From the shape size and description of the referenced Power Supply it is a ATX PC supply and there is no way you will get 50 amps of 12 volt DC from that. Most of the power in an ATX supply is delivered at 5volts. You will have to buy single voltage 12 volt supplies from a specialist maker. Does the 12 volt supply need to be regulated or are there 12volt and 5volt regulators in your computers.
Why ever did you build non standard PCs? They will be a service nightmare as time goes by.
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Your scheme is doomed to complete and utter failure. Those PSU's are certainly NOT capable of delivering 50amps at 12v each. You will also likely need -12v, -5v and another quite high current supply at 5v. Other control signals are also needed between the PC's and PSU's, before they will operate.
The main problem is voltage drop at such low voltages and high currents, unless you use large copper bus bars, will be absolutely horrendous. Computers need a tightly regulated PSU. Any spikes, surges and voltage drop will cause them to crash. If you doubt this, try running just one PC from its original PSU, with just 20 foot of cable linking the two.
If were going to do this (if I had to do this), I would be thinking along the lines of distributing 25v and -25v to each computer, then locally regulating it down to the required voltages using series regulators at each PC. These types of regulators generate lots of waste heat and are usually no more than around 50% efficient.
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