Will My PSU Be Good Enough?

Ok so my current motherboard has finally lost its will to live and i'm looking at upgrading my system to something like this:
MSI P6N Diamond Motherboard (Or Similar)
Intel Quad Q6600
BFG 8800GTX
4GB DDR2 667mhz RAM
The rest of my system (In Sig) will be staying the same
One thing i'm wondering however is will my current PSU be able to handle the new components or is it not powerful enough?

Quote from: Calian on 23-November-07, 07:30:56
I'll chime in a little; I just got 4gb (2x2gb) DDR2 800 for only $150 from Newegg, it is Muskin, not generic memory, but the timmings aren't spectacular (5-5-5-18) but since it's 800 I think it's a good trade at that price. Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146692
Also, the 8800GT are awsome cards, TomsHardware has a review that compares the new GT to the older GTS and GTX models and it was very eye opening. Whats even better is that there are a ton of manufacturers overclocking them for you, I was looking at the MSI one, but it was constantly sold out, so I chose instead to picked up Evga's middle model (the "KO", pre-clocked to 675mhz instead of 600mhz, with 512meg) also from NewEgg for just over $300. Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130301
Lastly, deffinatly bumb up the PSU, much better to be safe then sorry for what decent PSU's cost nowadays.
Did you read the whole of the post? System is built and running already!
I've made it clear I do not want a new case!
I'm not hugely bothered about it being mega-quiet. But the current noise one Akasa fan produces is simply too much. The coolermaster ones I have at present whilst they are very quiet they dont push enough air. I could bear with louder fans than the Coolermasters but not as loud as the akasa, if you get what i'm saying.
I think the Akasa is 3000rpm if I remember correctly 

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