Potential Power Problem?

[masterstump]

Hello. I have a fairly high OC'd system that has been acting strangely lately. When restarting computer, it sometimes powers off comepletely (i.e. all fans stop, lights go out, etc.) for a split second before booting up again. SOMEtimes, when this happens, it'll actually get stuck in a loop where it will power off/power on repeatedly and indefinitely until I flip the switch on the back of the PSU to off and then back on, and hit the power button to restart the system. I have a fairly powerful video card, an OD'd CPU, two hdds and a dvd burner, so I'm wondering if it could be a lack of power. Also, I plan on adding yet another HDD, a 10,000 RPM WD RaptorX, so please advise on wether or not you think I may want to upgrade at that time even if I don't now. I think this SHOULD be enough power, but like I said, I'm doing a 1GHz OC, and about to have 3 HDDs and a DVDRW.

Here's my System:
Core2Duo e4400@3.0Ghz w/Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
2x1GB Kingston HyperX 1066 @ 1000MHz 5-5-5-15 2.1v
Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R @ 1200MHz FSB
ECS 8800GTS 512 G92
Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter
SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R SATA
WD 150GB 10000 RPM SATA (On it's way)
WD 750GB 7200 RPM SATA
WD 80GB 7200 RPM IDE
Antec P180 Case (3 120mm fans, low-med speed)
Enermax 535W PSU

 

[error8]

I think that you might have a bios problem with your motherboard. On my MSI motherboard, after overclocking, my system when restarting, it powers itself off, then it boots up again. Also when I turn it on it turns on only for a split second then it shuts off and boots again, this time normally. This happens only when overclocking and from what I've read, it's quite normal for this mobo.
Maybe your mobo has the same "bug", but that loop seems pretty strange. Check for new bioses on Gigabyte website, maybe the latest might fix your problem.

 

[masterstump]

Thanks. I'll have to check which BIOS I have when I get home, but none of the BIOS updates on their website were related to the issues I'm having. Also, I noticed the problem happening more prominently after I put in my vidcard, which is part of the reason I thought maybe it had to do with a lack of power. I know when the computer first starts up, all fans are revved to their highest levels, and drawing more power. Like a burst of high power draw for a couple seconds right off the bat might be bogging the PSU down. ANyway, I'd like to OC this video card also, cuz I've heard it does pretty well. With all this OCing I'll probably grab another 120mm fan (case can hold two more), and with all this on top of 10000RPM HDD going in this weekend, I'm thinking I may want to look at a bigger PSU to be on safe side. Something 700-800W or so. Any thoughts, suggestions, etc.? Will it even be necessary? I hate to waste $$$.

 

[theAnimal]

A good 400W PSU would be plenty.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: masterstump
Thanks. I'll have to check which BIOS I have when I get home, but none of the BIOS updates on their website were related to the issues I'm having. Also, I noticed the problem happening more prominently after I put in my vidcard, which is part of the reason I thought maybe it had to do with a lack of power. I know when the computer first starts up, all fans are revved to their highest levels, and drawing more power. Like a burst of high power draw for a couple seconds right off the bat might be bogging the PSU down. ANyway, I'd like to OC this video card also, cuz I've heard it does pretty well. With all this OCing I'll probably grab another 120mm fan (case can hold two more), and with all this on top of 10000RPM HDD going in this weekend, I'm thinking I may want to look at a bigger PSU to be on safe side. Something 700-800W or so. Any thoughts, suggestions, etc.? Will it even be necessary? I hate to waste $$$.

You might wanna use this http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp just to give you some idea about power consumption of your future and current components.