Is my power supply enough for my Video Card

Hello, is this PSU good enough for my gfx card or should I upgrade it?!!
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PSU XFX Core Edition PRO550W

yes its fine but very close to its limits wattage wise but for amps your all good! so that card will work fine but do not get a x70gtx or higher as then you will be in trouble if you do so as they need more wattage to be stable!

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AGP Video Card     30 – 50W    +3.3V
Average PCI Card 5 – 10W    +5V
10/100 NIC     4W     +3.3V
SCSI Controller PCI Card 20W     +3.3V and +5V
Floppy Drive     5W     +5V
CD-ROM     10 – 25W    +5V and +12V
DVD-ROM     10 – 25W    +5V and +12V
CD-RW     10 – 25W   +5V and +12V
7200rpm IDE Hard Drive     5 – 20W    +5V and +12V
10,000rpm SCSI Drive     10 – 40W    +5V and +12V
Case/CPU Fans     3W (ea.)    +12V
Motherboard (w/o CPU or RAM)    25 – 40W    +3.3V and +5V
RAM     8W per 128MB    +3.3V
Pentium III Processor     38W    +5V
Pentium 4 Processor     70W     +12V
AMD Athlon Processor     70W     +12V
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I don't know why I didn't come here first, but here I am.
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It was actually suggested I get the TX3, but I saw that the TX3 does not support LGA 1336 that the HP has.
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2) Are the recommended items good: Again, I don't know anything about this stuff and am going purely off recommendations. Are these the items that I do need?
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Hi,
I suggest that you do some measuring from the top of the processor to bottom of the removable side panel. You need this measurement to determine if your chosen heat sink cooling will fit.
When you install the new power supply then install it fan up pointing to top so that is draws cool air into the power supply from the top side air intake vents. Measure your existing power supply and look for a high efficiency model with a large fan that will fit in your PC. If you can find a PSU with a 140 mm fan that will fit then go for it.
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