PSU upgrade advice required

[uroboros]

Currently I'm planning to upgrade my ageing athlon xp system to a c2d system. The PSU i'm currently running is a thermaltake purepower480w 'butterfly'. Should I scrap this and buy a new one or will I be able to use this with current motherboards etc? It has sata power connectors but would I need convertors from the 20 pin connector to a new 24 pin motherboard and also to power a pcie graphics card? If so is it worth the effort or better to just buy a brand new PSU which seems a bit of a waste for the thermaltake as it runs quiet and has been reliable. The current plan for upgrade is E2180, Ga-P31-Ds3l, 2GB Geil PC6400, X1950pro and a 500GB sata HDD. Cheers for any help with this.

 

[mp260767]

should be fine, check the spec for it to make sure it has at least 25A on the 12v rail, should be on a label on it or on the manufacturers website.

 

[uroboros]

I've found a review that suggests it only supports 17A on the 12V rail so it looks like I need a new PSU as well, cheers for the advice.