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Pc / ups
Not sure if should post here or chillout room as it's a bit off topic. I have a UPS attached to my desktop. As UPS are so expensive I have one that as 1400VA (700W). My PSU for the desktop is 750W but when I ordered from PC specialist they usage only added to about 500W-550W at peak even allowing for 20% (I am in UK so I think for us it's 230/240 watts for an amp). But as I am so wary about loss of power I don't actually put my monitor on the UPS for fear of exceeding it's spec. I don't want any risk of overload and unclean shutoff of power to my PC. Instead if there is a power cut I have memorised the keystrokes to shut down the PC. I just want the PC to never shutdown as a result of a power cut as I know it can create horrendous issue if your unlucky.
It got me thinking though. My old gaming laptop never had this worry for me as it had battery backup internally. Why don't they sell desktop PCs with some kind of battery backup built in for things like power cuts? That allows a user just a few minutes to safely shut down - or even the PC detects it's moved to this small back up battery and initiates an automatic safe shut down of windows. Seems a no brainer to me, many people don't have/think about a UPS and they are ridicoulsly expensive if you need one that supports a reasonable amount of watts. Can you imagine if a new build was half way through installing and then wallop, power cut - doesn't sound a good thing at all