Which UPS should I get for my PC?

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Here are the specs:

Intel i7 6700K Processor
EVGA Z170 Classified Intel Socket LGA-1151 Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 series 32GB (4 x 8GB) RAM
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti G1 (in 2-way SLI)
Samsung 830 256GB SSD
Western Digital Black 3TB Hard Drive
EVGA 1200W Platinum Certified Power Supply
Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case
Windows 10 64-bit

I know I need a CPU cooler and a monitor, but I'm still deciding on which to get. Am I missing anything? Which UPS should I get for the PC?
 
Budget? Expected run time?

Since you have an active PFC PSU unit you'd at least be looking at a pure sine UPS.
 
get the 5820k over the 6700k, smashes it over everything bar single core performance. Quite a disappointment really. It also runs cooler and 4.5ghz shouldnt be a problem. Giving better rendering, editing times overall and when DX12 hits it will make use of those extra cores in gaming.

Edit: Seen you already have the parts, never mind ;)
 
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That one is free-sync for AMD cards so it would not worth with the Nvidia cards. You need a G-sync monitor for nvidia cards.
 
real said:
My budget is $500 and the expected run time is 10 minutes.
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Is that 10 minutes for max load or productivity/idle? 1kw for more than a minute or two starts getting expensive :p

I have one of these but at 900w load it is only rated for 2 minutes max. Battery runtime isn't a linear figure to load, either, so you'd need something super beefy at large loads which would probably exceed your allocated budget.

Something like this might suit your requirement:
http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/pr...?selectedTabId=specifications&imageI=#tab-box
 
Thanks guys.

beers, 10 minutes at idle would be fine for me.

Please let me know if the Cyberpower 1350W is the right for me.

tylerjrb, I decided to go with the Acer XB270HU, because it's IPS and G-Sync.

I also plan on doing Photoshop work on it.
 
I plan on getting the 1350W UPS from your link, beers, but I'm not sure if the power supply will be compatible with the UPS because of Pure Sine Wave in the UPS.

I don't want to order the UPS yet and then regret it because I read it weights 56 pounds.
 
Active PFC PSU's sometimes have issues with non-pure-sine units. Pure Sine just indicates the unit does a better job of making a natural 'AC waveform' from the inverter when on DC power. :)
 
tylerjrb said:
get the 5820k over the 6700k, smashes it over everything bar single core performance. Quite a disappointment really. It also runs cooler and 4.5ghz shouldnt be a problem. Giving better rendering, editing times overall and when DX12 hits it will make use of those extra cores in gaming.

Edit: Seen you already have the parts, never mind ;)
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Uh, no. The 6700K, even the 4790K smashes the 5820K for all gaming and anything but heavy, CPU-intensive, multi-threaded tasks. You're also looking at 4GHz vs 3.3GHz.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1543?vs=1320
 
The 6700k is less than 5% faster in game vs a 4.2ghz 5820k, with the skylake being on 4.5ghz.

The skylakes are very hot so i wouldnt expect more than 4.7-4.8ghz if that (considering it hits 93c at 4.7ghz with a corsair H105), which is also quite easily acheivable with the 5820k as it has a soldered IHS thus in game speeds will be practically identicle if not faster.

The 6770k has TIM and bad stuff aswell with a delid and application of new compound resulting in a -18c drop from load temperatures.

Not only that but when DX12 comes it will take hold and utilise those extra threads, and as more and more games start to utilise more cores it will only get better. Any multi-task work will be quicker and more efficient.

Put that with the very close cost proximity of both CPU's and components, Considering its other benefits X99 is still the way to go.
 
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tylerjrb said:
The 6700k is less than 5% faster in game vs a 4.2ghz 5820k, with the skylake being on 4.5ghz.

The skylakes are very hot so i wouldnt expect more than 4.7-4.8ghz if that (considering it hits 93c at 4.7ghz with a corsair H105), which is also quite easily acheivable with the 5820k as it has a soldered IHS thus in game speeds will be practically identicle if not faster.

The 6770k has TIM and bad stuff aswell with a delid and application of new compound resulting in a -18c drop from load temperatures.

Not only that but when DX12 comes it will take hold and utilise those extra threads, and as more and more games start to utilise more cores it will only get better. Any multi-task work will be quicker and more efficient.

Put that with the very close cost proximity of both CPU's and components, Considering its other benefits X99 is still the way to go.
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Did you even look at the benchmarks I posted?

The 6700K is a much better choice for a gaming rig. Significantly faster per core, which is what really matters for games, and more efficient per clock (around 10% over Haswell from what I've seen), plus DX12 games won't be mainstream for years.

I don't know where you got your temp comparison from, but the 5820 is a larger, less efficient process and has a TDP of 140W over 90W of the 6770K.
 
the majority of those benchmarks are single core and yes the 6700k is faster per single core, and for gaming your looking at a few fps difference as the 6700k is 5% faster clock for clock with a 4790k. So you would have 5% faster in gaming but the 5820k would be much better for multi-task uses.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9483/intel-skylake-review-6700k-6600k-ddr4-ddr3-ipc-6th-generation/6

Even they say how it is limited thermally rather than by voltage. They even talk about the differences found by de-lidding it.
 
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I don't plan on doing any video editing, so I should be fine with the 6700K, right?

I only plan on doing gaming, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Visual Studio.
 
real said:
I don't plan on doing any video editing, so I should be fine with the 6700K, right?

I only plan on doing gaming, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, Visual Studio.
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Yes, the 6700K will be perfect for that, and gives you the flexibility to upgrade to a better CPU down the road as it's a brand new socket.
 
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