flaky comp

[worthless085]

Hey guys,

I just bought an:

AMD Athlon 64, 3500+
Asus A8V Deluxe motherboard
ATI radeon 9800se
1gig paired ram

So I put it together, and tried to watch tv on my TV tuner card and after 3 seconds it gets very choppy, and CPU usage goes spiky around 60% like a richter scale
Then I tried various video games, only game it doesnt get choppy on is UT
It also craps out when playing music (MP3)...
But when i play movies from my DVD drive, video is fine

Ive tried my Video card on someone elses computer, and works fine.
I tried his card in my computer and it too is choppy.
Ran it with out sound card, still choppy video...
All bios settings are at default
All drivers are current
Brand new, everything under warranty

Any suggestions?
... im thinking processer maybe?


Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
Stephen

 

[daveybrat]

Maybe you need a stronger power supply? Or your hard drive could be having problems.
List the power supply and hard drive you are using and also the brand of ram you have.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Do you have the latest version of DirectX installed? What are your video settings in the bios? Factory or Windows drivers?

 

[worthless085]

Im not sure what the video driver settings are in bios... not sure how to check that, never have.
I have the latest DirectX (9b or c)

PSU is an EMERMAX 370 watt
HDD is Seagate barracuda 160GB
RAM is Kingston DDR 3200 (2x512mb)

 

[mechBgon]

You have made a common newbie faux pas of posting the same issue simultaneously to multiple sections of our Forums. I posted some tips in your General Hardware thread, let's use that one?