Also, something to keep in mind with power supplies is that wattage is energy consumption not energy output. So look at the 12V amp rating of the power supply. For that older system I'd look for something with at least 18 amps on the 12V rail.
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Originally Posted by Redwine
Onboard Sound cards are "resourses eaters"...
I solved in the past my FPS problems installing an X-Fi, and disabling my onboard one.
Good if you can add a PCI dedicated sonund card, you will save lot of CPU resources.
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I personally disagree with that. I benchmarked my computer with an Audigy 2 ZS and onboard audio. There was no difference in FPS. I ended up selling the card and I'm happy with onboard. On a modern computer I think the amount of processing power used for onboard audio versus a hardware sound card is very small.