Randon startup failures with new rig

I have just bought an MSI K8T board with Athlon64 and 512MB RAM as a package deal, to replace my PIII/600, Abit-BH6 rig which went belly up. After assembly I discovered that my PSU didn't have the JPW 12V connector for the PSU, so I hustled out and bought a new one.
I get start-up problems. I've stripped right back to the following:
mobo, cpu, ram, video. I've connected front panel LEDs & switches, keyboard, monitor, PSU & d-bracket.
When I boot I get a whole range of failures. Out of ten attempts I get...
7 at processor init
1 at early chipset init
1 at the AMI BIOS System Configuration Screen display
1 at faiing to boot of network (which actually had all four green LEDs on the d-bracket! woo-hoo.
Once I had it try to boot off floppy when the drive was connected.
Any suggestions..? It's driving me mad actually!
Spec of what i'm using ought to be right here on my sig....

Thanks for the comments on the PSU, not at all suprised I bought a piece of junk. I'm now running on the (borrowed) Antec listed below, indeed I am writing this post on the new rig, booted into Knoppix off CD.
However, startup is still very hit and miss, it doesn't seem any different. The fact I booted an OS is only really because I connected the CD drive. Is it possible that I still don't have enough power..? Can on get Mr Fusion (powered the DeLorean time machine in Back To The Future if you recall) for ATX cases.. ;-)
When it does start, it runs just fine - at this point it's been going for 20 minutes.
If only Counter-Strike was pre-installed on Knoppix, i'd be just about ok!
Has anyone else seen this wierd startup problem..?
I'm going to look at memory timings next, just for something to try...

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