At the moment my rig draws between 600 and 700 watts. Once I have a ups sorted I will be adding a second msi gtx 1080 sea hawk and the rig will then draw around 900 watts.
I have had problems with power supplies over the last 18 months (3 Corsiar AX1200i psu's have died on me) and so I am looking at getting a ups to help protect everything. I think the power from the wall here is awful and that is causing the issues.
The ups I am looking at is a 1200va one, I have had a look around online and the conversion of va to w seems to vary, so I am not sure if this ups is going to work.
This is the one on Overclockers.co.uk :
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lms-data-1200va-intelligent-uninterruptable-power-supply-with-usb-rj11-4-x-iec-up-002-ls.html
The specs :
- 1200 VA sealed LA battery technology
- Supports 110/120 or 220/230/240 volts @ 50/60Hz
- Simulated sine wave to protects against spikes, brown outs etc
- Battery back-up time approx. 45 minutes*
- Intelligent USB interface for monitoring and OS shutdown
- Supports Windows(tm)98/2000/2003/XP/Vista
- Supports Windows(tm)7 and Windows8(tm)
- Short circuit and over discharge battery protection
- Cold-start with automatic battery charging + RJ11 filtering
- 4 IEC (female) output connections for standard device input
- Status LEDs and control for battery, backup and charging
- Dimensions 95mm (W) x 340mm (D) x 165mm (H) approx.
The ups with postage is just under £100, but my budget for a ups is £150 ish
If this one will work and help to protect my system great, if there is something else that I should look for to help protect it I would love to know or if there are any specific features I should be looking for to safe guard my rig and stop another psu going bad.
Thanks