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Well it all really depends on what you want your ups to do... I mean are you expecting it to be able to power your whole system for half an hour to finish a render? Or just stay live so you can shut everything down safely and quickly? Honestly, until better battery technology is invented, you're going to have to spend, I would say a minimum of $200-$300 on a UPS just for barebones protection. This is assuming you have a rough draw of between 750-1200 watts for example, this UPS http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1815470&CatId=234 has a 1200W / 2000VA system, is $200 and would be able to power your system for ONE MINUTE under load at full battery capacity.My suggestion is, unless you are independently wealthy, you're probably not going to find a UPS that's going to give you more than five minutes of battery time under load. On May 24, 2012 11:47 AM, "James WIlson" <lists@jwmm.com> wrote:
I just upgraded my workstation from a quad core to a 12 core recently and now my UPS keeps overloading during renders. The box is maxed out, plus I've got external drives and dual monitors running off of it. |
