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Help!!! Should i switch my extreme gear psu?

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July 15, 2013 8:58:58 AM

Hi, Everybody I recently bought a gaming computer and I have been having problems with my screen going black and crashing only solution is a hard restart. there is still sound but everthing I try will not get it to work the sound may be looping idk. The computer is not going to sleep... I run dual monitors a vizio LCD tv and a hanns g LCD monitor. my screen will just go black randomly it doesn't happen when I am playing games but sometimes at the startup of games usually when I am doing things like surfing the internet. I don't think it is a heat problem because it has happened immediately on startup. I just rma'd my video card but I was wondering if this could be a power supply issue. I have heard bad things about my psu this is my first build and I didn't research power supplies very well then I find out it is like the most important thing on a computer so my question is get rid of the xtremegear and go with some kind of corsair or should I be able to wait until I decide to crossfire with another 7950? I am just worried that this is not a video card problem. this problem has happened since I got it two months ago and was getting worse will let you know if the new gpu solves the problem. any suggestions on psu if I should switch I thought 800 w would be enough?
This is my build

INTEL I7-3820 3.6 GHZ 10M LGA RETAIL
SAMSUNG 840 SERIES 2.5" 250GB SSD SATA 3.0
4 GB DDR3/ 1600 MHZ MEMORY
ASETEK 510LC 120MM WATERCOOLER
CASE FAN 120 MM 2
AZZA BLACK GENESIS 9000 FULL TOWER
BLACK SAMSUNG 24X DVDRW
MSI X79A-GD45 PLUS CROSSFIRE/SLI SATA 3.0 USB 3.0 LGA
2011
XTREMEGEAR 800 WATT 80 PLUS POWER SUPPLY
AMD RADEON 7950 3GB DDR5 PCI-E 3.0

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a c 2489 ) Power supply
July 15, 2013 9:05:17 AM

Yes drop it now before you damage other components:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

XFX P1-750X-XXB9 750W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

+ $15 off w/ promo code EMCXNXL25, ends 7/15

$79.99
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July 15, 2013 9:10:04 AM

SR-71 Blackbird said:
Yes drop it now before you damage other components:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

XFX P1-750X-XXB9 750W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

+ $15 off w/ promo code EMCXNXL25, ends 7/15

$79.99


okay so I drop it and pick up this one will it be enough to run the two gpu's when I upgrade? I would like to buy a psu that will be capable when I decide to upgrade. so I don't have to buy another power supply.
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a c 2489 ) Power supply
July 15, 2013 9:10:53 AM

Yes it will run 2 7950's.

$25.00 rebate card < Also has this to make it $54.99
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July 15, 2013 9:12:13 AM

thank you very much
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a c 2489 ) Power supply
July 15, 2013 9:13:43 AM

No problem , glad to help!
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