Powercuts

Casterina · 26 Feb 2013 at 21:34

Sometimes when the weather is bad, I get powercuts when my computer is switched on, how do I prevent it from damaging the computer components?

These are my computer specs,

Intel i5 3570K OCed to 4.5GHz
Gigabyte Z77 D3H
MSi 2GB HD 7850
8GB Corsair Vengeance
550W OCZ PSU
Alpenföhn Matterhorn CPU Cooler
1TB HDD 7200RPM
120GB SSD

Pete1989 · 26 Feb 2013 at 21:39

A UPS is what your after:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=123&subid=2108

Aston998 · 26 Feb 2013 at 21:44

You could get a http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=UP-048-BE
Belkin 8-Socket SurgeMaster Maximum Series

Which would you cause damage to your computer if/when you have a powercut!!

Deceptor · 26 Feb 2013 at 23:51

Aston998 said:
You could get a http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=UP-048-BE
Belkin 8-Socket SurgeMaster Maximum Series

Which would you cause damage to your computer if/when you have a powercut!!

Definitely a must, even if you don't experience surges. I've seen my Xbox that wasn't connected to this go into RROD mode (thankfully it restarted fine) while my comp didn't lose power or have any kind of interruption from the lil power surge I had a while back.

linwelin · 27 Feb 2013 at 00:40

I only just recently got a surge protector, never had the need for one, but you just never know!

Ripshod · 27 Feb 2013 at 11:17

Pete1989 said:
A UPS is what your after:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=123&subid=2108

^^ this is what you want. A surge protector is all well and good for protecting against surges, but won't do diddly squat to protect your data in the event of a power cut.

Smoogels · 27 Feb 2013 at 11:27

A surge protector is fine.

Mick-1965 · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:32

A surge protector will do sweet FA to protect against power cuts.
As above he needs an uninterruptible power supply ( UPS )

nutcase · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:14

UPS for frequent power cuts, surge protector for otherwise dodgy supplies.

C.R.A.Z.Y · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:21

A power-cut won't damage your hardware but it may corrupt your OS install if you are unlucky and the power dies during certain OS operations (However most modern OS's are pretty resilient to incorrect/sudden power-offs and can recover from the majority of them)

Casterina · 27 Feb 2013 at 17:46

What does a surge protection do?

Smoogels · 27 Feb 2013 at 19:25

Casterina said:
What does a surge protection do?

It protects your hardware from power surges.

A UPS is not worth the money IMO as applications like Word can recover unsaved files, Chrome can recover tabs etc.

joshcowin · 27 Feb 2013 at 19:27

how long do these powercuts last? because theirs no point going out buying a huge ups which will go for a while.

supergluechris · 27 Feb 2013 at 19:29

I risk it all and plug straight into the wall

Although a surge protector would be a great addition for a little protection