Personally, and strongly, i would NEVER, ever plug a pc into a wall socket via anything. I always use a UPS. There is a reason they are made and used. They are needed and they work!
Personally, before i started using a UPS i lost hard drives, mobos, vid cards, you name it. Since then, one hard drive, and i live on the net and on my pc. I learned the hard way and i try and help people to learn the easy way, thats why i have responded here!
As well, all my customers who have a UPS never lose any hardware. But my customers who dont have a UPS, tadda, they lose hardware, as in fried, gone, broken, kaput, etc.
Another thing, when i started buying them, the cheapest UPS was about $400 or so. Now they can be had for well under $100. The nice thing is that often you dont have to buy the biggest and best UPS out there. You have 2 things to consider. How long a shutdown time you need, and how much wattage you need. You can find that out at any place that makes UPS's. Personally, i would go one lower than they reccommend, but thats only me. Put another way, for a standard, home, non-networked unit you can get a decent UPS for as low as $50 these days.
But learn about them, as there are 2 types of plugs on them. One type has total protection, the other has only surge suppression. Surge suppression simply is not enough and i bet that applies to all of North America, but thats an argument i wont get into, its your choice what you want to believe.
Do you think that the power grid that was built 100 yrs ago had pcs in mind, pcs with their very stringent needs?
The answer is no. Part of the fix is using a UPS to clean your incoming power for you. I learned the hard way, which way do you want to learn?
I forgot to congratulate you on the Thermaltake 700!!
A great start to protecting your pc! A power supply is supposed to do more than just run your pc, its supposed to die to save your pc and even prevent problems. But cheap power supplies only barely run your pc and they DONT provide any or little thermal protection! So its not just, well, will this power supply run my pc. Thats why i said its a great choice, your power supply that is. Any good power supply has built-in thermal protection. But dont think you dont still need a UPS, you do, in my opinion, we all do.
