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would this computer work?

I've been having some fun lately on newegg.com by trying to make the most powerful computer that I can (not actually going to build it though). I just want confirmation that this computer would work.

Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR-116DBK

NZXT Zero Black/Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case

5x Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

3x LG W3000H-Bn Black 30" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor

3x Koutech 4-Port Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Low-Profile PCI (3 x Ext + 1 x Int) Model KW-L2580E

3x OCZ Flex EX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ3FXE20004GK

2x EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

ASRock X58 Supercomputer LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 Nehalem 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601965

ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ1300 1300W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply

Yes, I know its overkill, but its just for fun, but if I were to somehow manage to afford this, I would use it as a flight simulator ;)

so anyways, would this work or not?

Update:

george y: power started to become an issue. gtx 295 needs more than 500w each, so (i would assume) that I would then need a 2200 or so power supply, which I just could not find. also, the gtx 260 each have two dvi ports.

Update 2:

Also, if I am not mistaken, watts=voltage*amperage. The circuit in a normal room can put out around 15 amps @ 115 volts. That would mean that the maximum wattage that I could get is around 1700w

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  • 1 decade ago

    yea, everything seems like it would work...but the gtx 260 isn't going to have 3 dvi ports for your 3 monitors...I'm not sure if you can plug in to the second and third video cards...And why not quad sli gtx 295 instead? or tri sli gtx285. either of those will beat the tri sli gtx 260

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