question: I'm building a mid-level low-cost gaming system. I currently have a GeForce 6600GT, a P4 3.2GHz LGA775 processor, a 75gig HD, and I plan to buy an EPoX EP-5EPAJ motherboard and 512MB of Corsair XMS DDRRAM. My question is: how much power will this system need, and how many fans...

That's pretty much what I'm thinking . . . Any idea on how much power this system will need? By the way, thanks meltdown75 for the link - I didn't know there was a system builder's thread - I'll check there too. Thanks for all of your help.

Hey. This whole financial fiasco started when I decided to replace the aging GeForce 2 MX in my Dell Dimension 8200 1.8GHz 1Gig RDRAM. I promptly bought a GeForce 6600GT off of ebay for a decent $160 without investigating the requirements of the video card first (how smooth was that). I then...