UPSs and high watt PSU

[RawenX]

Blackouts and Power out surges are unpredictable, so its a must to buys a UPS, but as gamers use high wattage PSUs finding the right UPS is tricky, also is it nessasary to use a UPS?

[Howlingwolf101]

2 minutes ago, RawenX said:

Blackouts and Power out surges are unpredictable, so its a must to buys a UPS, but as gamers use high wattage PSUs finding the right UPS is tricky, also is it nessasary to use a UPS?

unless you have critical systems running such as servers or hospital equipment, a UPS isn't necessary, just use a power strip with power surge protection. It isn't a MUST buy item, it just gives you the luxury to save and shut down your computer. Personally I just use a surge protector.

[ThreePhaseLoad]

Sizing one is not too hard. My personal system has a 1000W PSU but I could easily get away with a 650W UPS. This is because my system doesn't come close to drawing the amount of power my PSU can provide. Though unless you live in an area where blackouts or brownouts are common then a really good surge protector should be good enough.

[RawenX]

2 minutes ago, Howlingwolf101 said:

unless you have critical systems running such as servers or hospital equipment, a UPS isn't necessary, just use a power strip with power surge protection. It isn't a MUST buy item, it just gives you the luxury to save and shut down your computer. Personally I just use a surge protector.

But when there are unexpected power downs of the system it could damage the HDD, like if they were in the middle of a write cycle

[2FA]

4 minutes ago, Howlingwolf101 said:

unless you have critical systems running such as servers or hospital equipment, a UPS isn't necessary, just use a power strip with power surge protection. It isn't a MUST buy item, it just gives you the luxury to save and shut down your computer. Personally I just use a surge protector.

Surge protectors don't protect from a brownout though.

[Howlingwolf101]

1 minute ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

Surge protectors don't protect from a brownout though.

touche. 

[RawenX]

6 minutes ago, ThreePhaseLoad said:

Sizing one is not too hard. My personal system has a 1000W PSU but I could easily get away with a 650W UPS. This is because my system doesn't come close to drawing the amount of power my PSU can provide. Though unless you live in an area where blackouts or brownouts are common then a really good surge protector should be good enough.

What happens if your power supply does draws 1000w from the UPS?

[MrKickkiller]

1 minute ago, RawenX said:

What happens if your power supply does draws 1000w from the UPS?

Well then you need a ups capable of providing those 1000VA's. VA == W

[Howlingwolf101]

4 minutes ago, RawenX said:

But when there are unexpected power downs of the system it could damage the HDD, like if they were in the middle of a write cycle

thank god for system repair then. You obviously feel like you need a UPS if so take your PSU's wattage and times it by 1.6 and that the Volts Amperage you should use for your UPS. (at least that's what my computers professor says)

[l_zheng101]

Unless your running like a NAS or some kinda of server storing critical data any UPS should be fine. 

[ThreePhaseLoad]

5 minutes ago, RawenX said:

What happens if your power supply does draws 1000w from the UPS?

If my system was capable of pulling that much power I would need to size according to the power requirements of the hardware. PSU will not draw more than the other hardware needs.

 

Example of LTT PSU power draw

[W-L]

6 hours ago, RawenX said:

What happens if your power supply does draws 1000w from the UPS?

If you overload a UPS on battery backup it will trigger an over current protection usually giving it a constant tone from the unit, what are the specs of your system and things your planning on hooking up to it we can get a better idea of what you need for your use case.