PSU how much power do I need?

prolemur

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This is the computer I am going to build and I was wondering that the 1200w PSU is going to be enough for all of this?




CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor

Cooling: Fully water cooled computer. Links in other document.

Motherboard: GIGABYTE LGA 2011 Intel C606 DDR3 3-Way CrossFireX and 3-Way SLI SATA3 and USB 3.0 A& 2 GbE EATX Motherboard GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

Storage: Samsung 830 Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk x 2
Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 3.5" 10000RPM x 4 and Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB 3.5" 7200 RPM x 2.

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 690 4GB Hydro Copper Signature x 2

Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card

Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 800D ATX Full Tower Case

Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply

Optical Drive Bay: Maelstrom 5 1/4" Dual Bay Reservoir, LG WH14NS40, LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer and NZXT SEN-001LX Sentry LX Aluminum dual bay fan controller.

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Full 64-bit

Monitors : 2560x 1400 3 x 30” Monitors

Others:
Razer Mamba 2012 Elite Wireless Laser Mouse

Corsair Vengeance K90 Wired Gaming Keyboard
Corsair Gaming Audio Series SP2500


 
Here is Guru3D's power supply recommendation:

GeForce GTX 690 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 750 Watt power supply unit.
GeForce GTX 690 SLI - On your average system the cards require you to have a 950 Watt power supply unit as minimum.

If you are going to overclock the GPU or processor, then we do recommend you purchase something with some more stamina. On top of that my neighbor has pretty much the same build as yours well he has different mobo and monitors but you get my point i hope and he uses SeaSonic X-SERIES X-1050 1050W PSU so you will be fine