New Processor/power supply help

[RUDEBWOY]

My specs are

Core 2 Duo E6850 Processor

Nvidia bfg oc2 640 mb

asus p5n3-sli plus mobo

4 gig ram ddr 2 533 mhz

550 watt charmelon aspire psu

sata hard drives sata and sata 2 300 gigs and 250 gigs

dvd rw

dvd rw combo drive

saitek 2 keyboard

razor diamond back mouse

logitech z5500 speakers

xfi fatality extreme music sound card-off my system tho since vista has probs with it so using the sound card that asus came with

20.1 inch dell wide screen monitor

Now my quad core is coming in tuesday,should i put in my quad?or will this be a problem with my 550 watt psu?i ordered a new psu

Apevia / Iceberg / 680-Watt..just want to know cause i want to try out my quad asap but don't want to put it in if the psu is going to be a problem

 

[sbgsus]

Try this: www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Aspire PSUs are not that great so I wouldn't buy another one from them. In any case, the 550W one won't be enough. I'd recommend a 600-700W FSP or PC Power & Cooling PSU instead.

 

[RUDEBWOY]

well it worked great for me my current psu is a aspire and i have had it 2 plus years and on my current system