VERY Important question about my PSU and rig!

[TORichards9585]

I need to know if my mobo and power supply will support all of this? Im more concerned about the PSU. Im planning on filling all 10 of my 5.25 drive bay slots. 2 with opticals and the rest with speakers and led stuff. Do I connect the opticals to the PSU or just the mobo, or both? If my PSU wont handle all of this, I need one that can. And I need to know the proper Watt to have, so that my system will remain stable.

Thank you in advance for any help!


Case - Thermaltake XASER, Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum/Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133154
$150

Power Supply - Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, TUV, CB, FCC CLASS B, CUL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817103931
$90

Motherboard - ASUS A8N-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131524
$115

Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103562
$295

Ram - GeIL Value 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820144322
$148

Video Card - eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT CO SE 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130256
$285

HDD - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000KD 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144423
$200

Sound Card - Creative Sound Blaster SB0570 Audigy SE 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz Sound Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102002
$35

Keyboard - Logitech G15 2-Tone 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Standard Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823126179
$70

Mouse - Logitech G7 931375-0403 2-Tone 6 Buttons 1x Wheel USB RF Laser Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826104203
$65

Monitor - NEC Display Solutions LCD1770GX-BK Black 17" 8ms LCD Monitor 400 cd/m2 500:1 0.264mm Pixel Pitch
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824002284
$250

My case holds 10 5.25 drives and 2 3.5s. Im planning on filling them all up with one thing or another.

1. Thermaltake Xpeaker 5.25" Speaker Kit
http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-xpeaker.html
$30

2. PLEXTOR Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 4X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827131357
$80

3. Thermaltake Circle Fire 5.25 Multi-Media Kit
http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-circle-fire.html
$60

4. Thermaltake Hardcano 13 - 5.25"
http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-hardcano-13.html
$65

5. Thermaltake 5.25" XController LED Light 4 Channel Fan Controller
http://www.xoxide.com/xcontroller.html
$16

6. Thermaltake Big Water SE Water Pump with Blue LED Light 12cm Liquid Cooloing System
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106063
$125

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1. Koutech IO-FPM220 3.5" Floppy Drive & Multi Card Reader Front Panel
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813998514
$26
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[QUOTE=TORichards9585]Do I connect the opticals to the PSU or just the mobo, or both?
Thank you in advance for any help! [QUOTE]

Optical drives connect to the PSU for power and to the MOBO for transfer of data.

[Staren]

I just ran this sytem by a wattage caclulator and came up with 420 watts. The power supply should be fine. What I'm wondering about is your wallet after this. Why all the swag? Do you really plan to use all the extra toys? By the way, you hve 2 fan controllers in there. You only need one, the other one would just be taking up space. As far as the water cooling goes, you have read up on that right? It's not a project to be taken on a whim.