600va/360w UPS with PC consumption 450w . is this a problem ?

ALiAli123 · February 18, 2021

i have a PC with 750w psu this PC consumption 450w exactly , recently i buy a 600va/360w ups i didn't connect yet to the PC

so is it going to be a problem to my PC ?

camieabz · February 18, 2021

Depends on if you think the UPS is there to keep getting 450w from it. There's no way the PC will consume 450w when idling. The UPS should be there to stop a power cut, and let your system finish its tasks, so you don't lose data. Then you're supposed to shutdown the PC.

If you're gaming at 450w when the power cuts, it might be a problem.

akio123008 · February 18, 2021

45 minutes ago, ALiAli123 said:

600va/360w

I don't want to hijack this thread, but can I take this opportunity to ask why so many people seem to use this "VA = W x 2" number? (although in this case that's not quite the case, but still quite close)

To address the question; 600VA is enough to cover 450W. The power factor of a computer is easily 99%. You're fine.