APC's Online UPS recommendation?

From: Bobba (bobbadagobah_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/24/05 

Date: 23 Jun 2005 18:59:16 -0700

Hello, thanks for reading this message.

I'm writing from Latin America. I have read the UPS faq published at
http://www.jetcafe.org/~npc/doc/ups-faq.html but found no answer to my
question there, so I though I could ask for some help in this
newsgroup. I need to buy a online UPS and I have had little success
looking for one in local stores, which only sell "line interactive"
UPSs. Because of that I have decided to buy an UPS from APC. I have
visited APC's web site and examinated the recommendations made by its
UPS configuration engine
(http://www.apcc.com/tools/ups_selector/index.cfm) but the
configuration engine is not very configurable and I could not find out
whether their most accessible models were "lineinteractive" or "online"
UPSs.

My questions would be the following:

given my computer's configuration;

1. What amount of VA would you recommend for a UPS to use with this
computer and the computer I would probably buy 4 years from now to
replace the current one?

2. Which line of APC's online UPSs is less expensive?

Our local power supply "off the wall" is of 220 volts and my computer's
configuration is the following:

case: 400 watts Midi Tower
monitor: samsung syncmaster 550s
Motherboard: Asus p4800-mx with integrated audio, video, sound and
ethernet
Processor: Intel Celeron D 2.4 Ghz
Ram: 2 GB in four pc3200 512Mb sticks
Hard Disk: 80GB sata
Optical device: LG double layer DVD burner
External hard disk: 80GB ata encased in an external usb enclosure

This computer is new and I have had already a fried motherboard. I plan
to buy a new computer 4 years from now with a similar configuration but
actualized to future standards. That future computer would also feature
the following changes:

monitor:LCD display
Ram: from 8 to 16MB
Processor: pentium

One more time, thanks for reading.

Best Regards

Bobba

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