I'm shopping for a UPS to run my desktop and 2 17" LCDs just long enough for me to save my work and shutdown before I lose power in the case of a power failure. I'm wondering what the typical power draw is for a system like mine. I've been looking at charts for different models of APC UPS and some say a particular model will run 10 minutes with 100W draw for example so I'm curious, how do I figure out how much power my system draws?
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What is the power draw of a typical desktop with 2 LCDs
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theannihilator
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how big is the power supply if it is 250w power supply i would recomend a apc 500 or higher
theannihilator
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yea for what you have stallard a 500 would not be enough
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