MSI R9 290 Gaming - My PC keeps freezing, blackscreening and then rebooting?:(

So for christmas i got an r9 290 and a new 750w psu.
Before instaalling them i had never had any problems with restarting. However now that i've installed them my PC keeps restarting? what have i doneeee?
My components are;
coolermaster 750w 80+ bronze psu
ASUS m5a78l usb 3 mobo
AMD fx 6300 cpu
Msi r9 290 gpu
three fans
1 hdd
2 x 4gb ddr3 ram
What is wrong with my PC? it surely cant be power as coolermaster said i only need about 450w!
When I first installed it this morning it was working fine for a few hours then this all happened! I've made sure all the psu connectors are in properly. Just put my old gtx 650 in and that worked fine i've been able to play games?

Quote from: nhornbrook on 28-December-14, 21:34:18
I don't think it's the mobo bios because if it couldn't handle the 290 surely it wouldn't let me play any games at all? And the device is recognised?
Compatibility issues due to an outdated bios can cause all kinds of problems including the one you have. As this is also an old low-end board better check for an update. When does your pc restart? under load or even in idle? If under load what games did you test?

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