Teenyman45
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So the condo I am renting was built during that sweet spot when aluminum wiring was popular. A breaker for a half dozen or so units, including mine, blew recently due to being very very old according to the electrician I called out (and the one the building hired to confirm my guy's opinion). Of course, being left with half power temporarily took out my AC, water heater, oven, and dishwasher. Unfortunately, the event also hit my computer just right and corrupted my SSD RAID array and made my SATA ports rather finicky in regards to one of the drives.
So today, I bought myself a Xfinity branded 1200 Watt UPS for for a mere $160 after tax while I was at a Tigerdirect (formerly CompUSA) store today.
I wanted the extra oomph over a 900 watt UPS like CyberPower's offering because of overclocked tri-fired 7970s + CPU + I can now finally get around to water cooling + a ZR30W. I am concerned that all this while gaming could really brush me up against, or past, a 900w threshold. The load curve graph on the side of the box shows I have about 1.5 minutes of power at 1Kw of draw.
Enterprise grade UPS gear is seriously expensive and I do not have any spare 20-30 amp outlets or the ability to add them while renting. On the other hand, Xfinity makes me think of Comcast and all the aggravation that continues to bring me as my cable provider.
So was this a good buy, a bad buy, or is it good bye computer in an electrical fire?
So today, I bought myself a Xfinity branded 1200 Watt UPS for for a mere $160 after tax while I was at a Tigerdirect (formerly CompUSA) store today.
I wanted the extra oomph over a 900 watt UPS like CyberPower's offering because of overclocked tri-fired 7970s + CPU + I can now finally get around to water cooling + a ZR30W. I am concerned that all this while gaming could really brush me up against, or past, a 900w threshold. The load curve graph on the side of the box shows I have about 1.5 minutes of power at 1Kw of draw.
Enterprise grade UPS gear is seriously expensive and I do not have any spare 20-30 amp outlets or the ability to add them while renting. On the other hand, Xfinity makes me think of Comcast and all the aggravation that continues to bring me as my cable provider.
So was this a good buy, a bad buy, or is it good bye computer in an electrical fire?