PSU Causing hardware problems?

SirConfused

SirConfused

SirConfused

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I have had some issues with a new i7 build recently, the mobo I was using was BSOD'ing a lot and the LAN controller was refusing to initialise unless under very specific circumstances (see this thread for info).

My question is, could a lack of enough stable power cause problems like those?

The spec is as follows:
Gigabyte EX58-UD5
6 Gig (3x2) OCZ 1600MHz Gold
i7 920
BFG Geforce 295GTX

I'm running all that on a Corsair TX 750W PSU.

I have used this calculator to work out how much power the setup should be drawing and its pretty close to the 750 rating of my current PSU.

So... would this be likely to cause the kind of problems that I have been experiencing or should I be looking elsewhere?

Edit: I have 4 SATA drives @7200rpm, a DVD drive and the case is an Antec 1200 (7 case fans total).
 
No overclocking at all, I couldn't even get the rig to work stock so never got to the point of trying overclocking. Also, the RAM was running at the default 1066 that the 920 is capable of. No issues from that there I would think.
 
Yeah, the memory BSOD'd when I set it to what it was rated at.

The problem I was more concerned with was the initialisation of the LAN failing unless I discharged the capacitors on the board before every time I booted it (including restarts)
 
I wasn't taking it as gospel truth EsaT, I was just trying to figure out what might be the cause of my problems with this board... It was a suggestion, that's all.

Do you have anything better to add?
 
Yeah, the board is being returned no fault found as of today. This is after a second re-test under the exact conditions that I specified were causing the problems for me (any time when the board had been powered, turned off and then straight back on again or rebooted) and they could not get it to reproduce the problem.
 
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