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If my power supply is 700w, do I need a 700w UPS?

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if my power supply is 700w, do I need a 700w UPS? I am running dual 20" dell LCD's, a i7 quad core system with a radion 4870 1gb video card, 2 hard drives.

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You mean an Uninterrupted Power Supply, APC is a manufacturer of Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS). A point to note is that the capacity of UPS is mentioned in VA, not in Watts. 1 W = 1 V x 1A x PF where PF= Power factor, a measure of how efficient…

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