[SOLVED] UPS starts beeping when playing particular games (SWOTR for instance)

Jan 21, 2020
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I'm able to play offline games with no issues, but playing star wars online for about 10 minutes and the beeping starts with the ups led blinking red
My configuration:
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
ASUS GTX 1660 Super Advanced Edition TUF Gaming X3 6GB GDDR6
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max ATX
Corsair VS550 550-Watt Power Supply
Corsair 16 GB Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz
Seagate 1TB Firecuda (Solid State Hybrid) SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache 3.5"
Samsung LC27FG73FQWXXL 27-inch Curved Gaming Monitor
APC 600VA/360W UPS
 
Solution
since u have psu with 550watts with 80% efficiency, thats about 660watts from wall (max)
your pc componnents wont need that much, gpu ~225watts, cpu ~80, ram, mobo etc, lets say 20watts
~320watts from psu (80%eff so 384watts from wall)
that would be just PC, if u have other things connected to it (monitor 80watts, speakers dunno)
Based on the specs provided for your system, your maximum wattage is approximately 380 - 400 watts. Your system running near 100% briefly will over-load the stated wattage of the UPS. You need more wattage from the UPS to power your system, it may help to check / replace the batteries if they are older than 3 years old. But ultimately you need a larger UPS.
 
Based on the specs provided for your system, your maximum wattage is approximately 380 - 400 watts. Your system running near 100% briefly will over-load the stated wattage of the UPS. You need more wattage from the UPS to power your system, it may help to check / replace the batteries if they are older than 3 years old. But ultimately you need a larger UPS.
It's a new UPS, so I don't think battery is the reason. If I have to upgrade, how much agould be the recommended VA for my system?
 
since u have psu with 550watts with 80% efficiency, thats about 660watts from wall (max)
your pc componnents wont need that much, gpu ~225watts, cpu ~80, ram, mobo etc, lets say 20watts
~320watts from psu (80%eff so 384watts from wall)
that would be just PC, if u have other things connected to it (monitor 80watts, speakers dunno)
 
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