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Looked for a UPS thread to ask my question and there isn't one because I'm guessing it doesn't come up often. I'm looking to buy a UPS to serve as a battery backup for my home computer system (primarily just to give me enough time to save my work or my game and shut the thing down) while also giving me an idea of what devices I have plugged in are drawing at the wall using a nice little display. The computer uses ~450 watts at load at least according to power supply calculator (using an 800watt gold-plus PSU from the days when I tried SLI). I'm hoping to spend <$200 but I'll spend a little more if there's good reason. I know APC is kind of the biggest name in the business and a cursory search on amazon and newegg shows they are well-rated if pricey. What are some good options? Are there a couple that pretty much everyone uses?
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Jul 5, 2016 06:27
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Cyberpower sinewive are the best value and work great.
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Jul 5, 2016 13:49
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Don Lapre posted:Cyberpower sinewive are the best value and work great. E: Expanding a bit since this thread is becoming more of a one-stop UPS shop: Modern power supplies use Active Power Factor Correction, which is a weird electrical thing that reduces the amount of electricity wasted in the wires on the way to your house (and technically in your walls too to some extent). This works by looking at the shape of the electrical waveform coming in, which is usually a nice survy sine wave. Cheap UPSs put out an ugly blocky waveform ("approximated sine wave"), which causes the power supply to draw pulses of high current, which overloads the UPS and can even risk damage to the power supply, UPS, or both. This is why many good UPSs with true sine wave output often have "PFC" in the model. Alereon fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Jul 7, 2016 |
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Jul 5, 2016 16:46
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Amazon have a deal-of-the-day for a 600W CyberPower UPS.
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Jul 5, 2016 16:52
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Thanks for the advice! Awesome, thanks for the link.
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Jul 5, 2016 17:14
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drat I just came to ask this question and I missed the huge deal on this!
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Jul 6, 2016 22:08
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Don Lapre posted:Cyberpower sinewive are the best value and work great. This.
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Jul 6, 2016 23:06
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KingKapalone posted:drat I just came to ask this question and I missed the huge deal on this! It just came in and it's pretty nice. For my computer and one 27" monitor, it looks like it can last around 35-40 minutes with normal use. I'm guessing it goes on sale pretty often so it'd be worth setting up a price alert for.
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Jul 7, 2016 00:28
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bloodychill posted:It just came in and it's pretty nice. For my computer and one 27" monitor, it looks like it can last around 35-40 minutes with normal use. I'm guessing it goes on sale pretty often so it'd be worth setting up a price alert for. It's actually gone UP in price since May. That deal was the lowest ever.
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Jul 7, 2016 20:35
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KingKapalone posted:drat I just came to ask this question and I missed the huge deal on this! Back today for a lightning deal right now for $85 if anyone else like me and you missed the last deal.
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Jul 12, 2016 16:32
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Yep lucked out and saw it. On its way.
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