My computer upgrade problem
 

So, my current pc died.
<ul>
<li>AMD 1800+</li>
<li>ti4600</li>
<li>350W Enermax</li>
<li>2 x 512 DDR</li>
<li>30G ATA133 HD</li>
<li>... blah blah(was good... now crap)</li>
</ul>
The video card fan failed. I have no interest in repairing it. Time to upgrade.
Replacements are
<ul>
<li>ASUS M2N-X</li>
<li>AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Brisbane 65W EE</li>
<li>mushkin 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2</li>
<li>Seagate Barracuda 250G (Perpendicular Recording)</li>
<li>MSI Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3</li>
</ul>
I think I covered all the upgrades there.

Anyway, to the point. I've been scouting around trying to get good, reliable information about power consumption. As far as I can tell, my power supply listed at the top should be fully effective for my new parts, but I can't be sure of this until it passes inspection by the TFP smarties. Is 350W ok, or should I go bigger?

BTW, I welcome all input here, but I should note, I'm getting all the upgrade components for a total of $368.46, which as far as I can tell is a sweet deal, but if you can point me to a better one, please do.

The power supply will most likely be fine. One warning: that videocard is PCI-E and will probably require a PCI-E power connector. Your Enermax is probably older before PCI-E power connectors were out. The videocard may come with a PCI-E power adapter so it works with older PSUs, but it might not -- make sure it does.

BTW you're not getting ripped off. That is a decent deal.

Wow, awesome. Thanks for the response. I had stopped to ponder about the pci-e thing because I read they require some sort of 6 pin connector, but just assumed there would be an adapter. I certainly glad you pointed that out. I'll look into it.

Either way, PSUs are not incredibly expensive. Check Geeks.com, or Newegg for pretty good deals.
Like 450W for under 15 bucks, i think.
Also, justdeals.com has shipping for 1.95 on their merchandise.

A 450w PSU for $15 won't run his system. It will boot up and struggle for a couple of months and then die. The wattage of a PSU doesn't mean a whole lot -- it's the quality of the PSU, the current supplied to each rail, and the heat sinks in the box. A 350w Enermax will outperform a 1,000w Raidmax PSU for said reasons.

Yeah, I may just have to do that, but I'm going to try and avoid it. Not because of the expense. I really just hate to have extra crap lying around.

The components that I'm buying are all coming OEM. I should be able to put them together just fine, as I've worked on a few computers, but since everything is coming without accessories or software, I'm sure I will run into some challenges.

Wow, awesome info. I knew that Enermax was a good brand but I didn't know that would make such a difference. That makes me feel a lot more confident.