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Power regulation

jonathonball

jonathonball

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I suspect that i'm not getting the kind of quality juice from the wall sockets in my apartment that you'd want being fed into your PC. I'm getting high frequency noise in my headphones that coincides with my microwave, my optical drives spinning-up, and the AC kicking on and off.

First thing, I assumed it was the cheap-ass onboard audio. So I bought an Audigy 2... and while it's not NEARLY as bad its still there. (I've tried muting everything but Main, and Wave volumes, again.. improvement but not a fix.) My next step is replacing the power supply, which I need to do anyhow. But I don't think that the problem is the power supply, I think it's power I'm getting off the wall. I've tried different sockets, but if you open up the breaker box, my little one bed room apartment is only running 6 circuits.

So my question: Is a UPS the only way to ensure clean power for my computer?
 
jonathonball said:
So my question: Is a UPS the only way to ensure clean power for my computer?
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A standalone AVR device will do the same but without the battery.
 
yay, quick newegg search and you just became my hero; cause they're cheap too.

thank you.

(edit: well some are, think i'll have any problems with a cheapo?)
 
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