Opinions on UPS's

[someguyfromhell]

Agreed, we need reviews :P

[technix]

Originally Posted by Patramix

well I just received the CP1500AVRLCD, small and sleek.

ill try to do a small write up on the unit some day. so far its working great, the LCD is nice and works well, the monitoring program works well, low footprint on the system, did somehow re-enable hibernate(witch was weird, but i had to disable it)

under idle/normal system use(none-gaming/folding) it gives me an average of 225w on use with a 18-20 minute runtime, under full load(with gpu) it gives me around 11-14 minutes or runtime with an average of 335watts with peaks of 370. now this is with only 1 22" monitor(dam thing takes up almost 27watts).

GPU by it self's seem to take up around 40-70watts under load, with only the CPU folding am sitting at 300watts.

now am just missing a darn FC6 to finish up the build and see what the fans can pull.

Thanks for your report on the CyberPower UPS!

I've been considering the CyberPower CP850AVRLCD. I just hope it's enough for my needs. It's 800VA and the APC I bought (loaned to family member...well, more like 'gave' now :) ) is the 800 XS. I am guessing 800VA will be enough. I can't find the same APC unit anymore and the others above 800VA are A) Expensive and B) some report issues with a fan running all the time. They don't have the LCD readings either.

[Patramix]

been a few days, and going well. its quiet, granted its between 2 pc's that produce much more noise so hard to tell really.

eagerly awaiting the first storm or power outage/problems to see how it re-act's.

[martin_metal_88]

I'm a little late but I like when they have USB port that can auto-shutdown your computer. This is a pretty awesome fonction that really help prevent short.

[Patramix]

the included software is nice, simple and seems to work(still need to test it) only annoyance is a small pop-up on bootup(witch is maybe twice a week for me) that says hibernate is off

but it gives out all the info required and will shut off the PC(still need to test this part)

[Patramix]

Well its been 3 months, and the Unit is working well so far.

had a few power outages(10), under voltages(4) and the unit maintained the power each time, without any problems.

Batteries still maintains 15-17 minutes run time, under average load. it properly shut down my PC when power whent out and batteries where at 5 minutes(this is an option)

so far i am pleased with the units performances.

[4DoorGTZ]

I'm gonna be replacing a pair of APC XS1500's with a single Cyberpower CP1500AVRT... Was trying to spread out the load of an Octo-gpu folding box on 2 older apc's, we'll see how 1 cyberpower 1500 keeps up. I'm a bit leary of its $179 pricetag at MemX, but I guess we'll see.