Lack of power?

Hello everyone,
I've been reading this great forum to find some answers but I'm still confused (so forgive starting a new thread about this)
I have had random crashes mostly when browsing internet but sometimes also when doing something else. Everything works fine and then suddenly computer boots itself without bsod or anything. Usually when this happens internet connection stops working until shutting down computer and doing the powercord off -trick.
I've been thinking maybe this is psu related, but what really confuses me is that I NEVER have any problems playing hours games like Far Cry. Should't that be much more loading (not sure if thats the right word) for psu than for example browsing internet??
I've tested memory with Memtest, no errors.
I have also changed my keyboard from ps/2 to usb w an adapter.
I am not oc:ing.
Really would appreciate any advice before buying a new psu or something.

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Originally posted by Paul Foster
Glad to hear your system runs Prime95 just fine. To me that's an excellent sign that your hardware is in decent shape and you have plenty of power.
Thanks mate , do you think it would be good to run Prime95 longer?
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You didn't give the full system error log messages but if you google search and compare yours to others you should be able to find out more information about what's causing them.
I've been trying to and it looks like it could be a bad driver thing as you said. Maybe I should try reinstalling Windows and all drivers.

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