Well I just had me some fun, hehe! Thought I’d check my watts and I’m pretty much 500 Watts when both systems are running furmark with fairly high settings…one machine started to smell (GTX 1070), so I’m going to clean that out very soon.
It would be nice if racks were auto temp adjusted, I’m only going by the examples I’ve heard on Youtube.
Ahh, that’s a shame about one of the PSU’s, thank you so much for looking into it for me, I should have done it myself…though I’m guessing it would have taken me a good while!
I remember seeing Linus do it as well (the offsite box), quite liked the idea, though that thunderbolt gear sounded expensive, may be around 400-500 all said and done, if not more.
If you’re hitting 512W with two GPUs running full tilt I guess you could add 200W considering both CPUs and you’re around 700W. Now it’s up to you to choose one. I bought this one and I’m super happy with it. Never had any hiccups while switching between AC and battery power but I’ve also treated it well. The LCD is always on and can’t be turned off. A good and a bad thing because I didn’t kill the batteries inside after 5 years because I’ve always unplugged it. Has a nice software to monitor the PC and it’s web based so you can monitor the power from anywhere in your LAN. I’m sure that if you buy one from them in a different form factor you won’t be disappointed.
It literally took me two seconds to look up, no worries.
Regarding rack mounted UPS I think that looking at specs sheets is the best bet. Also I don’t see why the wouldn’t adjust the fan speeds to the temperature. Logically they should but I didn’t felt like saying “yeah yeah they do” just for you to buy one and find out sounds like a jet taking off 24/7.
P.S. one UPS for the system I mentioned on my profile + 24" FHD display. It’s even oversized to be honest, but it was well rated and with a good power factor.
Thanks for that mate. I’m planning (eventually) to get a threadripper to help speed up rendering because my highest thread count machine only has 12 It takes quite a while, even when I do it efficiently and ‘good enough’. Do you think that’ll effect it much, I’m thinking of the 2950X but that’s probably a long way off, but I do like to future proof a building, as a computer never can be
That looks like a nice unit though, spoilt for choice now! That sounds really good having a web based system and if I was good, I’d replace the battery before it got too bad. Does it have ‘battery condition’ info as well?
Well, what took you seconds would take me…ummm, much longer!
Hehe, thanks for rack mount advice, no doubt I’ll have to do some research as I haven’t got the first clue, other than what I’ve seen on Youtube and the like. Thanks for being honest about the fan noise/speed thing that, very good of ya
P.S. Always good to oversize eh…unless it’s a burger, then ya better be hungry!
The rackmount I have is the CyberPower OR1500PFCRT2U, comes in at about $430. Most people just need their computer to not go down suddenly so they can save shit and turn it off or sleep it, but I need a bit more uptime.
It’s completely silent except when it’s triggered on by a power outage or charging, and it’s not really loud or disruptive, the with a ~80mm fan cooling the battery.
I do recommend turning off the loud beep warning.
Also it’s 50 pounds (which is about a full sack of fertilizer) and the weight distrobution is a bit awkward, so be warned that moving it and placing it are not to be taken lightly.
The software can be found here: https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/software/
One thing I forgot to mention is it can automate shutdowns on low remaining time if you want to get into that, which is nice for my NAS.
Last time I tried the software with the USB cable connecting the UPS to my PC, the software would cause the UPS to beep loudly every time I rebooted my system. Tech support said there was no way to disable that at the time. So I stopped using it since it was quite annoying especially when setting up my system late at night. Maybe it’s changed now.
Crikey, that’s quite expensive, but I’ll defo make a note of it in case the budget can stretch. Same as you though, I’d like more than just a few minutes, if I had the time I’d look into some sort of deep cell batteries…but that’s a whole barrel of worms!
That’s good though, fair enough that it’s noisy when triggered, no problem there.
That’s just under a bag of plaster/cement and I’ve go no problems carrying them…saying that I wouldn’t want it over my head (I was thinking of ceiling mount at one point!).
Cheers as well for the software linkie, much appreciated, nice feature with for NAS’s.
Checked it and it doesen’t have a battery health status. That’s also to be expected since it’s using a 12V lead-acid “dumb” battery. But it shows the battery voltage so you can gauge from that if the battery is doing well or not.
Would not that be totally simulated unless you power cycled the power off and measured it ? The whole point of UPS is that 5-0% of time when the power is off. Or for dirty power the isolation and power conditioning 24/7 ?
Thanks for checking. With my motorbike, if I want to check the power (very roughly), I put a voltmeter on the battery as I thumb the starter. If it drops fairly low, I know if I need to suffer the expense of a replacement or not. Sometimes it’s necessary…bloody English weather
The measurement of the battery voltage is accurate, in this case I think, because the unit is line-interactive so the battery it’s not connectd all the time. Also the unit can do a self test and has a battery indicator into the LCD to let you know if it needs to be changed.
Isolation and power conditioning made by a UPS are minimal. If you want that you need a power rectifier (not sure about the naming) which I had and it’s a completly different tool, a big ass box that weights 60 pounds or more and it’s dedicated to filter the power going to electronic devices.
It takes quite a while, even when I do it efficiently and ‘good enough’. Do you think that’ll effect it much, I’m thinking of the 2950X but that’s probably a long way off, but I do like to future proof a building, as a computer never can be 
Thank you very much for all those details, I’m going to have a through them, really kind of ya! 
