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if you go to APC's website, they say that most UPS's are rated for time under a minimum wattage draw of say 200W... they give you the option of seeing how long the UPS will last under a full load, and even give you the option of changing the amount of wattage for your PSU. For a 600W PSU, the UPS they suggest to last you over 5+ minutes, is 960VA, and costs $189. The other UPS's for around $99, probably won't last 5+ minutes if your drawing a full 600W

Heres the link to check it out for yourself
http://www.apcc.com/products/category.cfm?id=13&subid=5

 
Originally posted by: Blain
Won't take much for 5 minutes, but More Is Better.
The CyberPower 800VA would serve you well.
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Hehe, I was just going to suggest this exact UPS. I bought one a couple of days ago. Just moved to brooklyn and have had a outage for a second or 2. So I said UPS time and got the cyberpower. Works great.
 
No, it is not out of the question.
It is like everything else. You do not just pay for the unit. You also pay for service if something goes wrong. The battery dies after about 2 years anyway! APC is well-known and they will take care of you to make sure that their reputation does not suffer.

If you get an APC, you can look it up on their site and find its run-time chart to see how long it should run for a given load for example 100W. Then, you can load it with a 100W lamp and measure how long it lasts. If it is any shorter just give them a call and they will send you another one and pay for shipping both ways.
 
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/APC-UPS-...atOid/-13011/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

This is a sample unit for a typical home PC. But, it all depends on what you have in your PC, how many hard drives, what graphics card, what monitor, how many optical drives, etc. That's why you should use the selector on the APC site.

The unit I have linked is not even on sale and it is in your price range. if you keep looking, you will find sales so you can get it for even cheaper. But, you may have to wait.
 
Your system doesn't draw 500watts. That's just the PSU rating. It probably runs anywhere from the 150 watts that someone else suggested to a bit over 200watts on average. For 5 minute of run time, provided you don't put too much non-essential stuff on it, you won't need that big of a UPS.

I vote for APC... I had an exceptional support experience with them when my 1500 failed, 11 months into the 12 month warranty. They sent me an advance replacement, Brand New.... and of course with new batteries. It was so easy.

 
My cyberpower has a 3 yr warranty and the battery is claimed to last 3-6 years. Not bad for a sub 100 ups.
 
The Tripplite has more juice and it's a nice UPS at a killer price. I use the CyberPower 800AVR that people keep recommending in this thread and it works like a champ. The software is really nice too and it shows you the total wattage of the devices that are connected to it.
 
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