what power supply should i get

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im kind of decided on all my other parts

Motherboard-GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

CPU-Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E4300 - Retail

Memory-CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Model TWIN2X2048-5400C4PT - Retail

Graphics card- EVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Cooling-ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

and....some older dvd burner lol.

do any of you have suggestions for a power supply? also... if you think i should change a few things about the other parts i plan on using....please tell that as well. oh and i plan to overclock the e4300 to probably 3GHz or maybe a little more..... thanks in advance.
 


The 7600GT requires 19 to 20 amps on the 12 v rail and does not even use an auxillary 6 pin 12 v power connector. I use one of these on a similar system and it works very well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104935

This would be overkill, but it is very powerful and would allow for a future graphics card upgrade up to 8800's if you chose to.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010
 
Just looking over the DC output, it has dual 12v rails at 18 and 16 amps combined on the 12 v rails which is good for a 350 watt psu. I'm not familiar with the psu, but it looks alright at first glance. If you ever upgrade the 7600gt video card, you may need a unit with more watts.