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you can put together the most powerful rig imaginable and try to keep it as

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safe as you can by not visiting questionable websites putting it in a

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locked room and maybe defending it from your cat's claws with a Nerf gun or

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something but there are some things you just can't predict asteroid strikes

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nuclear war and perhaps the worst of all

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power outages there aren't too many things more frustrating than being in

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the middle of writing an important paper or work report when everything just

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suddenly goes dark fortunately a great defense against this has been around for

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quite a while the ups and I don't mean having a guy in brown shorts deliver a

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generator to your house I'm talking about uninterruptable power supplies

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which can keep your equipment running even if the power grid has gone dark

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there are many different kinds of UPS's on the market with different internal

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workings but the basic principle of operation they all share is this you

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plug your UPS into the wall and then you plug whatever you're using computer

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monitor server Rack or whatever into the UPS kind of like you would a power strip

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or surge protector the UPS has an internal battery that gets charged from

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the wall so if the power goes out your UPS can keep your stuff running keep in

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mind however that UPS is designed for and affordable enough for home use won't

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keep your PC running for hours on end during a blackout they're designed to

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give you enough time to save your work and shut down your computer properly so

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you don't lose anything important but that's kind of it buying the right UPS

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can give you longer running time more features and increase reliability so how

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do you know what to pick one of the most important specs to pay attention to is

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how much power the UPS can deliver what makes this a little complicated though

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is that it isn't just a matter of say matching your power supplies wattage to

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the UPS's UPS capacities are typically

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given in volt amps instead of Watts but

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those of you who paid attention in physics will know that volts time amps

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give you Watts so isn't that just the same thing in you UPS land though they

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aren't because of resistance present in electrical load so you'll want to pick

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up a UPS with a volt amp rating 50 to

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75% above whatever the typical wattage

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load from your PC will be and of course make sure you factor in everything else

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that you have plugged in such as a monitor some UPS's are also what's

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called line interactive meaning they have a special Transformer built in that

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can deal with voltage dips or surges if you live in an area where the power grid

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just you know isn't the best and you have to deal with stuff like frequent

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brown outs that make your lights flicker since Electronics need a steady supply

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of power this can give you a great additional layer of protection even if

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the power doesn't go out completely also

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pay attention to what kind of software the UPS comes with many units will allow

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you to connect the UPS to your computer with a USB cable and use software that

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will tell you the battery life of your ups and how many minutes of uptime to

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expect if the power go goes out as well as automatically shut down your computer

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properly once the battery gets low some UPS software will even save your work

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for you beforehand a very useful tool in case you stepped out of the room or even

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left the house entirely when the power went out and of course you want to make

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sure that whatever UPS you get can actually give you enough runtime off the

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battery many UPS's will state a number of minutes on the spec sheet but

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remember this is only at a certain wattage so if you have tons of stuff

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plugged in and you're in the middle of gaming at 4K you simply won't have as

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much time so keep these tips in your mind and you can rest easy if there's a

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freak blackout or something well at least about your electronics since not

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much can save you from having to replace all that food in your fridge if you're

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