What kind of power supply should i get?

[Nastrodamous]

I recently got an Antec 900 case and my power supply just cant seem to be able to handle everything

this is what i have now
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?Item=N82E16817104934

right now with all the fans plugged up i am getting random restart after restart and my Overclock fails what should i upgrade to

i was thinking about getthing this becase its pretty much free
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...ue%2bpwer%2btrio%2b650 but i need some better opinions

thanks so much for the help

System

CPU:E6300
Mobo:Asus P5b
Ram:4gb DDR2 800 Ram
Video Card:8800gts 320mb
Antec 900

 

[Zap]

If you temporarily unhook all the fans and all hard drives except for boot drive, does it still exhibit these behaviors? That FSP 500W doesn't seem too bad for a single 8800GTS.

 

[Nastrodamous]

well i only have 1 harddrive hooked up and i have 2 fans going and its alright i guess but when ever i try to play team fortress 2 it shuts down

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Nastrodamous
well i only have 1 harddrive hooked up and i have 2 fans going and its alright i guess but when ever i try to play team fortress 2 it shuts down

I would try other things before I would replace the power supply. 500W from a decent manufacturer like Fortron should be plenty. With 1 HDD, 2 fans, an E6300 and an 8800GTS you don't have a particularly demanding system. Have you run Memtest86+ to make sure your memory is good?

Have you tried other demanding programs to see if you can duplicate the failure? For example, if you encounter the problem with TF2 but not while running Prime95 and ATITool, or not while running Crysis, or something similar, maybe the problem isn't the power supply.

Now, this is not to say that your power supply isn't the problem, but I would try to isolate the issue before you replace parts.

 

[Nastrodamous]

when ever i hook up all the fans it just randomly restarts im gonna try that program because i just bought some new ram

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Nastrodamous
when ever i hook up all the fans it just randomly restarts im gonna try that program because i just bought some new ram

Google "Ultimate Boot CD" and burn a copy of it. It has memtest86+ along with some other useful software.

Note that there are two different programs, one called memtest86+ and one called memtest86. Memtest86 isn't bad, but memtest86+ can be more effective. Run memtest86+.