PSU good enough for 8800gtx

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alright, so im making my new build after intel's pricecut coming later this week. i'll be getting:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (possibly OCed) being cooled by zalman cnps9500 and arctic thermal 5 paste
EVGA 8800GTX (probably be OCing myself using stock cooler on card)
2gb corsair xms series DDR2 800 RAM
1 7200 RPM Western Digital Hard Drive
1 DVD burner
1 Abit Mobo running new P35 chipset
3 case fans ( 1x 120mm 2x80mm, all with blue ED)
6 blue LEDs built into case


can this powersupply handle all of that? (i'm worried cuz of the overclocking)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153051
 
It has a good amount on the +12V. I will assure you that you can't ever skimp on the PSU. I would recommend upgrading to an OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU (Those are BA).
 
This PSU is a better bet. It's about $20 more than the Thermaltake one, but has four +12V rails with about 15A on each rail and assures ample power for your system, even if you upgrade it.

EDIT: Sorry about that, a typo in the url. Funny what a space can do! ;) It works now. :)
 
550W? I'd say thats cutting it a little close.

Try that OCZ, or at least something with 650W or higher. Especially if you're thinking of overclocking. On such a high end system, putting in a cheap PSU is just looking for trouble.
 
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