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APC Battery Backup - UPS

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StarsFan4Life

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Well, lastnight I was doing an impotant 10.7gb upload and the power goes out....but only for a few minutes. I lost power to my PC and cable modem and lost the upload, which only had about 14 minutes left.

Needless to say, it's time I put my equipment on a battery backup, just in case. I walked through CC yesterday (have about $105 in GC's there) and they were supposed to be having a sale on their APC UPS line. I am not sure which one to get.

What I need is a little help picking the right one. Here is the equipment I currently have:

* Main PC (550WT Coolermaster PSU, 8600GTS, 4GB RAM, GIGABYTE 780G mobo, etc)

* Dell E207WFP 20" LCD

* Cable Modem

* DLink small Wireless G router

I would like a UPS that has a cable passthrough on it as well, just in case lighting strikes and goes through the cable and spikes my PC. If I do this, will it affect the speeds of the cable internet connection?

Any help, links and suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
The APC Back-UPS 750VA should be enough for you. It should cost around $80. Tripplites and Belkins work fine, too.
 
That's a pretty decent unit should handle your pc just fine and your cable modem for i'd say 3-10 minutes, if you put your monitor on there probably 1-5 minutes backup time. I has cable, phone and enough outlets you shouldn't have to worry. Price for that is great, almost seems kind of low but it's been a while since i've bough ups's for the house. At work and home we've always used APC.
 
bx900r, I got one about 2 weeks ago, a few dollars over $100
upon unpacking, one must *carefully* remove-reinsert the battery
to install the final terminal cable. (Carefully I suggest because I
dropped the battery a few inches in the process). Plenty of outlets
on the back.
 
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