I bought an APC 300 watt last year and it saved my bacon a few times, but it was only good for 10-12 mintues running one desk top, monitor, router, and modem. But, plenty of time to properly shut down. Mostly valuable for short cut-outs of a second or so.
I found sizing calculation links that look usefull on page 5 of this article.
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