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Looking at 2 Uninterrupted Power Sources, CST1500SUC and CST135UC2. Which should I go for? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by TheGoldenGod to c/[email protected]

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Both are on sale at Costco, at the moment.

$109 https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/ups/battery-backup/cst135uc2/

$170 https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/ups/battery-backup/cst1500suc/

I got a rig with a i9-14900 with a 4070ti Super, but with local brownouts I was hoping either one will cover it. Hoping to go with a cheaper option, but if the group consensus is the more expensive option I’ll go for it. Thanks for the help! 🤞🤞

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[–] TheGoldenGod 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Leaning towards the 1500 myself, but I don’t know much about simulated vs pure sine. The 1500 is $170 and the simulated one is $109. Which is a lot, but I don’t want to end up sorry lol. 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Mainly just depends on how sensitive you think your equipment may be to the variations, and of course how often you think you're getting brownouts. Plus a bit more features. For $170 that seems to be a great deal.

[–] TheGoldenGod 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lately I’ve seen 2 brownouts, and fortunately I wasn’t using the computer either time. 🤞

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Then I'd opt for the better one, because you don't see all brownouts, only the ones that are long enough to affect lights and more sensitive devices. I have one touch light that would go out when everything else would be fine. So you most likely have very "dirty" power, at least in the room you see this going on.

I'll also add that since putting my UPSs in, occasionally I'll have them click. It's not registering as anything on the software monitor, nothing I can see via lights, but I'm sure it's breaker or whatever they use to step in and keep things clean.

[–] TheGoldenGod 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They usually aren’t common, but started this year during the summer in SoCal. Likely due to Southern California Edison, but most the locals are peeved. I just want at least some assurance I can have a minute or two, so I can power down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Mine claims about 25 mins to power down with a resting pull of 240 watts, 15 mins while using GPU for SD or AI stuff (400 watts). The key importance in my mind though isn't the time to shut down, but how long term dirty power will cause failure in your components. I learned this the hard way back in the C-64 days where I went through 3 of them (Circuit City warranty covered them) before I got a very crude version of a UPS to stop killing the poor computer with ups and downs in power surges.

[–] TheGoldenGod 6 points 4 months ago

Ah I see, well it sounds like I have a lot to learn in this area lol. Not to mention, glad I finally got a UPS. 😳