Why my Power Supply burns out when i play????

Hello all, i have changed my power supply 3 times, always when i am playing with my MSI 128 Mb DDR, BOOM!!!!, my computer stop working, and it doesnt starts again.

It works perfect in Windows XP (DVD's, Music, Etc)

I think is the AGP port on my motherboard, or a small power supply (250Watts)

I am investing in a expensive one (500 Watts), do you think will help me out?

Could anybodu help me here?

Thanks,

Miguel Torres

just wanted to know does your power go off when u play a game
if so i would like to knoe because i lose power when i try to play a game sometimes i have to pull my power lead out and put it back in to regain power

I'd say your power supply is way too small. 250 watts isn't much these days. Personally I'd look into buying an Antec PS. I bought a 480W ATX 12V TRUEPOWER POWER SUPPLY GOLD PLATED $85 from http://www.dljsystem.com/

If your computer is a low end computer, 1-3hds, 1-2dvd roms with a few PCI cards. I'd look at buying a new case with 300-450watt PS. You could get a good case for $80-120. Some thing to think about.

You don't necessarly need a 500watt PSU.. just find a good brand one like PC Power and Cooling.. or Antec or Enermax, all 3 make great PSUs..

problem with PSU is not all of them are built to the same standard.. so a Generic 500watt PSU might only be as good as a 400Watt Enermax PSU.. one easy way to tell a good PSU from a cheap one is by how heavy it is.. the cheap ons feel really light..

I use a 300Watt Antec True Power and it's powers my PC no problem.. even with a Radeon 9800 Pro AIW installed. and I'm pretty hard on my PC.. it runs 24/7, 356 days a year. When I'm not on it.. it's running at 100% doing Folding@Home

people dont realise how much you can put on a 300Watt powersupply... you can put at TON of stuff on one.
My friend has device that tests the wattage available because he works as an electrician and he has a 300watt psu with 3 harddrives a ton of fans, sound card and a high def video card, P4 2.8ghz, Asus mobo, cd burner, dvd burner, full sticks of ram and he still has wattage to spair.

240w is not enough for games. I used to always spend £30 - £60 on PSU and some of them have failed

Ebuyer.com have a 400w PSU is one of the best and only £9 (about $15 I guess)... its almost silent and I swear by them as do many major PC manufacturers use them in their PC’s .

I bought my 480watt because I am running a P4 2.4 with 1 gig of ram, 5 hds, 1 DVD Burner, 1 DVD rom, Floppy, Sound Blaster Platinum Audigy 2, ATA controller, PS video input card with a breakout box, 5 fans, Ti4200 video card with dual monitors, and buncha usb/firewire stuff from time to time.

The watts recorded are peek levels not averages! One good 300w PSU may have more power than a poor 300w PSU and will fail. People choose 400w PSU or more to safe guard this and is recommended by companies such as Abit in the manual.