Do I need to upgrade PSU?

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My system is as follows, is it too much for my Seasonic S12 500W?

P5W DH Dlx
Q6600 G0 @ 3.0Ghz
4GB Corsair XMS2 6400 C4 @ 4-4-4-12
2 x 160GB HDD WD + Hitachi
1 x 320GB HDD WD
1 x 500GB HDD WD
1 x 150GB Raptor
X1900 XTX default clock
5 x ultra quiet Akasa case fans
1 x DVD-RW drive
 
are you suffering form symtops such as resets when you try to do anything that may cause a rise in power usage? i.e. gaming.
 
I can play TR Anniversary for hours on end without any problem (not sure if that's demanding enough though). Just ran a 3DMark 06 test at highest settings and everything was fine. And I did run a stress test using Prime 95 for about 40 hours if that means anything. In general everything is running tip top and very rock solid just want to make sure.
 
if it does all that fine, then i will most likely not need a new psu until it starts causing you problems and seasonics are one of the best psu brands availible (maybe better then corsair, you decide that as it is seasonic that builds the corsair PSUs)
 
I added bits and bops like USB devices and the total came to 495W, just about enough.
Brilliant calculator, cheers for the info guys.
 
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