Recommend a surge protector

[t-scene]

Looking for a good surge protector to plug my 2k plus gaming rig into.

 

Any recommendations?

[lukky211111]

Looking for a good surge protector to plug my 2k plus gaming rig into.

 

Any recommendations?

get a UPS. check out some on amazon like the cyberpower UPS's on amazon.

[Enderman]

If you have a $2+k rig you should have a good quality PSU.

If you have a good quality PSU then it already has surge protection.

[Redsun20]

Also, APC is a VERY good brand for UPS's

[t-scene]

If you have a $2+k rig you should have a good quality PSU.

If you have a good quality PSU then it already has surge protection.

Seasonic platinum. Still like the added piece of mind for the monitor and everything else on the desk

[LongbowX404]

UPS's do not generally provide Surge Protection for units. Some will have a little bit, but not tons.

I would recommend the APC 3020J Surge Protector.

It's currently protecting my X99 Build.  

[lukky211111]

Also, APC is a VERY good brand for UPS's

can confirm i wokr as a manager at a grocery store and we use their UPS's everywhere on every computer, and server.

[westom]

can confirm i wokr as a manager at a grocery store and we use their UPS's everywhere on every computer, and server.

So you have a UPS to do what?  I have knots in my wires.  That proves knots do surge protection?  Of course not.  Does not matter what one observes.  Without first learning basic concepts, then observation creates junk science reasoning.

 

Another notes a reality.  Electronic power supplies already have robust surge protection.  Protection also needed for 'dirty' power that comes from a UPS in battery backup mode.  UPS function is temporary and 'dirty' power during a balckout.  It does not do and does not claim to protect from destructive surges.

 

Destructive surges are hundreds of thousands of joules.  How many joules does that recommended APC claim to absorb?  Hundreds?  A thousand?  Why would anyone recommend a near zero surge protector?  Because hearsay and wild speculation has replaced honest knowledge.

 

Best surge protector is part of a system that makes hundreds of thousands of joules irrrelevant.  IOW the 'whole house' solution (that typically costs about $1 per protected appliance) is a best solution that is also many times less expensive.  Then protection already inside every appliance is not overwhelmed.

 

Less resonsible companies such as APC do not provide these.  Companies with better integrity are Square D, Polyphaser (an indudstry benchmark), Siemens, Ditek, Intermatic, Delta, Levition, Syscom, ABB, and General Electric.  A Cutler-Hammer solution sells in Lowes and Home Depot.  And in every case, the proven solution has a dedicated wire for the always essential low impedance (ie 'less than 10 foot') connection to what is even more important: single point earth ground.

 

  APC avoids discussing any of this.  And will not say where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate.

[the pokemon kid]

Why are people talking about UPS's if he has asked about a surge protector? There is a vast price difference between these.

 

Get yourself a Belkin Surge protector. I use these:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Surge-Protector-4-Way-Cable/dp/B00008Z9Y2