Inconsistent load on UPS with Gaming Computer

[BeefBrothBoi]

Hello, 

 

I just recently built a gaming PC, I will post specs below. After about a month, my apartment building had a power surge and the motherboard/PSU stopped working. I replaced them and bought a UPS to protect my PC for the future. I originally bought a 600VA/300W UPS from APC and went back to gaming. When playing a normal game of Valhiem it started beeping and the software indicated it was due to exceeding the load on the unit (Said I was using +300W). I thought this was my mistake and that I had bought too small of a unit and replaced it with a 1500VA/900W UPS also from APC, but now I haven't seen the load go over 54W (using HWinfo64 to monitor). 

 

Specs:

AMD Ryzen 7600X

ASUS TUF 4070Ti OC Edition

32 Gigs DDR5 6000 GSkill Ripjaws

ASUS Strix B650E-F Wifi

2x WD Black SSD's 

Corsair RM850X PSU

 

Was my original assumption that the beeping was due to exceeding the output correct? Or was it due to my buildings power being wonky? 

 

Any help is appreciated! Thank you so much!

Broth Boi

[manikyath]

a 300W unit isnt gonna run your pc off battery either way, it'll just murder the battery trying to.

 

as for the load supposedly being only 54 watts, at idle maybe.. but while gaming that's just wrong.

[BeefBrothBoi]

3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

a 300W unit isnt gonna run your pc off battery either way, it'll just murder the battery trying to.

 

as for the load supposedly being only 54 watts, at idle maybe.. but while gaming that's just wrong.

Thank you, I will investigate why that may be the case. Even while running benchmarks (3D Mark Time Spy & RD2 Benchmark) it was only ever 54. 

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, BeefBrothBoi said:

Thank you, I will investigate why that may be the case. Even while running benchmarks (3D Mark Time Spy & RD2 Benchmark) it was only ever 54. 

it's just not giving a decent reading then.

[191x7]

The mentioned system should be drawing between 400W and 450W from the UPS under load, add 35-60W for the monitor (for each monitor) and a few W for other peripherals.

Does the UPS not have an load indicator?

[BeefBrothBoi]

5 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

The mentioned system should be drawing between 400W and 450W from the UPS under load, add 35-60W for the monitor (for each monitor) and a few W for other peripherals.

Does the UPS not have an load indicator?

It does, it has a screen on the UPS that is confirming what HWinfo is saying that its only 54W. I am wondering if the 54W it is reading is just my two monitors and its not reading my PC at all. The manual does not saying anything about any outlets that are excluded from the load reading (which wouldnt make sense to begin with).

[BeefBrothBoi]

11 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

The mentioned system should be drawing between 400W and 450W from the UPS under load, add 35-60W for the monitor (for each monitor) and a few W for other peripherals.

Does the UPS not have an load indicator?

It does, it has a screen on the UPS that is confirming what HWinfo is saying that its only 54W. I am wondering if the 54W it is reading is just my two monitors and its not reading my PC at all. The manual does not saying anything about any outlets that are excluded from the load reading (which wouldnt make sense to begin with).

 

EDIT: I have figured it out, I have the outlets switched. I had my monitors plugged into the battery and the PC was just plugged into surge. I thought I had already checked this but obv didnt do a good enough job. Thank you for your help!

[manikyath]

2 hours ago, BeefBrothBoi said:

 

EDIT: I have figured it out, I have the outlets switched. I had my monitors plugged into the battery and the PC was just plugged into surge. I thought I had already checked this but obv didnt do a good enough job. Thank you for your help!

been there, done that, and didnt think of that at all.