Nakkiel

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Will a 600 watt PSU support all this or do I need to get a new one?

Case: Antec 12000 V3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129100
CPU cooler: Corsair Hydro H7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181013&Tpk=H70
Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274
GPU: Nvidia 9800 GTX 1 gig
http://www.evga.com/articles/399.asp
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Deneb 3.5GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894
Memory: G.SKILL PI 6GB (3 x 2GB) 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231352
CD Burner: MSI 24X DVD+R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827100058
Hard Drive: 7200 RPM SATA, 1.5 g/s, stock from my old computer
PSU: OCZ Tech GameXStream (600w)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341001&cm_re=GameXStream-_-17-341-001-_-Product
 
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I'm rating your parts' compound wattage at 430w at most. So I say it's safe enough - but don't forget hooking up other stuff needs more power as well, such as sound cards, external hard drives, etc... So in all honesty I think 600w will give you a stable system with some leeway, and you can upgrade later to 750w when you get your new HD. I would say it's fine. But wait for more opinions.

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I'm rating your parts' compound wattage at 430w at most. So I say it's safe enough - but don't forget hooking up other stuff needs more power as well, such as sound cards, external hard drives, etc... So in all honesty I think 600w will give you a stable system with some leeway, and you can upgrade later to 750w when you get your new HD. I would say it's fine. But wait for more opinions.
 
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Nice catch, I would have just wondered why it was running slowly/not at all..

Any idea which of these would perform better?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231351
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231444
They say compatible with intel.. but does that mean only intel or is it more of a selling point?

And would a higher RPM memory that isn't too much more expensive be better? (The timings are fast on the ones above)
Maybe http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145317 ?