How much of UPS rating do I need

[DocYoda]

Recently there are power surges and I dont feel comfortable to the point that I need to get a UPS. Specs are the following:

6850k running at 4.3Ghz (1.3V),

64GB RAM

12 hard drives (raid 0 and raid 10 combination)

14 case fans (120mm - 140mm)

2 cathode lights

Creative ZXR sound card

1080 GPU

1200W seasonic platinum PSU

 

 

My system runs 24/7. I dont know if I can rely on seasonic psu calculator. 

What does TDP actually mean? does 95% TDP mean 95% of CPU rated TDP (140W)?

Basing on seasonic's psu calculator, I need atleast 700W of PSU. But this is based on a 90% TDP. 

Do I need a UPS rated more than 1400VA (700W) or would this suffice?

 

 

 

 

[flibberdipper]

In an ideal world the bigger UPS you can get, the better. I'd imagine your PC would probably end up sucking somewhere in the ballpark of 500 watts from the wall under full load, so if you got something like this guy right here you'd probably end up getting something like 12 minutes of battery run-time under full tilt.

[W-L]

3 minutes ago, DocYoda said:

Recently there are power surges and I dont feel comfortable to the point that I need to get a UPS. Specs are the following:

6850k running at 4.3Ghz (1.3V),

64GB RAM

12 hard drives (raid 0 and raid 10 combination)

14 case fans (120mm - 140mm)

2 cathode lights

Creative ZXR sound card

1080 GPU

1200W seasonic platinum PSU

My system runs 24/7. I dont know if I can rely on seasonic psu calculator. 

What does TDP actually mean? does 95% TDP mean 95% of CPU rated TDP (140W)?

Basing on seasonic's psu calculator, I need atleast 700W of PSU. But this is based on a 90% TDP. 

Do I need a UPS rated more than 1400VA (700W) or would this suffice?

For that system it would be real close to around 600W, I usually base my wattages really roughly but add on an extra 15-20% on top of the TDP for power consumption, not an exact science but it gives a decent idea of max power draw. 

 

These here will do well, and provide enough headroom for networking and peripherals. 

https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/ups/cp1350pfclcd/

http://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/products/APC-Back-UPS-Pro-BX1350M-Compact-Tower-1350VA-AVR-LCD-120V/P-BX1350M

[Hugs12343]

8 minutes ago, DocYoda said:

Recently there are power surges and I dont feel comfortable to the point that I need to get a UPS. Specs are the following:

6850k running at 4.3Ghz (1.3V),

64GB RAM

12 hard drives (raid 0 and raid 10 combination)

14 case fans (120mm - 140mm)

2 cathode lights

Creative ZXR sound card

1080 GPU

1200W seasonic platinum PSU

 

 

My system runs 24/7. I dont know if I can rely on seasonic psu calculator. 

What does TDP actually mean? does 95% TDP mean 95% of CPU rated TDP (140W)?

Basing on seasonic's psu calculator, I need atleast 700W of PSU. But this is based on a 90% TDP. 

Do I need a UPS rated more than 1400VA (700W) or would this suffice?

 

 

 

 

when it says TDP, it means the thermal design power. But you can go above this with overclocking. I think that you should get a bigger UPS as you are cutting it close. Something 1000w or above because that way it is in the limits and you can upgrade in the future

[RadiatingLight]

Maybe something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/APC-Back-UPS-Battery-Protector-BR1500G/dp/B003Y24DEU/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1502764353&sr=1-2&keywords=APC+Battery+Backup

[LienusLateTips]

TDP doesn't mean power rating. Also, I wouldn't exactly recommend PSU calculators...

 

THE BIGGER THE BETTER!

[unknownmiscreant]

7 minutes ago, W-L said:

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8 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

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500-600w seems about right.

 

Get as bigger UPS as you can afford, but make sure you get one from a decent manufacturer such as eaton or APC. My cheapo one from dynamix (seems to be a re branded power shield unit) doesn't interface over USB at all. It installs as an HID device, and the software provided to interface with it is utterly terrible. It fails to even open after the machine has been shutdown once. I have tried with multiple versions of windows.

[flibberdipper]

1 hour ago, unknownmiscreant said:

500-600w seems about right.

 

Get as bigger UPS as you can afford, but make sure you get one from a decent manufacturer such as eaton or APC. My cheapo one from dynamix (seems to be a re branded power shield unit) doesn't interface over USB at all. It installs as an HID device, and the software provided to interface with it is utterly terrible. It fails to even open after the machine has been shutdown once. I have tried with multiple versions of windows.

I don't even know how the hell I'm supposed to interface mine with a PC.  It's an older APC unit that has a phone jack on it for comms and that's it lmao

[unknownmiscreant]

17 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

I don't even know how the hell I'm supposed to interface mine with a PC.  It's an older APC unit that has a phone jack on it for comms and that's it lmao

New ones have USB ports. 

 

I know the eaton ones work nicely, even without installing the manufacturers software.

[RadiatingLight]

Hey, I just found this. Pretty good deal.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842301561&cm_sp=Homepage_FDD-_-P2_42-301-561-_-08152017

[DocYoda]

Anybody tried the EATON UPS brand? I cant find APC more than 1500VA here in our place.
What can you advice regarding UPS- Eaton DX EDX2000H 2000VA/1400 Watts?

[W-L]

1 minute ago, DocYoda said:

Anybody tried the EATON UPS brand? I cant find APC more than 1500VA here in our place.
What can you advice regarding UPS- Eaton DX EDX2000H 2000VA/1400 Watts?

Eaton makes excellent units, that unit is much larger than you need however for your system for the load you will be applying. APC consumer units do not go over 1500VA you will need to go up to the commercial units. 

[ARikozuM]

23 hours ago, Hugs12343 said:

when it says TDP, it means the thermal design power. But you can go above this with overclocking. 

Most unlocked chips are given higher TDP as that's the thermal envelope that they were designed for. 

Spoiler

You can also go over TDP with stock chips.