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Brad,
Being budget constrained, I went with a APC Back UPS 1000. Only couple hundred. The important part (to me) is it handles both surges and sags as well as power out. To me any UPS that can't do that is a waste.
Get way more than you need for 515 - I also cover my desktop, monitor, and dsl router. Never put a laser printer on a small ups - the warmup "surge" can kill a ups over time.
I don't recommend APC to customers, preferring a more industrial strength for a data center, but at home it's been ok. It covers 99% of the outages - mostly blips from a second or two to a minute. If the outage is long enough to drain battery - I don't see that power down as any worse than having no UPS, "except" with the UPS, your providing clean steady power thru sags, surges & short outages to a major investment.
btw-i did a lease/1$purchase on a 520 a few years back - got tired of the every couple year change & the continuous payments.
jim franz

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bradley V. Stone" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:04 PM
Subject: Now I'm Buying my first i5. :)


In the process of finalizing my purchase of a 515 through the development
lease program. I decided on purchasing outright instead of leasing.

In talking with a collegue, he's mentioning I should have a UPS with a power
conditioner.

Now, not wanting to spend another couple grand on something like that, what
specs should I be looking for in a UPS? Lets say the power goes out at
night and I don't wake up. Battery on UPS dies and I don't do a "nice
shutdown" anyhow. I can see it being useful for power flickers which
happens during t-storms here often.. or ice storms.

As far as the power conditioner, is that necessary? Never used one before
on any of my PCs.

Just looking for advice on what I need to look for in a UPS, and a good
place to get one. Sams? Best Buy? Office MAx? Online? NewEgg?

Thanks!

Bradley V. Stone
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