Would my 400w power supply be enough for this?

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I currently have a system I screwed up by switching the voltage... I have an HD 5750 from the build that I believe is savable though, so I'd like to use it again. My question is, if I were to also keep the hard drive and then upgrade to the parts in the PCPartPicker link, would my 400 watt Cooler Master Elite Power have enough power to handle all of the parts or would getting a new PSU or less power-hungry card be better?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Y4FjNG

Thanks in advance.

Edit: To clear up any possible confusion, the PSU is new and I bought it to realize the problem was not only the PSU.
 
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So, does that mean that I would still be fine with getting the FX-4350, or is there a processor close to the same price tag and performance that takes up less power?
 
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Hi Microplaza
The Radeon HD 5750 requires a psu with 30A on the +12v rail and a 450W PSU minimum
The 400 watt Cooler Master Elite Power has a combined 32A , 16A each on the two +12v rails
This is not adequate to power your system i would suggest you get a psu of around 500 watts for some headroom
and a quality psu with high grade japanese capacitors from seasonic/xfx or any psu from corsairs TX,HX or AX range of PSU's
 
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I searched around for a bit, and found an EVGA 500watt power supply for $44.99. Do you think that'd be fine? I want to stay under $260 with all of the parts, and this sets me at about that price if I get the PSU. I could also just get an x4 760k processor to lower the price a bit, and get a different motherboard.

Here's the PSU on TigerDirect: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8748218&CatId=1079
 
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Do you think I'd be able to run an R7 250x with the current 400 watt PSU? I was discouraged from the 260x's 500 watt requirement, and while the R7 250x has the same it uses less power. Would I be fine with getting an R7 250x or just end up grabbing something like a GT 740/750?
 
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