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<blockquote data-quote="elconejito" data-source="post: 144828" data-attributes="member: 12592">the age of the PSU may or may not have an affect. i've had some PSU's go for years and years, and others die fairly quickly.The way I see it, you've got 4 pretty likely possibilities in no particular order. PSU, RAM, heat, or one of the new components is bad.To see if its heat related, can you check the temps somehow? At a minimum, the BIOS should show the system temps, and usually you can get software from mobo maufacturer that shows it while in Windows. I think there are freebie software you can download (search google) that show you this info as well. If the temps seem out of ordinary, maybe leave the case open for awhile and see if that helps. If so, you may need better/more fans. Actually, you may want to try leaving case open anyway and see if that helps.I don't suppose you have any parts you can swap out like the PSU, or video, hard drives? Since the PSU isn't a standard size, maybe you can have it outside the case and just let the cables in if they are long enough.You may have to try each new component one by one to see which one is the culprit. I assume all video drivers are up-to-date?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elconejito, post: 144828, member: 12592"] the age of the PSU may or may not have an affect. i've had some PSU's go for years and years, and others die fairly quickly. The way I see it, you've got 4 pretty likely possibilities in no particular order. PSU, RAM, heat, or one of the new components is bad. To see if its heat related, can you check the temps somehow? At a minimum, the BIOS should show the system temps, and usually you can get software from mobo maufacturer that shows it while in Windows. I think there are freebie software you can download (search google) that show you this info as well. If the temps seem out of ordinary, maybe leave the case open for awhile and see if that helps. If so, you may need better/more fans. Actually, you may want to try leaving case open anyway and see if that helps. I don't suppose you have any parts you can swap out like the PSU, or video, hard drives? Since the PSU isn't a standard size, maybe you can have it outside the case and just let the cables in if they are long enough. You may have to try each new component one by one to see which one is the culprit. I assume all video drivers are up-to-date? [/QUOTE]

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