APC by Schneider Electric Releases Back-UPS Pro Gaming Grade UPS

[kiriakost]

It's just a marketing term for cosmetics (and I have to admit the new UPSs look good). Inside it's still the same reliable APC/Schneider Electric UPS - they're the best for this kind of stuff.

I have two APC SmartUPSs to protect all my gear here .....

I assume that we are brothers in arms.
APC SUA1000XL with external pack
APC SMC1500I Newer with no expandable pack option

 

[deu]

It's always a recommendation to have a good UPS on your computer equipment or any other sensitive electronics. I always have a UPS on my computer (and now my sons' as well) to protect the investement of all that hardware that is in both computers. I even have a UPS on my ONT, but that's really only to ensure that I keep my internet connection on the times when I lose power for a little bit.




We use APC for everything at work, they work well beyond warranty. I also have an 8 year old APC on my sons' computer that was on mine. Still has the same charge it had before, still works fine.

Nice to know! In Denmark the power delivery is 100% (no outtage ever), so i dont think it is common to privates.

 

[remixedcat]

Apparently its based on BR1500MS UPS from APC and that UPS sells for $285(MSRP). Also if it really happens to be based on that model then its line interactive sinewave UPS.

I have that one! It's been great so far. Pure sinewave. I was lucky to get mine for 179USD

 

[John Naylor]

The post Schneider Electric APC doesn't live up the reputation / quality of the original company ... and the worst customer support we've have encountered in the PC Industry over 35 years

Love this part in the press release ..
"If the power is interrupted or lost during play, backup power allows gamers to finish a match and reap the rewards that have otherwise been lost. "

Wow 2+ hours of power at max gaming output .... this is the best UPS ever .. but wait ... chart says their 1500 vertical units at 650 watt load (including monitor, router, modem, etc) you have about 6 minutes.

 

[remixedcat]

The post Schneider Electric APC doesn't live up the reputation / quality of the original company ... and the worst customer support we've have encountered in the PC Industry over 35 years

Love this part in the press release ..
"If the power is interrupted or lost during play, backup power allows gamers to finish a match and reap the rewards that have otherwise been lost. "

Wow 2+ hours of power at max gaming output .... this is the best UPS ever .. but wait ... chart says their 1500 vertical units at 650 watt load (including monitor, router, modem, etc) you have about 6 minutes.

Their tech support was great with me tho.


I get 52 mins on my RS1500MS with my T3600, 23 in Samsung monitor, Cisco Meraki MX64, Arris cable modem. Gaming load about 45 mins.

 

[John Naylor]

I have two APC SmartUPSs to protect all my gear here, one 1000VA and another 2200VA. The 2200VA is from 2009, and the 1000VA is even older (2003) - both have been going strong without problems for over a decade and all I had to do was replace the batteries every 4-5 years. Both UPSs have saved my bacon (I'm a software developer) during power outages, enough times to be worth their weight in gold (well, not quite, eheh, you will understand the joke if you ever had to lift one of these

1. I just retired my last functiong APC unit from that era within the last year, they were great. Kept buying them after 2007 when Schneider bought them. Those post 2007 units all died by 2014, none lasting 5 years. I had one unit connected to my exercise bike just for the power conditioning; wattage is small, just powers the display unit .... had the PCB in the bike replaced 4 times before dumping that one. Called Customer Service, sent emails, multiple tunes .... never got a response. Before 2007, APC support was never great but decent, but after 2 weeks of nothing, that was the end of our relationship w/ Scheneider,

2 From your description, it sounds like you had the same "cube shaped" units that we used that ran about 55 pounds. Those served us well. Just bought a new Cyberpower tower 1500VA sinewave unit similar to this one in capacity and shape .... our 1st "non-cube ..... Have had 4 power outages, none more than a few minutes but one . I was playing an MMO when power went out and it lasted about 24 minutes before power was restored. Its a game from 2004 and this peak system load at the wall can be as high as 780 watts, with this MMO load, it's barely breaks 450; had plenty of capacity left when power returned. I have spoken to Customer Support twice, just software questions ... both times about 30 minutes .... they called back 2 days later "just the check and make sure that everything was OK".

From what I can tell the protect between the two are pretty even. The only thing I saw that was significant was the frequency tolerance. But a Gaming UPS ? Apparently, adding RGB makes something a gaming box . Lets look at the B1500MS ... SO this new one is a Gaming UPS and the B1500MS described below is not ?

"Specially designed for performance gaming equipment, this battery backup protects gaming PCs, consoles and accessories from damaging power surges, interruptions and outages. "

 

[remixedcat]

They're not though. I've seen Powerwalker UPS' that have red accents and gaming in the name with a considerable markup over their rack equivalent UPS' for years.

Racing stripes to OC your RTX39090 TITAN SSC OC MX MAX 5TB

 

[INSTG8R]

Adds some RGB to a UPS...GAMING!!!

 

[kiriakost]

Nice to know! In Denmark the power delivery is 100% (no outage ever), so i dont think it is common to privates.

This was the song also of France, Italy and Spain before the visit of last wave of destructive weather, one week ago.
If you are developer of productive content even two seconds of outage this would be extremely costly in work hours.
Either way this is a product aiming gaming consoles and not computers.

 

[Imouto]

The post Schneider Electric APC doesn't live up the reputation / quality of the original company ... and the worst customer support we've have encountered in the PC Industry over 35 years

Love this part in the press release ..
"If the power is interrupted or lost during play, backup power allows gamers to finish a match and reap the rewards that have otherwise been lost. "

Wow 2+ hours of power at max gaming output .... this is the best UPS ever .. but wait ... chart says their 1500 vertical units at 650 watt load (including monitor, router, modem, etc) you have about 6 minutes.

Schneider is a jack of all trades. Except for Telemecanique (which I'm in love with) all of their brands are average at best. There are plenty of better alternatives.

This was the song also of France, Italy and Spain before the visit of last wave of destructive weather, one week ago.
If you are developer of productive content even two seconds of outage this would be extremely costly in work hours.
Either way this is a product aiming gaming consoles and not computers.

I'm Spanish and I don't remember the last outage in my city. Easily 5+ years.

 

[kiriakost]

I'm Spanish and I don't remember the last outage in my city. Easily 5+ years.

I do not write the news, but neither Spain has the size of a pin head.

Telemecanique ... advertising of electrical installers parts this is not allowed.