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APC - Back-UPS 450VA Network 40 UPS - Black
APC - Back-UPS 450VA Network 40 UPS - Black
Keep your home networking equipment working when the electricity goes out with this APC Back-UPS Network 40 BN4001 UPS that features 4 battery-backup and surge-protection outlets to ensure electronics remain powered during outages.
 
reliable and cost effective
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Posted by: RichM
from Colora, MD
on August 7, 2015
I just lost two HDDs because of the rampant power outages we've had recently. Installed this into the mix...allowed me graceful shutdown time to prevent more damage in the following two power outages!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Verified Purchaser:Yes
My Best Buy number: 2920840599
My Best Buy number: 2920840599
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Intel® - 530 Series 240GB Internal SATA Solid State Drive
Intel® - 530 Series 240GB Internal SATA Solid State Drive
Ensure optimal computing performance with this Intel® 530 Series BBSSDSC240A4K5 240GB internal SATA solid state drive that features read speeds up to 540MB/sec. and write speeds up to 490MB/sec. for efficient data transfer.
 
Quick and easy upgrade to the system!
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Posted by: RichM
from Colora, MD
on September 21, 2014
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What's great about it: Simple to install, good price, and good design
What's not so great: It's not free!
I purchased this to move my boot from a SATA to SSD. With little effort, it's up and running, seemlessly transferred all of the information necessary to become the boot, and markedly improved the performance of my AV rig.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Work with large multimedia files, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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My Best Buy number: 2920840599
My Best Buy number: 2920840599
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APC - Back-UPS 450VA Network 40 UPS - Black
APC - Back-UPS 450VA Network 40 UPS - Black
Keep your home networking equipment working when the electricity goes out with this APC Back-UPS Network 40 BN4001 UPS that features 4 battery-backup and surge-protection outlets to ensure electronics remain powered during outages.
 

Protecting a Desktop PC

I am confused by the answer to a prior question which I copied below. I need to surge protect a desktop PC plus external drives, router etc., but also if there is a power outage I need enough battery backup to allow me to save files on my desktop PC and/or external drive and then close everything down. Will it do that ok? Isn't that what its for?

"For your reference, the BN4001 is positioned as a UPS to protect networking equipment, not to be network manageable.

Because it is intended to protect networking equipment (ie modem, router, etc. vs a PC), we do not include a cable to connect to a PC or the software to monitor from a PC"
In an outage, the UPS is there to allow you enough time to gracefully close off your machine. They're saying that it's not there to continue working not protect the network (only those machines that are attached to it versus the cable line running through your walls to the internet provider). Your power cables into the UPS will pull power from the UPS at a pretty strong rate, so...use the time that you've got to gracefully close out work, save files, and power down.
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APC - Back-UPS 450VA Network 40 UPS - Black
APC - Back-UPS 450VA Network 40 UPS - Black
Keep your home networking equipment working when the electricity goes out with this APC Back-UPS Network 40 BN4001 UPS that features 4 battery-backup and surge-protection outlets to ensure electronics remain powered during outages.
 

How long does the battery last once the power goes out?

depends upon the load your putting on it. the easy math would be to look at the amperage that your combined machines require (you can look that up on the internet for estimates or by looking at the actual manuals)...then, divide the total / full capacity of the UPS by the number you get when you add all of those devices together. This gives you a rate that you're bleeding the stored energy by per minute. (assuming that the load per device is listed by the minute versus hour)
It's a rough math but gets a ball park answer...
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APC - Back-UPS 450VA Network 40 UPS - Black
APC - Back-UPS 450VA Network 40 UPS - Black
Keep your home networking equipment working when the electricity goes out with this APC Back-UPS Network 40 BN4001 UPS that features 4 battery-backup and surge-protection outlets to ensure electronics remain powered during outages.
 

Do I need an UPS?

I have a flat panel tv and soundbar plugged into an outlet that, when the air conditioner turns on, I get a momentary blip on the screen. Will a ups prevent this or what do I need?
Yes...momentarily blips may (and likely do) allow for 'dirty' power to come through. High end electronics are sensitive to the quality of electricity they get. A UPS not only provides for the constant supply of electricity, but acts as a very strong buffer between dirty power and your electronics.
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Hard Drives, SSD & Storage
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internal hard drive for gateway pentium 4 desk top computer

I'm looking to buy internal hard drive for gateway pentium 4 desk top computer
I'm assuming your rig is a SATA given that it's P4. Size is relatively cheap when coming to hard drives, but you'll have to look at how your OS uses it first. Some OS doesn't really use the larger hard drives well, so it doesn't pay to go big but rather go many.
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