Help
  • Explore Community
  • Get Started
  • Ask the Community
  • How-To & Best Practices
  • Contact Support
Notifications
Login / Register
Community
Community
Notifications
close
  • Forums
  • Knowledge Center
  • Events & Webinars
  • Ideas
  • Blogs
Help
Help
  • Explore Community
  • Get Started
  • Ask the Community
  • How-To & Best Practices
  • Contact Support
Login / Register
Sustainability
Sustainability

Join our "Ask Me About" community webinar on May 20th at 9 AM CET and 5 PM CET to explore cybersecurity and monitoring for Data Center and edge IT. Learn about market trends, cutting-edge technologies, and best practices from industry experts.
Register and secure your Critical IT infrastructure

Back-Ups BR900 and max power supply size

APC UPS for Home and Office Forum

Support forum to share knowledge about installation and configuration of APC offers including Home Office UPS, Surge Protectors, UTS, software and services.

cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results forย 
Showย ย onlyย  | Search instead forย 
Did you mean:ย 
  • Home
  • Schneider Electric Community
  • APC UPS, Critical Power, Cooling and Racks
  • APC UPS for Home and Office Forum
  • Back-Ups BR900 and max power supply size
Options
  • Subscribe to RSS Feed
  • Mark Topic as New
  • Mark Topic as Read
  • Float this Topic for Current User
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Mute
  • Printer Friendly Page
Invite a Co-worker
Send a co-worker an invite to the portal.Just enter their email address and we'll connect them to register. After joining, they will belong to the same company.
You have entered an invalid email address. Please re-enter the email address.
This co-worker has already been invited to the Exchange portal. Please invite another co-worker.
Please enter email address
Send Invite Cancel
Invitation Sent
Your invitation was sent.Thanks for sharing Exchange with your co-worker.
Send New Invite Close
Top Experts
User Count
BillP
Administrator BillP Administrator
2151
Teken
Spock Teken
99
voidstar_apc
Janeway voidstar_apc
83
View All

Invite a Colleague

Found this content useful? Share it with a Colleague!

Invite a Colleague Invite
Solved Go to Solution
Back to APC UPS for Home and Office Forum
Solved
Anonymous user
Not applicable

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 10:59 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

0 Likes
4
826
  • Mark as New
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Mute
  • Subscribe to RSS Feed
  • Permalink
  • Print
  • Email to a Friend
  • Report Inappropriate Content

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 10:59 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

Back-Ups BR900 and max power supply size

Hi, I have a BR900 and want to upgrade my power supply. The UPS says is rated a 540watts and the power supply I'm looking at is the Corsair 520HX (520W). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001

In the battery backup side of the BR900, I will have my computer, LCD monitor, DSL modem and a Vonage VOIP unit plugged in. I rarely max out the CPU unless I'm stress testing. Please help me figure out if this power supply will work as I finally found it at a good price.

Thanks

Labels
  • Labels:
  • Back-UPS & Surge Protectors
Reply

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

  • All forum topics
  • Previous Topic
  • Next Topic

Accepted Solutions
Anonymous user
Not applicable

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 11:00 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

0 Likes
0
826
  • Mark as New
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Mute
  • Subscribe to RSS Feed
  • Permalink
  • Print
  • Email to a Friend
  • Report Inappropriate Content

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 11:00 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

The Q6600's do get a little warm :). For cooling I'm using a Xigmatek HDT S1283.

As far as the UPS goes, it appears that I will have to stick with my current PSU and 3.0GHz overclock for a while. The UPS models that you suggested are nice but they are out of my price range. I just bought my BR900 this year to compliment my new (first build) computer so it will have to last me a while.

Thanks for you help and your time. Your are real champ!

Regards,
balloonshark

See Answer In Context

Reply

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Replies 4
BillP
Administrator BillP Administrator
Administrator

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 10:59 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

0 Likes
0
826
  • Mark as New
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Mute
  • Subscribe to RSS Feed
  • Permalink
  • Print
  • Email to a Friend
  • Report Inappropriate Content

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 10:59 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

Hello:

I agree that your 520W power supply should never go even close to 520 Watts. 520 is of course the MAX that that power supply is capable of. Of course this depends on what components you have in it (number of CPU's, number of hard drives, disc drives, video cards, etc. etc.) as well as the load as you mentioned. As for the other devices, I would double check the max wattage of those as well; I would guess, though, that all of those other devices put together would be well under ~100W...probably less.

If you are just upgrading the power supply in your computer and no other components, you will see little to no increase in power draw.

With that said, in my personal opinion, this unit should be plenty to support what you have. Just to give you an example, my home PC has a 450W power supply and actually normally draws under 100W. Again, this does depend on exactly what is in your PC, though, as well as exact wattages of your other devices.

Hope this helps!


Thanks.

Reply

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Anonymous user
Not applicable

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 10:59 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

0 Likes
0
826
  • Mark as New
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Mute
  • Subscribe to RSS Feed
  • Permalink
  • Print
  • Email to a Friend
  • Report Inappropriate Content

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 10:59 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

Thanks for your reply CMFR. According to APC PowerChute, my system idles at 118W and I think it loads at around 250W. It's a Q6600 quad core which I have overclocked to 3.0GHz at stock volts. I was wanting to eventually go higher and add a better graphics card. Currently I'm using an Nvidia 8500GT.

I'm really thinking that the 520W power supply might not work now as it has Active Power Factor Correction. The PDF in the link below says a high wattage power supply with active PFC might not work with some APC models. I would like confirmation on this though as the article is a little technical for me.
http://www.apcc.com/prod_docs/results.cfm?DocType=App%20Note&Query_Type=3&Value=23

My current power supply is an Antec EarthWatts 380W and I have a feeling it's keeping me from overclocking further. I've been waiting for the 520W power supply to go on sale for a long time so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know. The sale is over in about 6 hours.

Thanks

Edit: According to this page which live chat pointed me to, It might not work. http://nam-en.apc.com/cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=8883

Message was edited by: balloonshark

Reply

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

BillP
Administrator BillP Administrator
Administrator

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 10:59 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

0 Likes
0
826
  • Mark as New
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Mute
  • Subscribe to RSS Feed
  • Permalink
  • Print
  • Email to a Friend
  • Report Inappropriate Content

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 10:59 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

Sounds like you got some fun plans for this system! Being somewhat of an overclocking fan myself, I hope you have some hefty cooling!

Relating to your question, though, that is the exact article I was about to post, until I finished reading. ๐Ÿ˜‰ That article sums the issue up pretty well. If you do end up upgrading your power supply, though, and would like a UPS that will definitely support that Active PFC power supply, you could look into something from Smart-UPS line (excluding the Smart-UPS SC line, as the aforementioned mentions). Perhaps the SUA750 or the SUA1000. These units output a pure sine wave all the time, with a much faster transfer time (2-4ms).

If you decide to eventually go for that, you can save a few bucks on a new UPS if you trade in your current one; more info here:
http://buy.apc.com/commerce/storefronts/tradeups/tradein.aspx?storefrontcode=apcetu&countrycode=us&l...

Let us know if you've got anymore questions about all that, though! ...and let us know how everything works out with your PC. I wish you the best with the overclocking!

Reply

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Anonymous user
Not applicable

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 11:00 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

0 Likes
0
827
  • Mark as New
  • Bookmark
  • Subscribe
  • Mute
  • Subscribe to RSS Feed
  • Permalink
  • Print
  • Email to a Friend
  • Report Inappropriate Content

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Posted: โ€Ž2021-06-28 11:00 PM . Last Modified: โ€Ž2024-03-22 04:29 AM

The Q6600's do get a little warm :). For cooling I'm using a Xigmatek HDT S1283.

As far as the UPS goes, it appears that I will have to stick with my current PSU and 3.0GHz overclock for a while. The UPS models that you suggested are nice but they are out of my price range. I just bought my BR900 this year to compliment my new (first build) computer so it will have to last me a while.

Thanks for you help and your time. Your are real champ!

Regards,
balloonshark

Reply

Link copied. Please paste this link to share this article on your social media post.

Preview Exit Preview

never-displayed

You must be signed in to add attachments

never-displayed

ย 
To The Top!

Forums

  • APC UPS Data Center Backup Solutions
  • EcoStruxure IT
  • EcoStruxure Geo SCADA Expert
  • Metering & Power Quality
  • Schneider Electric Wiser

Knowledge Center

Events & webinars

Ideas

Blogs

Get Started

  • Ask the Community
  • Community Guidelines
  • Community User Guide
  • How-To & Best Practice
  • Experts Leaderboard
  • Contact Support
Brand-Logo
Subscribing is a smart move!
You can subscribe to this board after you log in or create your free account.
Forum-Icon

Create your free account or log in to subscribe to the board - and gain access to more than 10,000+ support articles along with insights from experts and peers.

Register today for FREE

Register Now

Already have an account? Login

Terms & Conditions Privacy Notice Change your Cookie Settings ยฉ 2025 Schneider Electric

This is a heading

With achievable small steps, users progress and continually feel satisfaction in task accomplishment.

Usetiful Onboarding Checklist remembers the progress of every user, allowing them to take bite-sized journeys and continue where they left.

of