When I play Team Fortress 2 my computer crashes after several minutes(sometimes less as seen on the vid).

-Temperatures are fine
- My Pc crashes during some games(TF2,GTR2,Call of Juarez), not all (COD4, Grid).

Specs:
E2160 @ 2.00 Ghz (the crashes do not stop when I have everything running stock)
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
2GB memory running 1:1
Cooler Master eXtreme Power 460W
Zotac Geforce 9600gt FW:175.19
Windows XP 32bits SP3

I wanna say PSU cuz its such a low rating but its higher than the required 400W and 26A on the 12V rails.

Try running Memtest86. Also check your memory voltages and CPU voltages. I had the same problem cuz my memory voltage was being set to low by the mobo so I had to set it myself to the right voltage.

Liking the video!!

Can you run through "3D mark 2006" test OK?

I would also run "CPU burn" overnight (1 process on each core) - with test for errors enabled obviously!!
http://users.bigpond.net.au/CPUburn/

I would also run a "Gold Memory Test" which does a better job of spotting errors than Memtest86
http://www.goldmemory.cz/

Cooler Master does not have a great rep. for PSUs... Hmmm can you test the rig with a different PSU??

Bob

I ran 3d mark 2006 a lot. Never had any problems/crashes.

Another interesting detail is that when I turn on the computer it flicks on for 2 secs and then goes off and after 2 secs it turns on again and it stays on.

I thought that the 9600gt was the cause of the crashes but I tried it on another pc and it worked perfectly without any crashes during TF2

Also i ran prime95 a lot of times before but never had any crashes.

That's normal when the CPU is overclocked.

Run memtest and/or try with a different power supply

wich PSU brands do you guys recommend?

LMAO. That's what I wish I could do to people's computers when I kill them in games. HEADSHOT! Computer Restart!

Corsair, Thermaltake and Rosewill are pretty good. Make sure the AMps on the 12v rails are high.

I would refer to:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forum [...] p?t=108088
as a rough guide.

Corsair, Seasonic, PC Power & Cooling, Ultra X3 series, etc. are all very good!! Buying from Tiers 1-2 will give you a stable system for many years to come!! They will be much less subject to capacitor aging. Corsair for example use solid capacitors rated at 105C in their PSUs!!

Note: some manufactures will use higher spec. components in their more expensive, higher wattage models.
E.g. Ultra-X Connect= doorstop, Ultra X3= dogs bollox!!

I certainly wouldn't buy a Rosewill PSU (well OK they probably aren't legal to sell in the EU - but perhaps that is my point!!). Tier 5 position is earned there!!

Bob

I have a Thermaltake Toughpower and it's amazing with incredible efficiency.

An update: I tried a 7900gs and everything ran without any crashes. I also tried the 9600gt on a AMD X2 3800+ machine with a crappy Trust PSU with 370Watt. And it ran TF2 without crashes with the 9600gt.

Rollback the FW drivers?? What FW version is running on the AMD X2 machine...

Motherboard issues?? All the BIOS updates are for CPU architecture changes from what I can see... Have you taken out the CMOS battery to RESET the BIOS completely back to the default default values??!!

What version of XP is running on the AMD machine - have you installed SP3? (service pack bug/incompatibility?!)

The 9600GT is very light on power consumption so I am not surprised it runs on the AMD system!!

Bob

Also just a thought maybe you could use one of those GPU driver removal tools to uninstall the FW driver and reinstall it (or roll back to 174)??

Bob