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Looking at 2 Uninterrupted Power Sources, CST1500SUC and CST135UC2. Which should I go for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Both are on sale at Costco, at the moment.

$109 https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/ups/battery-backup/cst135uc2/

$170 https://www.cyberpowersystems.com/product/ups/battery-backup/cst1500suc/

I got a rig with a i9-14900 with a 4070ti Super, but with local brownouts I was hoping either one will cover it. Hoping to go with a cheaper option, but if the group consensus is the more expensive option I’ll go for it. Thanks for the help! 🤞🤞

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The cheaper one (CST1500SUC) seems better, actually. Not sure why. It claims sine wave output while the other one is Simulated Sine Wave. Assuming they mean Pure Sine Wave and Modified Sine Wave, Pure is much better.

Arguably computers really don't care about pure vs modified, but pure is usually more expensive.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

That was sorta my question, while one’s $109 and the others $170. It’s really hard for a newb like myself to know, as I don’t know the difference lol, I live in an area of SoCal with recent brownout’s. So I’m looking for protection. 🤔 Not sure if Simulated will be enough or I’ll be sorely disappointed I didn’t go pure.