360 Watt/600 va UPS with Corsair CX 500?????

pankajkumar1992

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Hello,
I want to ask whether my 360W/600va UPS will Work with Corsair CX 500?
My System Specs:
CPU: AMD FX6300@3.5GHz
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 LE
Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 4 @1600Mhz
Hard Disk Drive: WD 1 TB 7200RPM
Video Card: Sapphire R9 270X OC Dual X 2 GB
Power Supply Unit: Corsair CX 500
Monitor: DELL 20" display [DVI & VGA]

UPS: INTEX PROTECTOR 725
http://www.intextechnologies.com/webpages/productcomperi.aspx?category=Computer%20Peripherals&subcat=UPS&subcat1=600%20VA&pro_name=PROTECTOR%20725
Thanx in Advance
 
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Heres the hint: "600VA/360W"
So its quite simple, it will but only if you are using MAX 360W total at the moment of the power is down.
If you will be in the middle of heavy gaming or some other very power draining activity it will simply switch off itself.
Some UPS's have an additional connectors to control it, in that case you could create a power plan to limit GPU and CPU usage during the power failure (similar like with laptops when using battery only) but i don't think this one has it.

From what i see your GPU and CPU both only can drain 250W raw power. I guess it will be about 300-320 totally with MB, HDD, etc
Divide it by PSU effieciency (0.8) and you get harsh 400W + about 50W for the monitor = 450W

So as you can see you are...
Heres the hint: "600VA/360W"
So its quite simple, it will but only if you are using MAX 360W total at the moment of the power is down.
If you will be in the middle of heavy gaming or some other very power draining activity it will simply switch off itself.
Some UPS's have an additional connectors to control it, in that case you could create a power plan to limit GPU and CPU usage during the power failure (similar like with laptops when using battery only) but i don't think this one has it.

From what i see your GPU and CPU both only can drain 250W raw power. I guess it will be about 300-320 totally with MB, HDD, etc
Divide it by PSU effieciency (0.8) and you get harsh 400W + about 50W for the monitor = 450W

So as you can see you are quite above the limit and in that case wouldn't consider that UPS as safe for your config.

 
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It doesn't mean your are using 383W from the power plug, PSU is not 100% efficient, good one have at least 0.8 efficiency which will lead to 480W... and what about monitor?