Tried FEAR at maximum settings, power supply died!!

Is this just coincidence? My brother put together a new computer with a dual core processor, new video card, and a 600 watt power supply. So I am trying all my games at the highest settings, and when I get to FEAR I play for like 3 minutes and the whole computer just shuts off. There is a light inside to tell if there is any power going to it, and the light wouldn't turn on. I had the computer for about 3 hours total!!

Is this just a coincidence and the power supply was defective? Or did FEAR kill my computer?

I tried playing on max settings with a 350w PSU, and it ran. :lol:

But yeah, running a game like FEAR on highest settings could do that if the PSU was insufficien, but 600w seems fine to me. Depends on the other parts, I guess. It could have also just been a faulty PSU to begin with.

You have a small chance other components are damaged but I think it will be fine.

I have blown a few power suplies over the years and had a few motherboards completely die on me and never did I have other components that went with them.

So I think you wil be safe as for the game blowing up your psu I think that that's really a coinsidence how old was the psu and what brand ?

the few that died on me where a few years old and where cheap brands.

just buy a new good one :) I like collermaster others will say other brands.........and don't stop gaming :D

Great, thanks guys. I've been calling around and Circuit City has an Antec power supply for $44.99, which seems low. So I looked it up and it got weirder, as there is a 500 watt for $44.99, and a 380 watt for $54.99. Can anyone explain that? I know the 500 watt price is after savings, but that still seems really low. Here's the link:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/categorylist.do?cmpstr=&bMore=&N=20012961+20012973&No=0&Ns=net_price%7C0&Ntt=power+supply&Ntk=All&catOid=-12973&PAGE_ACTION=&c=1