UPS

[joshfrog]

Hi Guys

 

Can anyone recommend a good UPS after 1 for my desktop currently running an Intel 5930k and an Nvidia 970 but looking to upgrade to an RTX 2080 TI once its out.

Iv being looking at a CyberPower OLS1500ERT2U but if anyone has a better option or anything let me know.

 

Thanks

 

[W-L]

On 24/08/2018 at 5:21 AM, joshfrog said:

Hi Guys

 

Can anyone recommend a good UPS after 1 for my desktop currently running an Intel 5930k and an Nvidia 970 but looking to upgrade to an RTX 2080 TI once its out.

Iv being looking at a CyberPower OLS1500ERT2U but if anyone has a better option or anything let me know.

 

Thanks

 

Unless you have atrocious power quality from the main lines or have mission critical work that would be overkill for most applications. In general a regular line-interactive unit will fulfill most users needs to ensure there is power if there is an outage and provide enough time to save and turn off the systems. 

 

https://www.cyberpower.com/ph/en/product/sku/CP1500EPFCLCD

[Motifator]

That's indeed an overkill rack UPS designed for server usage and such. The one W-L linked to should be easily fine. It's pure sine-wave and is a quality unit.

[joshfrog]

thanks. i know its overkill but i do photoshop and premiere pro stuff on my desktop as well as gaming so id like time to be able to make sure i can save what I'm working on before power went out.

 

i have being looking at one for ages but just never got around to it but i saw in the news that my state could be effected by rolling blackouts this summer and given all my works computer based i don't want to risk my gear if it happens.

 

Thanks  

[Lady Fitzgerald]

The CyberPower CP1500EPFCLCD is actually more suited for your needs than the OLS1500ERT2U unless you have a rack mounted system (even then, it may be overkill). 

 

A quick explanation about UPS ratings. The input power rating is usually (if not always) rated in VA (VoltAmps). Because of something called power factor, the amount of voltage times current doesn't always result in the product as the amount of usuable wattage. The VA rating is a more accurate rating of how much load gets put on the wall outlet. However, the main reason the VA rating is higher than the output rating (the one in watts) is the UPS has circuitry that consumes some power but even more power has to be reserved for the battery charging circuit and for boosting low voltage situations without running down the batteries.

 

I've been using a CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD, the 120v version of the CP1500EPFCLCD, for almost three years now. It's still going strong and has yet to fail me. My power draw for my computer and the three monitors also hooked up to the UPS was around 325w to 375w (depending on what I was doing) and the runtime rarely dipped below 20 minutes. This should be well more than enough time to manually save your work. You can also connect the UPS to your computer via a USB cable that will allow the UPS to "tell" the computer to hibernate, another way to save your work, when you aren't around to safely shut down the computer manually if you experience an outage or excessive brownout.