Don't know of many UPSs that can connect directly to a consumer computer, neither OEM nor home built. Since the PSU takes AC in and outputs DC, you cannot connect a DC output UPS to the PSU input, either.
Networking equipment (like your router) with DC input, sure, but consumer motherboards?
And if you find such a rascal, and connect it to the motherboard, then you don't need a PSU - because your UPS becomes the PSU. Unless you make some sort of really weird dual-dongle connector to the 20/24-pin input on the motherboard (and any of the 6/8 pin POWER as well) to accept the normal cables from the PSU *and* have a mini board sensing voltage across those poins which then connects to the UPS to hold it in check until voltage drop, so it can jump in and take the PSU's place.... IOW, unnecessarily complicated.
And lightning strikes here (in the US) like to travel on mains circuits. Basic power strips and even low end UPSs won't stop that from making it to your components. I lost a PSU *and* 2 HDs thanks to a nearby lightning strike, on a desktop machine that was off, connected to a UPS *and* connected to a power strip (between the UPS and computer). It does happen.
Networking equipment (like your router) with DC input, sure, but consumer motherboards?
And if you find such a rascal, and connect it to the motherboard, then you don't need a PSU - because your UPS becomes the PSU. Unless you make some sort of really weird dual-dongle connector to the 20/24-pin input on the motherboard (and any of the 6/8 pin POWER as well) to accept the normal cables from the PSU *and* have a mini board sensing voltage across those poins which then connects to the UPS to hold it in check until voltage drop, so it can jump in and take the PSU's place.... IOW, unnecessarily complicated.
And lightning strikes here (in the US) like to travel on mains circuits. Basic power strips and even low end UPSs won't stop that from making it to your components. I lost a PSU *and* 2 HDs thanks to a nearby lightning strike, on a desktop machine that was off, connected to a UPS *and* connected to a power strip (between the UPS and computer). It does happen.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 23H2 Current build
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- HomeBrew
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
- Motherboard
- MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE
- Memory
- 4 * 32 GB - Corsair Vengeance 3600 MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XC3 ULTRA GAMING (12G-P5-3955-KR)
- Sound Card
- Realtek® ALC1220 Codec
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2x Eve Spectrum ES07D03 4K Gaming Monitor (Matte) | Eve Spectrum ES07DC9 4K Gaming Monitor (Glossy)
- Screen Resolution
- 3x 3840 x 2160
- Hard Drives
- 3x Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe 4 M.2 2 TB SSD (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM) } 3x Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 1 TB SSD (USB)
- PSU
- PC Power & Cooling’s Silencer Series 1050 Watt, 80 Plus Platinum
- Case
- Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark ATX Full Tower Case
- Cooling
- Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420 RGB + Air 3x 140mm case fans (pull front) + 1x 120 mm (push back) and 1 x 120 mm (pull bottom)
- Keyboard
- SteelSeries Apex Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3S | MX Master 3 for Business
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex Ftth
- Browser
- Nightly (default) + Firefox (stable), Chrome, Edge , Arc
- Antivirus
- Defender + MB 5 Beta
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- Operating System
- ChromeOS Flex Dev Channel (current)
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Latitude E5470
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
- Motherboard
- Dell
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Graphics card(s)
- Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
- Sound Card
- Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 + RealTek Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell laptop display 15"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 * 1080
- Hard Drives
- Toshiba 128GB M.2 22300 drive
INTEL Cherryville 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SATA III SSD
- PSU
- Dell
- Case
- Dell
- Cooling
- Dell
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3S (shared w. Sys 1) | Dell TouchPad
- Keyboard
- Dell
- Internet Speed
- AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex Ftth
