Looking for a UPS system

Funnygibbon · March 2

Currently it’s the time of month where there can be many power outages or surges. I want to get an ups for my pc. Know any good recommendations? My pc has a 750W power supply.

manikyath · March 2

28 minutes ago, Funnygibbon said:

My pc has a 750W power supply.

irrelevant. what is the actual power draw of your entire setup (i presume you want your displays on the UPS as well, for example)

easiest way to determine how big you need to buy is to buy one of those cheapy plug-in-the-wall wattmeters, and measure the power draw while doing whatever is the heaviest load you expect to see.

then we do some math..

- you double that wattage, because realisticly those 'desktop' UPS units have pretty much zero battery life at anything over 50% load

- you then round up to the nearest available size (if there's a 500, 750, and 1200 watt model and you test 300 watts, you go for the 750 watt one)

past that, my go-to suggestion is APC back-ups pro, because that is what is available here..