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APCC UPS Help

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BG4533

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I currently live in a dorm at Ohio State and in the past 1 year that I have lived here I have gone through 3 PSUs due to power problems in the dorm i believe. I have just purchased a new PSU and decided I needed an UPS to protect it and the rest of my system. At the minimum, the UPS must protect my computer with a 430W PSU and a 19" monitor. As all of the UPS should provide plenty of backup time, I care more about better power protection. For roughly the same price I can get these 3 UPS, which would fit my needs best? APC SmartUPS 900 or BackUPS 1250 or BackUPS Pro 1000.
What is the difference between the 3 different lines of UPS?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Brian
 
I think your best bet is the UPS Pro. It offers Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR provides 'clean' power, compensating for sags or surges in power) while I don't believe the standard Back UPS does. I have used two models of the Back UPS Pro in an area that has pretty 'dirty' power and have had very good luck with them. I believe the Smart UPS has the added feature of shutting down an unattended system. If anyone finds my info incorrect, please point it out, as I only spent a brief amount of time researching this stuff.

Dave
 
Has anyone had any experience with Tripplite or Belkin UPS? How do they perform in relation to the APC ones?
 
Originally posted by: BG4533
Has anyone had any experience with Tripplite or Belkin UPS? How do they perform in relation to the APC ones?
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I'm using a Belkin - Universal UPS 800VA on my system. Our power is clean where I live and really only goes out when we have a major storm. The UPS keeps my system running for like 20mins and thats even with me surfing the net. 😉 I got it basicly for I won't lose my data I'm working on.

The UPS saved me from loosing my data many times all ready. Some times when the power-comany wants to work on the lines and turns off the power on you. lmao
 
Actually, they will all allow you to shutdown in a power crisis, using their software, some third party, or software built into the OS (2000/XP).

I'm running an APC BackUPS Pro because of the 'clean' power argument, a reasonable battery backup time, and it has ethernet (CAT5) protection. This should do everything you want.

The SmartUPS line is a souped up version with more conditioning, and more consistent output, but they usually run more expensive. It probably won't provide anything that you will see better than the BackUPS Pro.

🙂
 
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