[chadfree] Re: Picking a UPS

I was doing flatline math *lol* ... This is not exactly a mainstream system
though Tom ... 3 harddrives, to be 4 eventually ... one heck of a hungry
graphics card ... lotsa fans ... and this sony monitor uses a little more
power than average cuz it's an E (they go C, E, and G ... the higher the
letter, the more "pro", and the bigger the consumption)

I was looking at APC's site ... and they say about 5 mins on the CS 500 ...
with 79% load (calculated from what I offered their app) ...

My only goal with this is avoid loosing data ... I don't care if the line
drops out ... I just don't wanna get another memory corruption...

But thx ... now I just have to find the money ... freight is freaking
expensive for such a thing...


Rene

Documented research indicates that on Sun, 30 May 2004 10:20:17 -0400, T.
Hunt wrote about "[chadfree] Re: Picking a UPS":

>Rene--
>
>If all you're going to do is run the system and the monitor, you can get 
>by with a smaller unit.  Depending on your monitor, a 500VA UPS should 
>be plenty adequate to keep things up for 5 minutes. (A 2500VA unit would 
>be considered serious overkill.) I just bought an APC ES 500VA Battery 
>Backup for $42US for an AMD XP2200+ system and a 17" monitor.  It comes 
>with a USB interface that, in conjunction with APC's Powerchute 
>software, will safely shut the machine down if the power fails or drops 
>for more than a few moments.
>
>I have had good experience with APC and would rate them the top in UPS 
>protection.  They have a connected equipment warranty that is also very 
>good and which they have, in my experience, always honored.
>
>There are also Tripplite and Belkin but I have no direct experience with 
>them, but hear they are considered good products.
>
>Tom

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