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| Thread ID: 113957 | 2010-11-12 00:58:00 | Getting a UPS | dpDesignz (15919) | Press F1 |
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| 1152091 | 2010-11-12 00:58:00 | Ok so I'm looking at adding a UPS to my setup. Just something simple to the do the job. Mainly worried about my tower the most as I've been in a couple of power surge/losses over the past year. Is there a good one you would recommend? I Don't think I'll need anymore than 3 or 4 plugs. The rest I'll just run through my surge box. I am looking at getting the Eaton Powerware 5110 UPS 500VA (www.elive.co.nz) or the Dynamix 650VA UPS (www.elive.co.nz). Any suggestions? | dpDesignz (15919) | ||
| 1152092 | 2010-11-12 01:09:00 | It depends on how long you want your equipment to run when the power goes off and also what wattage all the equipment, that you want to connect to it, draws. The general rule is that you take the VA rating and * 0.6 to get the wattage that you can run off the UPS. EG: 500VA=300W, 650VA=390W So as you can see both those UPSs are pretty low powered, I would look at a 750VA at least. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1152093 | 2010-11-12 01:12:00 | It depends on the total power draw of your system, but personally I would go for an APC UPS. Probably a BackUPS CS 650 for a basic workstation, or a Smart-UPS 750 for anything reasonably serious. The Eaton product you've linked is, afaik, only rated up to 300W, and Dynamix, well, just bad personal experience. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1152094 | 2010-11-12 01:22:00 | I've used heaps of digitus stuff, cheap but seems to be pretty good value for money. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1152095 | 2010-11-12 02:53:00 | PC's use less power than most people think, best to measure your setup at the wall with a watt meter then work it out from there. On a modest Game machine my 300VA UPS gives me just enough time to shut down gracefully during a power cut. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1152096 | 2010-12-12 07:45:00 | I ended up with www.computerlounge.co.nz | dpDesignz (15919) | ||
| 1152097 | 2010-12-12 08:23:00 | My old Athlon 64 3700+ ran for about half an hour on a 300VA UPS which told me it was at 22% load, if I remember correctly. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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