Fed up of being told to up voltage :(

[Muel]

The only systems I run cheap PSUs are the old machines my family use.

In my experience, older components (Socket 478 etc) on the larger nanometer platforms were less suseptable to fluctuating PSU currents.

It's likely that your i3 requires something much more refined that that PSU, however, I wouldn't go out spending before assessing the problem further.

First job is to set the BIOS so that when it blue screens, it doesn't reboot until you instruct it to. Then write down the error code and look it up.

This should help you see where the problem really lies, but as said, it's likely to be the PSU.

Doesn't mean however, that the credit card should be the first step.

 

[barmyllama]

Buy cheap........buy twice.

Never more true than with power supplies.

To be fair to Overclockers, they do state that the overclock bundles require a quality PSU.

OcUK recommend a quality brand PSU for use with all our bundles such as the Corsair TX & HX range

 

[Occooler]

I was having similiar problems with the setup in my signature until i underclocked the 1600 ram to 1066.

Worth remembering if your new psu doesn't alleviate the problem.

 

[Freddie1980]

If he's only Quake Live (Quake 3 engine) it would be cheaper for him just set his motherboard back to default settings and run everything at stock.

 

[Malazan]

NEVER EVER EVER SKIMP ON A PSU.

You need something 600W+ and of good quality, Corsair spring to mind.

 

[Mik3]

Drop the clocks and voltage until you get a decent PSU, at least it will be stable then.