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thatJavaGuy
7y

Hi everyone, I've a desktop and in my area power cut is quite frequent. Although we've backup power, but sometimes it takes ~15 mins to come back.

Is UPS only option for desktops? Laptops nowadays have so long battery power, why there is no good option for desktops. UPS usually stays for 5 mins. Could you please suggest something better, as I've seen lots of desktops in posts? Thanks.

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  • 2
    7y
    Laptops have a longer battery life than a ups because desktops tend to use hardware that is power hungry. For example, a CPU on a laptop is not the same as a desktop one. So yeah, you only have a ups to rely on
  • 2
    7y
    You could, in theory, build a battery bank to give you maybe an hour of time at a powerful PC. You'd need a number of batteries and a reasonably powerful PSW inverter, say 1000w, but it could be done.
  • 0
    7y
    how much power does your pc usually consume?
  • 0
    7y
    and how long is the ' time between two outtages
  • 1
    7y
    As long as you aren't doing anything intensive on the PC, a UPS should survive that long if not more. 300w UPS on a modern computer can be 2 hours if you aren't gaming or stressing the CPU. They use very little in idle especially if you don't have a high end GPU or lots of hard drives and fans etc.
  • 0
    7y
    @stop usually power comes in 5-10 mins, sometimes it goes for upto 20 mins. I don't know exactly how much power does my PC consume. It's not a gaming PC. I run linux and do reading and programming development tasks, like running IDEs, DBs, Java programs etc.

    Problem is as power goes, I've to make sure to 'preserve-state' which is very cumbersome process.
  • 1
    7y
    @thatJavaGuy Do a Google search for power consumption calculators and find out.
  • 1
    7y
    @thatJavaGuy I still think even with that you'd be good for an hour easily. You could get one of those power measurement tool things to see?
  • 0
    6y
    ask your local electrician if he has something.
  • 0
    6y
    Anyone from India, can you suggest any brand or product. I'm reading suggested articles but those are not available in here. thanks
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