Posted December 5, 2013 I need to buy a ups for my pc, ill be using th ecorsair AX 860 w psu, plan i buying the APC BR1500G UPS. I read that i need a UPS with pf correction to be compatible with it. Can any one tell me if this is true or will the ups work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2013 you mean a PSU? Case: Corsair 460X RGB bby, CPU: I5 8600K, Motherboard: MSI B360M PRO-VDH, RAM: 8GB Hyper X 2400MHz , Graphics Card: GTX1060 6GB, PSU: Corsair RM750x, Cooler: BEQuiet! Pure Rock Slim SSD: Kingston 240GB, HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2013 you mean a PSU? no a UPS is different, it stands for Uninteruptable Power Supply. now i just need to figure out what it does... AMD FX 8350 8-Core CPU (Stock 4GHz) | Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 | (Rev. 4.0) | 8GB 1600MHz HyperX Fury | AMD R9 270 (MSI Gaming OC Edition) | NZXT H440 (White) | Kingston 120GB SSDnow V300 | Seagate Barracuda 1TB (7200 RPM) | Corsair RM750m 750w Fully Modular Power Supply Dell 23.6-Inch 1080p 60hz IPS Display | Corsair H100i AIO Liquid Cooler | Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard | Logitech G502 Proteus Core | iSymphony Wireless Stereo Speakers | Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2013 no a UPS is different, it stands for Uninteruptable Power Supply. now i just need to figure out what it does... Oh its for back up power its like a PSU and a huge battery in case of power cuts and stuff Case: Corsair 460X RGB bby, CPU: I5 8600K, Motherboard: MSI B360M PRO-VDH, RAM: 8GB Hyper X 2400MHz , Graphics Card: GTX1060 6GB, PSU: Corsair RM750x, Cooler: BEQuiet! Pure Rock Slim SSD: Kingston 240GB, HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2013 Oh its for back up power its like a PSU and a huge battery in case of power cuts and stuff ok, that's what i suspected. in regard to the original post, here is a ups that is quite well reviewed, ive never used one, so i dont know how well it works but it looks pretty good. http://www.amazon.com/APC-BE550G-Back-UPS-Outlet-550VA/dp/B0019804U8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1386280124&sr=1-1 AMD FX 8350 8-Core CPU (Stock 4GHz) | Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 | (Rev. 4.0) | 8GB 1600MHz HyperX Fury | AMD R9 270 (MSI Gaming OC Edition) | NZXT H440 (White) | Kingston 120GB SSDnow V300 | Seagate Barracuda 1TB (7200 RPM) | Corsair RM750m 750w Fully Modular Power Supply Dell 23.6-Inch 1080p 60hz IPS Display | Corsair H100i AIO Liquid Cooler | Logitech G710+ Mechanical Gaming Keyboard | Logitech G502 Proteus Core | iSymphony Wireless Stereo Speakers | Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2013 Author ok, that's what i suspected. in regard to the original post, here is a ups that is quite well reviewed, ive never used one, so i dont know how well it works but it looks pretty good. http://www.amazon.com/APC-BE550G-Back-UPS-Outlet-550VA/dp/B0019804U8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1386280124&sr=1-1 The power is too small on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2013 You want the wattage of the ups to me equal to or greater than your psu UPDATED An enthusiasts guide to video feat. MPC-HC + madVR | NEW UPDATE Supertower Build Log: Anthrax 8.0 ~ 02/21 - Follow! Build Logs: Anthrax (2016.02.14) | Chibi PC (2014.09.22) | ThePylon (2015.10.26) | Mystery Build #4 (????.??.??) | Mystery Build #5 (????.??.??) The HID Liberator: A Cherry MX Mechanical Keyboard Build Log | A Simple Mod: Silencing the EVGA 750Ti FTW w/ ACX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2013 Also dont cheap out and buy a modified sine wave ups make sure you buy a pure sine wave one. Tp-link had some decently priced ones last time I looked. UPDATED An enthusiasts guide to video feat. MPC-HC + madVR | NEW UPDATE Supertower Build Log: Anthrax 8.0 ~ 02/21 - Follow! Build Logs: Anthrax (2016.02.14) | Chibi PC (2014.09.22) | ThePylon (2015.10.26) | Mystery Build #4 (????.??.??) | Mystery Build #5 (????.??.??) The HID Liberator: A Cherry MX Mechanical Keyboard Build Log | A Simple Mod: Silencing the EVGA 750Ti FTW w/ ACX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2013 Author Also dont cheap out and buy a modified sine wave ups make sure you buy a pure sine wave one. Tp-link had some decently priced ones last time I looked. Thanks, can u link me to one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 18, 2013 Thanks, can u link me to one? yea sorry here ya go http://goo.gl/bUF1ew i think i actually meant cyberpower not tp-link, my bad http://goo.gl/PbRWB1 UPDATED An enthusiasts guide to video feat. MPC-HC + madVR | NEW UPDATE Supertower Build Log: Anthrax 8.0 ~ 02/21 - Follow! Build Logs: Anthrax (2016.02.14) | Chibi PC (2014.09.22) | ThePylon (2015.10.26) | Mystery Build #4 (????.??.??) | Mystery Build #5 (????.??.??) The HID Liberator: A Cherry MX Mechanical Keyboard Build Log | A Simple Mod: Silencing the EVGA 750Ti FTW w/ ACX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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