discussion UPS recommendations home/gaming PC in 2025?

[Izerous]

I'm in BC. So it seems I must order online.

Battery world is a chain in Edmonton, there are a bunch of others that will have replacement batteries on hand.

 

[ZZLEE]

In Vancouver there is a " Battery World " . Look them up ??

 

[crazyea]

In Vancouver there is a " Battery World " . Look them up ??

Really? I checked on the website of the company you mentioned. I will try again. I was in a rush.

Edit: not really the kind of batteries I'm looking for. I can just ge them from Amazon.

 

[JD]

I've been running an EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus for my network gear + server since November now, at ~220w load it shows a bit over 2hr of runtime when running a battery test (when I first got it I did test this to be truthful). The estimate when it's on AC power though is entirely wrong (1d13h lol). Compared to my Eaton 5S 1000VA, it only says 51 minutes with a 85W load... or even my Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCDa that bounces between 26-40 minutes for a similar ~210w while posting this.

I mostly bought it to see how the LiFePO4 battery fairs compared to the typical SLA batteries in normal UPS's. Power is stable here so they don't ever really see much use.

Pricing doesn't look so great at the moment, but if you catch a decent sale, might be another idea. Upside would be if you did have a prolonged outage, you could move it from the PC to power the fridge or something instead (assuming you buy a big enough one).

 

[crazyea]

I've been running an EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus for my network gear + server since November now, at ~220w load it shows a bit over 2hr of runtime when running a battery test (when I first got it I did test this to be truthful). The estimate when it's on AC power though is entirely wrong (1d13h lol). Compared to my Eaton 5S 1000VA, it only says 51 minutes with a 85W load... or even my Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCDa that bounces between 26-40 minutes for a similar ~210w while posting this.

I mostly bought it to see how the LiFePO4 battery fairs compared to the typical SLA batteries in normal UPS's. Power is stable here so they don't ever really see much use.

Pricing doesn't look so great at the moment, but if you catch a decent sale, might be another idea. Upside would be if you did have a prolonged outage, you could move it from the PC to power the fridge or something instead (assuming you buy a big enough one).

My Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCDa. With a modem, router, voip, and my plex server at 13% load or 130w , I'm lucky if I get 5-10 minutes, even from new. So I just set the server to shut down. That way I can at least still get some internet.

 

[zoob]

I've been running an EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus for my network gear + server since November
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Pricing doesn't look so great at the moment, but if you catch a decent sale, might be another idea. Upside would be if you did have a prolonged outage, you could move it from the PC to power the fridge or something instead (assuming you buy a big enough one).

What is a good sale price?

Ecoflow has it on sale on ebay cheaper than Costco ATM.

River 3 Plus + EB300 $429

EcoFlow 572Wh Portable Power Station River 3 Plus with EB300 Extra Battery | eBay

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Costco has for $439.99

https://www.costco.ca/p/-/ecoflow-river-3-max-portable-power-station/4000359671

There was apparently a 'silent revision' that corrected some flaws in the output... only reason I'd be hesitatnt waiting for refurb sale.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ecoflow_community/comments/1movr8d

 

[rcmpc_outreach]

Feels like CyberPower vs APC is pretty interchangeable at this point for most home setups. I usually just go with whatever’s on sale in the 1500VA range.


Main thing is just having enough capacity to handle load spikes and give you a clean shutdown window.

 

[JD]

What is a good sale price?

I had paid $209 for a refurbished unit from their eBay store with a coupon without the extra battery, so that's what I was using as the baseline.

Interesting post - but is that just unique to the power supplies in AVRs perhaps? I know long ago the non-PFC UPS's would make my server whine loudly, that at least doesn't happen with this Ecoflow.