Problem with MSI Nvidia GeForce 6800 LE (128MB) when playing 3D games

Games problem
I have bought a new MSI Nvidia GeForce 6800 LE (128MB) a couple of months ago and have been have loads of trouble when playing games.
In windows, the graphics card works fine. The computer never crashes and everything is speedy. Movies on DVD, Xvid, Divx all play fine without problem, the most I get is the occasional freezing and then windows will be normal again.
The problem arises when I try to play a 3D game. When I load up the game it goes into the menu screens ok, the computer will load up the 3D engine and it will play for around a minute nice and crisp then the screen will go blank and computer will lock up. Then all the drives will go quiet and the computer will make 3 beeps with the PC speaker. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL at this point does nothing, nor does the reset button. I have to turn the power on and off.
I really have no clue why this is happening, I have taken the covers off and kept it in a cool area, hoping that it was something to do with over heating, my computer is not overly cluttered and this has made no difference.
I have also unplugged the CDR, DVDR, USB ports, one Hard drive (storage) to see if it was something to do with the power no getting to the Videocard and then tried to play a game and the same problem arose.
I have two games that I have tried, Tiger woods 2005 and doom III, both of which crash in the same manner.
I have tried to be as detailed as I can with the descritopn of my computer below and the power details I'm not sure about so I posted a picture of the power unit to help.
Many thanks for your help in this matter, I'm desperately trying to get some worth out of this card and feel frustrated that its going bonkers only when trying to play games :/
Please tell me if you require further information about the system.
Neehar Shah
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
Speed : 3.21GHz
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous ATC (8-way sectored, 64 byte line size)
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG
Mainboard : Legend QDI PLATINIX-8
Total Memory : 511MB DDR-SDRAM
CPU
Model : Intel Corporation 82845G/GL/GE Brookdale Host-Hub Interface Bridge (B1-step)
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 200MHz (400MHz data rate)
BOIS
Manufacturer : Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Version : 6.00 PG
Date : 06/19/2003
Plug & Play Version : 1.00
SMBIOS/DMI Version : 2.30
(EE)PROM Size : 256kB (2Mbit)
Video System
Monitor/Panel : SyncMaster 171S/ 175S/ 170S, SyncMaster Magic CX175S-AZ/LX175S
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE
OEM Device Name : Nvidia Corp ??? (0042)
OEM Hardware ID : FUN_0, VEN_10DE, DEV_0042, REV_A1
Device Name : Micro-Star International Co Ltd (MSI) ??? (0042)
Product ID : VEN_1462, DEV_9751
Revision : K / 2 (161)
Physical Storage Devices
Hard Disk : Maxtor 6Y080L0 (76.3GB)
Hard Disk : ST3200822A (186.3GB)
CD-ROM/DVD : AOPEN CD-RW CRW2440 (CD 40X Rd, 24X Wr)
CD-ROM/DVD : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A (CD 40X Rd, 40X Wr) (DVD 5X Rd, 5X Wr)
Peripherals
USB Controller/Hub : USB 2.0 Root Hub
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Device : Standard Game Port
Device : Creative SB Audigy
Device : Creative Game Port
Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2002 Professional (Win32 x86) 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 2)
Network Services
Adapter : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

Firstly, thank you for all your prompt responses, I really appreciate it. From the sounds of it, the PSU is ****
antec
From what I have read, the Antec PSUs have good reliability and ratings. I looked around and saw this one: Antec NEOPower 480W ATX PSU for around £65. I also went read that article posted by Dr Stu, which then stumbled on more articles about PSUs.
I have a couple more questions….
The rating of my system (http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supply_Calculator.php) with all the components running came out to be 422W. So do you think that the Antec NEOPower 480W ATX PSU would be sufficient for the computer considering I might add more RAM in the future?
Or should I buy the 500W+ one then?
Does anyone know if the Antec PSUs are quiet? My current q-Tec one makes me feel I'm in an aeroplane.
lucky I read the forum!
I was in Maplins (computer shop) at lunch and thought, that shiny 650W Q-Tec looks nice and there looks like loads of power, that much do the trick. i got to the counter and thought.....let me wait, till i get home from work and read some more on the forum about this PSU issue.
Thanks god I didn’t buy that S***. having read some of the reviews, i would have wasted loooots of money for nothing.

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