Overheating Video Card

[FuelPump20]

I have an issue with my 9800np video card, has been working fine for quite some time now since i purchased it approx. 10 months ago. Up until recently when i purchased an additional SATA Hd every video card i have put into the system (all ati products) have overheated like mad. I havent overclocked so i have no clue why its not performing at stock speeds. After a few games it starts to give me artifacts.

System:
Pentium 4 3.0E Ghz 800Mhz fsb
P4C800-E Deluxe Mobo
1024Mb Pc3000 Kingston HyperX
Ati Radeon 9800 np (infineon memory)
Sound Blaster Audigy
2 IDE Hd Maxtor 160gig
1 SATA Hd Western Digital 200gig
Wireless card
WinFastTv Deluxe
Austin 450W power supply

I figure its the power supply since its been working up to the point where i installed the new Hd. Im just really clueless to what happened and any info on it would be awesome. Im gonna try to run the computer without one of the Hd's and see if it was a power related issue, the fan on the video card works fine. Again.. im just lost.

Thanks for the help ahead of time.

 

[amdskip]

Never heard of that power supply before so chances are it's not a good enough quality power supply for your system. I would rather have a 350w antec than your power supply.

 

[L1FE]

I think almost everyone in this forum with hardware knowledge would recommend a namebrand PSU over a generic one, no matter how compelling the prices. The point is that it's just too important a component to trust with something cheap. All your other expensive things depend on it!

 

[huesmann]

yeah, no-name psu only in 'puter you don't care about or very stripped.

 

[FuelPump20]

ok update, i just installed an antec true blue 550watt.. and still the video card is overheating.. is there something else i should check for?

 

[ljump12]

you could try taking off the fan dusting it off.. and reseating everything.

 

[JonathanYoung]

The same thing happened to me after I bought and installed a 250GB hard drive. I didn't realize it initially, but my case temperatures increased by 5 degrees C, and Warcraft III would freeze or go through the "infinite loop" error. I opened my case and put my finger on the new HDD, and it was HOT. I put an old (but big) aluminum CPU heatsink on it and added an intake fan and now the crashes are gone. So maybe it's not your power supply, but the added heat from the hard drive. You seem to have a bunch of drives too, so maybe it's just too much heat inside your case. Hope that fixes your problem so you won't have to buy a new PSU.

Edit: oops, looks like you already got a new PSU... scratch my last comment!