How much UPS power for a Mac Pro?

I think if I buy a Mac Pro I'll need up grade my UPS. The electrical requirements don't specify the supply power, so I'm not sure how big my UPS should be. I want to purchase the smallest UPS possible to give me a few minutes of protection, but I don't want to buy a 100-pound monster if I don't have to.
I know that the actual power drawn depends on the specific configuration, so a Mac with four video cards will use more than the base model. I'm just hunting for an estimate.
I plan to get a 2.66GHz with a couple of hard drives and the base 7300 video card.
Thanks.

My personal Pro level favourites are the APC BACK-UPS RS 800VA, 1000VA and 1500VA models…
http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=23
The 800VA model is especially efficient and probably more suited to what you're after. The 1000VA model isn't the smallest UPS I've seen so be sure to clearly check the dimensions.
Remember that your UPS will be supplying power to not only uour Mac Pro but your display and other peripherals as well so stepping up a bit is well worth it.

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