For the last year or so I've had a CyberPower CP1500AVRLCD 1500VA/900W UPS. It's always worked fine for me.
But with my new PC, I unplugged the UPS from the wall (to simulate a power failure) and the whole thing shut off with an overload fault.
So I'm looking to replace it with something that can handle my new system and its 1600w PSU. I figure at load I'm pulling anywhere from 1000-1500w. But the only UPSes I can find that advertise this wattage are like, multiple thousands of dollars. Orders of magnitude greater than the $150 Cyberpower one that worked fine with my older 850w system. That's waaay out of my budget. Like I can probably afford $300-500 or so. Does anything exist in this price range that can keep my system up for a minute or two during short power failures? Would be great if it could keep a monitor up too, but this probably brings my UPS wattage requirements to 1800-2000.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
But with my new PC, I unplugged the UPS from the wall (to simulate a power failure) and the whole thing shut off with an overload fault.
So I'm looking to replace it with something that can handle my new system and its 1600w PSU. I figure at load I'm pulling anywhere from 1000-1500w. But the only UPSes I can find that advertise this wattage are like, multiple thousands of dollars. Orders of magnitude greater than the $150 Cyberpower one that worked fine with my older 850w system. That's waaay out of my budget. Like I can probably afford $300-500 or so. Does anything exist in this price range that can keep my system up for a minute or two during short power failures? Would be great if it could keep a monitor up too, but this probably brings my UPS wattage requirements to 1800-2000.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
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