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Hi LTT forum, I'm Ivan.

 

So:

I need to connect an iMac mid-2011, a Mac Pro 2006 and an Apple Cinema Display 20" (65W). Which UPS is enough for me? How many VA? How many Watts?

 

Thanks in advance.

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First get an APC, second, how much does your Mac Pro and iMac consume...

i would go for this fellow italian

Main PC [The Rig of Theseus]:

CPU: i5-8600K @ 5.0 GHz | GPU: GTX 1660 | RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3000 MHz | Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic | PSU: Corsair RM 650i | SSD: Corsair MP510 480 GB |  HDD: 2x 6 TB WD Red| Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro | OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

 

Secondary PC [Why did I bother]:

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G | GPU: Vega 3 iGPU | RAM: 8 GB DDR4 3000 MHz | Case: Corsair 88R | PSU: Corsair VS 650 | SSD: WD Green M.2 SATA 120 GB | Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO MAX | OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

 

Server [Solution in search of a problem]:

Model: HP DL360e Gen8 | CPU: 1x Xeon E5-2430L v1 | RAM: 12 GB DDR3 1066 MHz | SSD: Kingston A400 120 GB | OS: VMware ESXi 7

 

Server 2 electric boogaloo [A waste of electricity]:

Model: intel NUC NUC5CPYH | CPU: Celeron N3050 | RAM: 2GB DDR3L 1600 MHz | SSD: Kingston UV400 120 GB | OS: Debian Bullseye

 

Laptop:

Model: ThinkBook 14 Gen 2 AMD | CPU: Ryzen 7 4700U | RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz | OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

Photography:

 

Cameras:

Full Frame digital: Sony α7

APS-C digital: Sony α100

Medium Format Film: Kodak Junior SIX-20

35mm Film:

 

Lenses:

Sony SAL-1870 18-70mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 

Sony SAL-75300 75-300mm ƒ/4.5-5.6

Meike MK-50mm ƒ/1.7

 

PSA: No, I didn't waste all that money on computers, (except the main one) my server cost $40, the intel NUC was my old PC (although then it had 8GB of ram, I gave the bigger stick of ram to a person who really needed it), my laptop is used and the second PC is really cheap.

I like tinkering with computers and have a personal hatred towards phones and everything they represent (I daily drive an iPhone 7, or a 6, depends on which one works that day)

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10 minutes ago, FreqEvans said:

How many Watts?

You'll have to measure your power-consumption. It's not like anyone here can tell how much you use!

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3 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

You'll have to measure your power-consumption. It's not like anyone here can tell how much you use!

Usually the bigges possible is the best option if you have the money for it.

If the UPS is too small then very bad things can happen 

Main PC [The Rig of Theseus]:

CPU: i5-8600K @ 5.0 GHz | GPU: GTX 1660 | RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3000 MHz | Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic | PSU: Corsair RM 650i | SSD: Corsair MP510 480 GB |  HDD: 2x 6 TB WD Red| Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro | OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

 

Secondary PC [Why did I bother]:

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G | GPU: Vega 3 iGPU | RAM: 8 GB DDR4 3000 MHz | Case: Corsair 88R | PSU: Corsair VS 650 | SSD: WD Green M.2 SATA 120 GB | Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO MAX | OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

 

Server [Solution in search of a problem]:

Model: HP DL360e Gen8 | CPU: 1x Xeon E5-2430L v1 | RAM: 12 GB DDR3 1066 MHz | SSD: Kingston A400 120 GB | OS: VMware ESXi 7

 

Server 2 electric boogaloo [A waste of electricity]:

Model: intel NUC NUC5CPYH | CPU: Celeron N3050 | RAM: 2GB DDR3L 1600 MHz | SSD: Kingston UV400 120 GB | OS: Debian Bullseye

 

Laptop:

Model: ThinkBook 14 Gen 2 AMD | CPU: Ryzen 7 4700U | RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz | OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

Photography:

 

Cameras:

Full Frame digital: Sony α7

APS-C digital: Sony α100

Medium Format Film: Kodak Junior SIX-20

35mm Film:

 

Lenses:

Sony SAL-1870 18-70mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 

Sony SAL-75300 75-300mm ƒ/4.5-5.6

Meike MK-50mm ƒ/1.7

 

PSA: No, I didn't waste all that money on computers, (except the main one) my server cost $40, the intel NUC was my old PC (although then it had 8GB of ram, I gave the bigger stick of ram to a person who really needed it), my laptop is used and the second PC is really cheap.

I like tinkering with computers and have a personal hatred towards phones and everything they represent (I daily drive an iPhone 7, or a 6, depends on which one works that day)

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Have a look at the calculator APC priovides. APC Calculator

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25 minutes ago, FreqEvans said:

Hi LTT forum, I'm Ivan.

 

So:

I need to connect an iMac mid-2011, a Mac Pro 2006 and an Apple Cinema Display 20" (65W). Which UPS is enough for me? How many VA? How many Watts?

 

Thanks in advance.

Look at the power supplies of your devices and add up all the watts 

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Ok, I can't quote y'all, so: the Mac Pro at full usage consume nearly 700W, the iMac maybe 200W. The Apple display 65W.

My budget is 150€ (180 US$)

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13 minutes ago, FreqEvans said:

Ok, I can't quote y'all, so: the Mac Pro at full usage consume nearly 700W, the iMac maybe 200W. The Apple display 65W.

My budget is 150€ (180 US$)

Almost 1000 watts ? that sounds too much

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17 minutes ago, FreqEvans said:

Ok, I can't quote y'all, so: the Mac Pro at full usage consume nearly 700W, the iMac maybe 200W. The Apple display 65W.

My budget is 150€ (180 US$)

If you power consumption is indeed 1000 watts you will need about a 1400va UPS

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700W for the mac pro sounds very high. As a reference, Apple lists the early 2008 mac pro at 318W. Then again power consumption is one thing, the other thing you have to decide is how long do you want to be able to operate on battery power? do you want just enough time to shut down everything (15min or so), in that case it would be unlikely (and unadviced...) that you consume the full 1000W all the way to 0% UPS battery

  • Daily Driver : Ryzen 5 3600 - Aorus Ultra Gaming x470 - Strix RTX2070 - MSI Ventus V2 RTX2080 - (4x16Gb) HyperX Fury Black 3200MHz - Corsair Carbide 300r
  • HTPC : FX-8350 - Asus Sabertooth 990Fx rev2.0 - 2x Asus GTX660Ti - (4x4Gb) Corsair Vengeance - Scratch built oak and walnut chassi
  • NAS (Unraid) : Ryzen 3 3200G - Asus Prime B450-A - (2x4Gb) HyperX Fury Black 3200MHz - 3 x Seagate IronWolf 4tb - 500gb SSD cache drive - Scratch build IronWolf themed case
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At the end I bought a 1400VA APC UPS. Yes, the Mac Pro doesn't consume 700W, but 250W-300W. The iMac consume more or less 150W.

Thanks to everybody

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