Would a 600w be enough for this system?

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My graphics card died recently, and I thought i'd upgrade my system a little bit in the process. This is what my proposed system will be:

-Q6600 overclocked (currently it's at stock. Will probably have it at ~3.2Ghz)
-Hyper 212+
-4GB DDR2 RAM
-4 hard drives (1x 64GB M4 SSD, 1x WD 1TB Green, 1x 320GB and 1x 500GB)
-1GB 460 GTX
-Antec Eleven Hundred with 4 fans (2x 120mm intake, 1x 120mm exhaust, 1x 200mm blowhole)

I don't have any plans at all to go into SLI or anything else. Also I know the first thing you're all screaming is "eeewww, Q6600? Upgrade already!", but I have no complaints with it at all, and if I upgrade my mobo and CPU, it'll put what was suppposed to be a small upgrade into the £500+ mark.

So would a 600w PSU be enough to run this comfortably for a few years more?
 
yes, and as stinger said, if the cpu still does what you need it to then don't upgrade, its still a great little chip anyway.

just make sure you get a branded quality 600w psu
 
It depends on the particular 600W PSU.

I wouldn't trust a £20 one.

Please post the particular make and model you have or are thinking of getting.
 
as previously mentioned, it depends on the make/quality of the psu rather than the wattage, so if you could give details of it that would be useful.
 
I have a Corsair at the moment, and am very impressed with its performance, so right now the front runner is the Corsair 600W GS. 48A on the 12v rail and 80% effeciency.
 
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