Wanting to price an overkill machine, could use some help on a PSU.

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superjoe224

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Greetings! I am looking to create an overkill PC (as in way more power than it would actually need). As of right now, I am looking at 4 gtx 780 ti SLI on a GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3 motherboard along with 64gb of RAM (full specs at the bottom of the post.) I was wondering, If i were to put this together, what kind of PSU should I be looking for? 1000w? Bigger? Also, if you can think of anything I should change about this build, let me know!
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CM Storm Stryker ITX case
Intel i7-4820K LGA 2011 64 3.7 GHz
4*Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB DDR3
GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD3 LGA 2011
4*ASUS GTX780TI-DC2OC-3GD5
2*1TB SSD
6*1TB SSD RAID
 
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Your best bet would be a case that has room for dual PSUs, then you could get a couple of 850w power supplies. This would probably save you some money, and be better for the life of the system.
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Sounds promising, and might be what I do, since I am just going off the wall with this, and not exactly buying it right now so price is no issue. Do you have any cases in mind?
 
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Well the money saved would go toward the case lol with all this stuff in one spot, you'll want good airflow and probably watercooled if possible. The Corsair 900d would be a good bet, it comes stock with space for dual PSUs, and plenty of room for air flow. And it looks badass at the same time.
 
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I was planning on doing water cooling. Now in the event that I do decide, would this case and specifically the motherboard support such tomfoolery? And what about PSU's? Would those need to be water-cool accessible as well, or are they a special case?
 
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No, the PSUs will be fine on their own. I don't know of any 2011 boards that have integrated watercooling in them, although there are waterblocks you could add if you were up to it. The motherboard isn't the worry heat-wise, unless you were planning on crazy overclocks, as the higher-end boards have pretty good heat sinks.

Edit: Forgot to add, the Corsair 900d is a water-cooling dream case, as it has tons of room for radiators and tubing.
 
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Sounds great, thanks for all your help and advice!
 
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