need advise pls

Anonymous user · ‎2021-06-28

hi there i plan too buy a monster gaming pc core2 quad oc, 2*geforce 280 one of these card pump 236 watts at full load etc well im realy poor in electric things like watt volt ampere anyway i will use a 1000 or 1200 watts power suplies soo if im right i will need a back ups with same watts Output Power Capacity i hope no cause i seen only one and dam he too much expensive right now i have a APC BACK-UPS 1200VA 120V with a 600 watts power suplies and he rock stable no more low voltage that make my pc reset.

BillP · ‎2021-06-28

You are right - you need a minimum of what you draw from the UPS but you might want something a bit larger than your power supply incase you want to plug in other items, want more runtime, and to account for maybe a power factor corrected power supply. Having such a high end computer will require something like that.

1500VA model minimum is probably what you want to look at to be safe. Even that might be a little too small to get enough runtime.

If your PC cannot handle a step approximated sine wave, you probably want to look at our Smart UPS line which outputs a pure sine wave and is recommended for server class computers..

http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=165

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BillP · ‎2021-06-28

You are right - you need a minimum of what you draw from the UPS but you might want something a bit larger than your power supply incase you want to plug in other items, want more runtime, and to account for maybe a power factor corrected power supply. Having such a high end computer will require something like that.

1500VA model minimum is probably what you want to look at to be safe. Even that might be a little too small to get enough runtime.

If your PC cannot handle a step approximated sine wave, you probably want to look at our Smart UPS line which outputs a pure sine wave and is recommended for server class computers..

http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=165