Getting arround bad power

[Samusasuke]

So, my brothers have a gaming pc, and the power at their house is very dirty, which is causing the computer to reboot. here are the logical steps for my conclusion:

the pc does just fine in my apartment( different part of town): furmark with prime95 without a hitch, and full pass of memtes86 with 0 errors. Temps are also well under control never reaching 80C on cpu or gpu. In my appartment I can lanuch and play every game and stress test at any time, never had a problem. 

In their house however, it reboots in somewhat random moments, but following this patterns: much more likelly to reboot in the afternoon and night (grid peak times) almost never morning. Only reboots when gaming. The difference between my appartment and their house is consistent

My conclusion is that the difference causing this discrepancy is the power, since I live in a central part of town and they in the suburbs. So there are 2 questions that come up, two possible solutions.

Since you are already wondering: the computer has a VS450W from corsair. its absolutely more than enough for the B360M mobo, I3-9100f, gtx 1650 super

 

It might be the case that the current power supply is built in spec, but the power at my home is just so bad no power supply was supposed to handle it. It also might be the case I have a slight lemmon. I know bettter power suppliers can provide beter stability, but can they also handle worth power? The power supply is still under warranty, but can it be actually bad if it works in my apartment

 

The final question is: if you had a US$100 budget to fix the problem, would you flip the current psu to get a better one, or just get a decent 600VA UPS?

Also, since I dont really know how UPS works, I'd like to know if for this I'd need an online one, and if it would actually help deliver cleaner power. I know for people like audiophiles clean power might be vbery important so there should be a solution

[Prodigy_Smit]

3 minutes ago, Samusasuke said:

or just get a decent 600VA UPS?

I would do this if the PSU only has a problem at his house.

[Samusasuke]

1 minute ago, Smit Devrukhkar said:

I would do this if the PSU only has a problem at his house.

It really is. Launching games there reboots sometimes instantly sometimes in less than 10 minutes. They say its always fine in the mornings, but afternoons and evenings make it harder. The question becomes: if I was sure to have a godtier perfectly built to spec power supply, could it still reboot there? if so, ups is better choice, if not, psu upgrade is possibly

[TehDwonz]

12 minutes ago, Samusasuke said:

It really is. Launching games there reboots sometimes instantly sometimes in less than 10 minutes. They say its always fine in the mornings, but afternoons and evenings make it harder. The question becomes: if I was sure to have a godtier perfectly built to spec power supply, could it still reboot there? if so, ups is better choice, if not, psu upgrade is possibly

To be honest, a UPS is a wise purchase anyway, even if you don't have unreliable power.

[Prodigy_Smit]

2 minutes ago, Samusasuke said:

if I was sure to have a godtier perfectly built to spec power supply, could it still reboot there? if so, ups is better choice, if not, psu upgrade is possibly

It could I really can't tell you how bad the power is there. A ups is a good investment anyway just like @TehDwonz said.

[Samusasuke]

So, I'm really leaning towards a UPS. Now question is wheter I need an online one. Also, for just the pc, would a 600VA be enough (its what the psu calculator recomends). I know online psus are better for some application because of the percet sine wave, but if I just want slighly cleaner power for power dips, not brown outs, does an UPS actually help?