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UPS recommendations home/gaming PC in 2025?

UPS are very simple. for the average* gamer, they would want go get the CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD: https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/ups/pfc-sinewave/cp1500pfclcd/

but the rule of thumb, no matter what UPS you purchase, the minimum requirement is to make sure it's supported wattage matches or exceeds the wattage of your PSU and all other devices you intend to connect to it.

also, you never connect printers, speakers, amplifiers, etc. to a UPS; well, the surge protect outlets are fine, but not the battery backup.

*average being defined by those that have a gaming PC with a PSU that does not exceed 900w, as there are very few 1500VA UPS that support more. there are a few, which are 2 or 3x the price of the recommended above, that peak at 1050w.

source - me, a guy that's been selling them for 17 years.
 
Marzipan said:
UPS are very simple. for the average* gamer, they would want go get the CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD: https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/ups/pfc-sinewave/cp1500pfclcd/

but the rule of thumb, no matter what UPS you purchase, the minimum requirement is to make sure it's supported wattage matches or exceeds the wattage of your PSU and all other devices you intend to connect to it.

also, you never connect printers, speakers, amplifiers, etc. to a UPS; well, the surge protect outlets are fine, but not the battery backup.

*average being defined by those that have a gaming PC with a PSU that does not exceed 900w, as there are very few 1500VA UPS that support more. there are a few, which are 2 or 3x the price of the recommended above, that peak at 1050w.

source - me, a guy that's been selling them for 17 years.
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Why? I was going to get one for my tv and stereo.
 
Jokester said:
How long does the router/modem stay up?
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sswilson said:
I get a little over 2hrs on a 1500/900W model.
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I need to take a quick network downtime to improve that a bit.

Now that I've got a CG Fiber with a POE port powering one of my APs I can move my Enterprise 8 PoE over to a non-backup outlet which will power down both that and the second AP during a power failure. That will leave me powering ONT, switch (WAN splitter), CG-F w/ PoE powered AP, and the rogers router (needed for land line).
 
crazyea said:
Why? I was going to get one for my tv and stereo.
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the TV should be fine, but stereos inrush and sustained current will overload most UPS and cause them to fault. of course, there will be some exceptions. that said, UPS are not for running a device when power goes out, they're for stopping them from sudden power loss so you can shut down and turn them off safely. now, if you have a 2000VA or higher UPS, you have more options, but for them you need at minimum, a 20A circuit. and those UPS, get spensif very fast! I just sold two 3000VA 120v / 30A UPS for a communication stack on Wednesday and that ran them close to $7K.
 
Marzipan said:
the TV should be fine, but stereos inrush and sustained current will overload most UPS and cause them to fault. of course, there will be some exceptions. that said, UPS are not for running a device when power goes out, they're for stopping them from sudden power loss so you can shut down and turn them off safely. now, if you have a 2000VA or higher UPS, you have more options, but for them you need at minimum, a 20A circuit. and those UPS, get spensif very fast! I just sold two 3000VA 120v / 30A UPS for a communication stack on Wednesday and that ran them close to $7K.
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I'd disagree with this statement. ;)

While it's true that most consumer grade UPS models aren't designed to keep high wattage devices powered on for longer than it takes to safely shut them down (I have a small(ish) one on my Unraid server for this purpose), they're perfectly fine for keeping relatively low wattage devices running for an extended period of time during a full power failure.

I get 2hrs+ worth of internet + landline phone out of a 1500VA/900W unit.
 
you’re both right but the note of inrush current or sustained power draw is also something that needs to be seriously considered when sizing.

I have the 1500VA cyber power PFC ups and it alarms when I am running under full load due to the power draw. Idle/gaming fine. But when running LLM it alarms. So now I am direct on wall until the EcoFlow arrives.
 
@sswilson I didn't say they can't be used to run something for sustained periods. just that they are not designed for that.

there are circumstances where installing a generator as failover isn't feasible, but every time I've had a project where this was how the UPS' would be used, our reps stress that's operating them out of spec.
 
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