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350 or 400 W sparkle

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Wonko The Sane

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I was looking into a new power supply, it seems my current one is going bad (see here for details). Anyway, I was wondering if the 350 W sparkle would be enough, or if I should go with the 400 W. My system specs are:

Shuttle ak35gt-r
T-bred 1700+ at 1.67 (133*12.5)
512 MB samsung PC 2700
2x maxtor 7200 RPM 60 GB
pioneer 16x DVD
TDK 48x16x48 CDRW
Ati radeon 8500 128 MB 290/290 core/mem
linksys nic
SB live! value
Floppy
LS-120
6x 80 mm fans (generic)

I'd prefer not to spend the extra on the 400 if the 350 will be OK, but I can wait till i get the extra $ to get the 400 if it would be a significant difference in performance. Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Well, it's not quite an apples-to-apples comparison, but maybe it will give you and idea. I have a 180W Flex-ATX Sparkle PS (Model# FSP180-60NIV) powering...

* ASUS P4S-333M Motherboard
* P4 1.6GHz Willie @ 2.13Ghz (stock cooling/voltage)
* Compaq OEM DVD-ROM Drive
* 512MB of PC2700
* Seagate 40GB 7200 HD
* GeForce3 Ti-200 OC to 220/530 (with CoolJag 1U HSF)
* Sunon 86CFM 120MM fan
* Floppy

All of my voltages are at spec or higher.
 
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