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Geg's suggestion about the power supply is also a very good
one. Most power supplies are rated in PEAK watts, not sustainable ones over long haul all day long.
So if yours is running near its continuous max, that could also
be the problem. And it's pretty hard to know if it is, since they don't rate 'em that way. So it's better to over-spec the supply to be on safe side. Like Geg said, over-300 watters are pretty cheap right now, especially 350 or so watts. I bought a $35 case the other day that had a 350watt P4 power supply included.
Especially with newer AMD chips, you really need a beefy power supply. By the time you get all those coolers and fans into the case, you've soaked up a lot of the power right there -- not the mention a pile of drives and of course the CPU itself.
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