What can I safely add with this PSU?

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Hi guys, new poster here.

I've just purchased the "Titan Accelerator" http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-007-OE and very nice it is too. I'm still getting used to it being new to Vista 64 and all and I thought I'd register here to hopefully both share my experience and pick your brains in turn.

Anyway, my question.

As you can see by the spec in the link provided I have a 500W PSU and I'm running (cut&paste):

- Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) Overclocked to 3.00GHz!
- Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI PCI-Express
- Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
- LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive
- OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply

I was wondering how many drives I could add to the set up without compromising the power supply? I was thinking maybe of another 500GB Seagate and possibly an Audigy 2 sound card and a faster DVD writer from my old system.

What do you think? Could I add all 3 or maybe just the extra Hard Drive (since this is the only addition I feel is essential)?
 
Hi and welcome...

Your system probably uses about 250W at Max load.

The additional components would be around 30W so no issues at all

Enjoy your new PC

AD
 
Ah brilliant, just what I wanted to hear.

Still I'll add them gently just to make sure, starting with the hard drive.

Thanks for your help, and the welcome.
 
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