Will this PSU able to handle all of these upgrades?

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I just traded for a 380 antec earthwatts psu. I will be playing WoW over the summer so decided to get a new graphics card too like the 5670 since my cpu seemed to be a bottleneck. Now I have decided to upgrade my CPU as well to maybe the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808&cm_re=phenom-_-19-103-808-_-Product .

So I am just wondering if you guys think if this PSU is enough to handle all of these upgrades?

Note: I will be playing on a 1440x900 screen and my original desktop is http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF06b/12132708-12133156-12133158-12133158-12133158-80230663-80443628.html
 
For a single Radeon HD 5670 system the minimum recommended power supply is one with a +12 Volt current rating of 22 Amps or greater.

The Antec EarthWatts EA-380D Green is able to provide up to 28 Amps on its combined +12 Volt rails which leaves headroom for any overclocking of the CPU and/or GPU that you might want to attempt.
 
Adding more memory will only improve performance if you were previously running into insufficient memory problems.

If you have a lot of Windows page file usage it would help to add more memory so that it reduces the swapping of physical memory pages to the page file.
 
HP support says that the Asus M2N68-LA (Narra2-GL8E) motherboard will only handle CPUs with a TDP (Thermal Design Power) from 45W to 65W.

I've also seen the following that contradicts what HP Support says :

Supports the following processors:
Athlon 64 X2 with Dual Core technology up to 5600+ (up to 89 watt)
Athlon 64 less than 4000+
Sempron less than 3800+
 

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