stumped on system build crashes

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I just put together a system for a friend consisting of these parts:

coolermaster centurion 5 mid tower
athlon 64 3200
asus A8N-E
512 x2 corsair value select ddr 400
80 gig sata2 seagate barracuda
bfg 6800 gt pci-e oc
sound blaster x-fi platinum
nec dvd burner
floppy drive
thermaltake 430 watt psu
xp home sp2 oem
samsung 740b monitor

Hardware install went fine I installed the newest drivers for forceware, nforce chipset drivers and I installed the updates for the soundblaster as well as installing all the windows updates. The pc runs fine except when playing games, it randomly crashes in far cry and hl2/source games. There is no BSoD the computer just stops and the last sound stutters for a moment and then it reboots. I don't see anything suspicious is event viewer other than a few "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\D during a paging operation." entries in the system log, but these aren't happening when the crashes occur. When I open the mini dump file I think it's telling me nv4_mini.sys is the problem which I know is a video card driver file. I ran memtest86 for 8 hours and didn't get any errors. Nvidia monitor says 34C cpu 38C system 62C gpu. Ive tried older drivers, newer drivers, updating the BIOS, doing a reformat/reinstall, checked all the BIOS settings, and trying different video settings in game and in windows. Im trying to figure out what to troublshoot next can anyone please give me a clue?
 
I think you ment to post this under General Hardware.

On its face though, it looks like either a bad vid card or bad PSU.
You have a part# for that PSU, or a more detailed discription
Is it this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153023
If it is my money is on the PSU, my last computer kicked the bucket in almost the same way using a crappy 420W PSU, taking a 6800gt and mobo with it.
 
You shouldnt be necessarily looking for a more powerful PSU, but for a better one. Look at PSUs from Antec, Enermax, and Seasonic.
 
RavenD said:
You shouldnt be necessarily looking for a more powerful PSU, but for a better one. Look at PSUs from Antec, Enermax, and Seasonic.
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What he said. Better brand.

You can find some really really good information by hopping over to the PSU boards. Link below is to a sticky that helped me out.

Linkage:http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=792566

I'm not saying that the PSU is most definetly the problem, but you can probably start trouble shooting there.
 
yeah i read that thread before and im pretty sure my problem isnt overheating. Im thinking about RMA'ing the thermaltake and ordering an antec or enermax.
 
ok i took out that psu and put it in a similar system with a A64 3000 and another 6800gt but the AGP version, also the mb is 20 not 24 pin. everything seemed stable and no crashes were occurring. could it possibly not be the psu or should i still try a get a more reliable psu becuase a 24 pin mb and pci-e video card use that much more power?
 
i was getting the same error a few months back.
somehow, i set my ram voltage back to default instead of what it needed to be. i had it at 1.5(i think), and it needed to run at 1.8v.
 
according to the bios in this new system the 12v seems to teeter between 11.64/11.71. too low?
 
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