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Battery and surge backup
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this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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You brought up a good point.
It would be helpful to know OP's use case for the UPS. Just need enough time to save your game/work? Want to keep your modem and router running so you can have wifi while the power is out?
Something to keep in mind is, without a massive battery and a very expensive UPS, you won't be gaming in the dark for very long. Maybe 15 minutes max with most consumer-grade UPS. Even commercial-grade UPS only stay on long enough to gracefully shut down services. For anything more, a generator is best.
This is a good point. I'm mostly concerned with keeping the computer on for running Plex when I'm away. I do t care so mu h when I'm at home, it's easy enough to turn the computer back on but when I'm on the road I have no such luxury. I don't need the server to run, or internet or anything. It can stop working for a power outage, just when the power comes back on od like access.
I hope no one gets upset I posted in a gaming community, the pc communities are either geared towards building or gaming and this was neither...