Hey how's it going, I was never clear on what to look for when it came to surge protectors and UPS's? Ive had one fail on me before toasting my motherboard so I changed up to a UPS hoping that would giving me better security. Was I false in this assumption? This is the one I currently use :http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=BP500UC