• deranger@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I’ve got a similar Cyberpower 1500, it’s simulated sine wave. It’s perfect for my desktop, network gear, and NAS. Pure sine wave seems like it would obviously be better, idk how exactly, but none of my hardware seems to care about simulated sine wave. The 1500 gives me enough time to shut down the desktop and it’ll run the NAS and network gear for a few hours. If I’m full power gaming (5800X3D, 3090, big ultrawide OLED) and the power goes out, I get about 15 minutes. Batteries lasted 3 years before they needed to be replaced, that could have been due to high ambient temperatures.

    • TheGoldenGod@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Thinking of going with the 1500, despite it costing $170 vs the other one. I do want the ability to log off in a brownout. I still don’t really get sine vs simulated myself, but I’ll trust there’s a logical reason? 🤔

      • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        performance metrics for power supplies (a PSU as opposed to a UPS) are calculated using the regional AC sine. anything other than a pure sine is going to make the connected PSU work harder and, eventually, marginal components may fail.

        having said that, stepped square, modified square, simulated sine are generally going to be perfectly fine for virtually any consumer equipment you connect to it.

        cyberpower make cheap (but halfway decent) UPS units. I have used both APC and cyberpower for years without issue.

        • TheGoldenGod@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          So I can easily get by with the simulated in my situation? I only plan on using it for my monitor, desktop, modem and router.