Question UPS for my i9-9900K RTX2080Ti gaming PC

[tablespoon]

Hi, I am trying to calculate my UPS requirement. For a desktop PC with i9-9900K and RTX2080Ti, what is the recommended VA value for UPS?

 

[In2Photos]

Well that is a very open ended question. Maybe try using a calculator like this one: https://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/tools/ups_selector/

 

[JackMDS]

In our modern world this Thingi would be very useful.

https://www.amazon.com/Upgraded-Brighter-Consumption-Electricity-Protection/dp/B08ZD7YL54/

You plug it in and then plug to it whatever is the device that you want to know its Wattage consumption.

Use for the computer system and find out the value of the UPS that you need to buy.

 

[BoomerD]

Kill A Watt meter. I've had mine for nearly 20 years...still use it.

 

[dlerious]

I've been buying 1500W units for my desktops for a while. It's way overkill for some of them (only need 400W), the good thing with a bigger UPS is an increase in run time.

 

[Tech Junky]

What's the point of a UPS? Surge is what kills systems and if you're looking for uptime you need a nat gas generator.

 

[burninatortech4]

What's the point of a UPS? Surge is what kills systems and if you're looking for uptime you need a nat gas generator.

UPS have built in surge protection. Separate from that, they're very useful for frequent brown outs (I live in Hawaii). AVR corrects the voltage dips I see frequently. A UPS is basically mandatory where I live. A nat gas generator isn't an option on the third story of an apartment building.

@tablespoon 1) Use a kill-a-watt meter to get an idea of idle and loaded power usage on your connected devices. Then buy a unit that is at least 50% over that amount.

I recently purchased an EATON 5S1500LCD 1500VA 900W unit for my 660W Platinum PSU system (5950X + Vega 64). In addition I have my NAS (10W), 1 5-port switch, 1 raspberry pi, and my router/modem attached. All of the above maxes out around 600W (only briefly - sustained loads are closer to 450W) so I still have 300W of "space" on my UPS rating.