r/pcmasterrace • 4080 Laptop 175W/13950HX/32GB DDR5 • 1d ago

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u/AppropriateWind9925 7800x3D - 64GB RAM - RTX 4090 10h ago

If you live in areas that are prone to getting power outage, and you don't have a UPS for you expensive PC, what are you even doing

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u/justanaccount103 7h ago

I learned the hard way years ago. I use one now, even though I'm on one of the most reliable grids in the country.

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u/PsychodelicTea 8h ago

You can have one of those power cords with the power safety thing on them. Can't remember what it's called and it's late

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u/ShortThought 9800X3D | 4070 Ti | 32GB 6400MT/s CL32 8h ago

surge protector.

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u/huldress 5h ago

I don't think that would work in this case!

I mean, neither would a UPS necessarily either right? A lot of them are meant to just give you time to shutdown the PC.