Cyberpower CP1000PFCLCD Pure Sine Wave UPS Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

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Some of your may know the value of a good UPS, but others may not. In this video I hope to explain it to all of you :)

[@DarioDAversa]

You should redo this video in 2017.

[@codyorlovsky2686]

Yes!! @linus

[@davidpizarro3501]

totally

[@KILLERBanshee]

He should review the new one that does 900watts

[@LinkinPark4Ever1996]

@@off7hewall it took me 5 hours of deep research to get to the conclusion that a modern computer PSU needs pure sine wave, otherwise with a non pure wave both PSU and UPS will slowly get damaged over time, depends on how often the power goes out. A decent pure sine wave UPS for a high end gaming rig + monitor (~1000 watts) will cost around 600$, compared to a average 200$ UPS without pure sine wave but same wattage

[@Fanthor1973]

@@LinkinPark4Ever1996 I'm in the same boat. My APC 1500BR UPS of nearly 12 years finally gave up the ghost. It lasted for three builds and now I'm looking for a new one and running into the Pure Sine Wave vs Simulated/Stepped Sine Wave debate. There is a big price difference between the two styles no matter which brand. I've narrowed it down to the APC BR1500MS and the Cyberpower CP1500PFCLCD. They are both very similar in price to each other I just wish they weren't $100 more than their non pure sine wave counterparts.

[@wondercat6169]

Make more of these you need to cover this market better.

[@dez7852]

Wow! I've been watching LTT for about a year. This is great to see how far Linus has come. But yeah, he needs to redo a UPS breakdown

[@bobtharealest3723]

exactlyyy lolololol, he hasn't aged either. tech vampire

[@louistournas120]

@@bobtharealest3723 Yeah, he is quite hot.

[@josephyang3260]

You should redo this video in 2020, but give us a line up of the best UPS’s. Especially with the unscheduled brown outs and the electrical outages in California due to the wildfires this is needed more than ever.

[@ScarlettsLog]

Linus, mains AC power at 120V does NOT mean that the peak to peak voltage is 120V. What that number is is the RMS voltage. The peak voltage is that multiplied by sqrt(2), or about 170V. With 240V mains the peak is about 340V. This gives a peak-to-peak voltage of 680 volts.

[@crumbworks]

I love my UPS. I've been waiting for the power to cut long enough for my PC to initiate a safe shutdown sequence, but it hasn't happened yet -- the power always restores within a minute or two and my UPS battery lasts about 12 minutes, and I've told it to safely shut down with 5 minutes of juice left. P.S. It's uber satisfying to see the lights flicker but your PC, monitor, speakers, modem, and router stay on. Sometimes I don't even notice until I see my microwave clock flashing.

[@MrCrabs101]

should do a new video on UPSs since alot of people especially new people don't know what a UPS is or if they need one

[@lightness1990]

I'm amazed how much Linus knows, unlimited knowledge..

[@alexandermakoto]

I would love to see an APC vs Tripp Lite vs CyberPower comparison with simulated Blackouts, Brownouts, and Spikes to see who's brand handles these situations best. Kinda tired of people saying this one is better or that without demonstrations.

[@kiskiller3]

Makoto Alexander i work as a technician in a ups service center and i can assure you that tripp lite and cyberpower are really cheaply made compared to apc upss. sure apc upss are more expensive but they are a thousand times more reliable than theses other brands. Eaton also make some good ups.

[@alexandermakoto]

kiskiller3 Thanks for the reply. I have already purchased a CyberPower model and am quite satisfied with it once I tested it myself. However, don't you think your "assurance" is more of the same as I stated in the last sentence of my first post? You cannot assure someone, who don't know you from Adam, without verifiable evidence.

[@kiskiller3]

I just wanted to inform you about the fact that cyberpower upss and triplite upss are made cheaply. but you are right i cant assure someone whitout evidence, and i wish i had enought time to do a video comparing the different brands maybe i could do one but it would not be very good and my English is not that good (im french Montréal) if i get around to making one i will let you know.

[@haroldgriswold272]

Makoto Alexander My Cyber Power 625va From Best Buy Survived A Major Brown Out The Went any where from 120 to 90 Volts Approximately

[@alexandermakoto]

kiskiller3 That would be great. Thanks

[@BoogieSpiderman]

Look at this young lad with them earrings. Just now thinking of keeping my computer safe with some pure sinewave vs pfc sinewave.

[@dantruong2582]

Man LTT has come a long way since this video. Keep it up!!

[@trackready8026]

Umm, linus... the sine wave in North America travels a 240v range. The 120v is the distance from zero, in which it also travels down to -120ac V. The way you described it in the video would make is 60ac V

[@bobtharealest3723]

oh my goodness the humble beginings

[@technicallyjake]

I knew the link wouldn't go anywhere but i had to click it

[@BFirewood]

Just bought the TX650M, really happy with it. I can recommend this power supply :) It's Semi-Modulair good for cable managment :)

[@Bird_of_Hope]

*_IMPORTANT TIMESTAMPS:-_* *★ **3:41* *★ **4:06* *★ **6:27*

[@EshmesVid]

Effective voltage ie 120volts is something else Linus

[@srinivasrm3900]

Yo make a new video on ups i need it. Thank you

[@kolton5543]

I believe what that means that the UPS can power something all of the way up to 600watts (5-5.5 amps)

[@eribetra]

POV: You were recommended this

[@killomaster]

120 Volt is 72% of the SIN Linus, it goes higher then that and then back to 0. That way it looks like 120 Volts on your Volt Meter.

[@Xero852]

I picked up a CP1500PFCLCD (higher capacity/beefier version of this) about 1 year ago and I notice that I get a lot of "dips" and brown-outs. At least once a month the UPS beeps to let me know. It also saved my system from a HUGE surge at a LAN party that was due to amateur power distribution on the down-leads. Fried two other PSU's in the same row as me, yet I was fine.

[@---GOD---]

We need a new UPS video

[@ShadowwwLFS]

Oh and also Li-Poly hybrids, despite not being suitable for cars (LiFePO4's are suitable to automotive usage so my previous comment still applies), they have most amazing power-to-weight ratio. I have a 1.5 kg 30*5*5cm Li-Po hybrid battery lying on my desk, and being that light (and small) it is 37V 5Ah (lead-acid of same Wh capacity would be 5 kg or so), it's capable of 325A discharge, which at 30V (let's count in the voltage sag..) is 10 kW. Find me a 1.5kg lead-acid that does that, I beg you!

[@PixelatedFancyLads]

Seems like UPS' have barely advanced in the past 10 years. Linus, you should do a deep-dive into UPS'. The market is an absolute cluster, and reviews across the board for seemingly every option out there are uninspiring at best, scathing at worse. Would be great to get some direction on what's good, what's bad, and what differentiates the products on the market.

[@DJaquithFL]

I live in Florida - Lightning & Brown-Out capital is the USA. It sure isn't anything but "1st World". If you really hate you PC, TV, etc Expensive electronics then don't have an UPS! In the past year my APC recorded 53 events in (1) one year: Brown-outs + Outages. ALL of my LCD/LED TV's, PC's and Printers are on UPS. I've looked in to a whole house UPS. but it's big bucks! Don't forget your Cable & NIC from surges/lightening.

[@caketakeshh]

Please open a NCIX store in every single country

[@agredo]

so is this model "Pure sine Wave" or not? box does not describe it. this models cost around $135 vs APC $500-$1,000 pure sine wave UPS. why?

[@briansnj]

This product line is pure sine wave. The datasheets, etc. on the website can be downloaded and read and even their customer service reps can confirm that. I have been using Cyber Power for years and they have proven to be MORE reliable than APC or Tripp Lite. I have nothing against APC or Tripp Lite. I love their products BUT APC has been insanely expensive for years now! TRANSLATION - OVER-PRICED because they have the name brand everyone knows about. Even for just an UPS model that can protect a basic gaming rig with AFC power supply or a SOHO desktop with AFC. AFC power supplies are completely common now. APC wants suckers to pay double or triple but the truth is they are over-selling also. They are attempting to get average users to buy their server grade type UPSes. Even Tripp Lite has a lower price point than APC. I have installed at least 100 or more different Cyber Power UPS units, whether desktop or rack models, in residential and commercial client sites and they have all performed as advertised/expected. I even went so far to try an experiment. A client with 75 PCs and a rack full of goodies like servers, NAS, routers, gateways, and managed switches - plain and PoE, allowed me to install equal but different product lines. So, I installed in the rack APC, Tripp Lite and Cyber Power units. All performed the same. You could not tell the difference that way. However, after 2 years the APC unit batteries were definitely degrading. Tripp and Cyber were still going strong. In the end, with all things being equal, I typically shop/price Cyber Power first then Tripp Lite. I don't even bother with APC any more unless for some oddball compatibility reason I have to.

[@kiskiller3]

Meyak Karchtume you can buy some refurbished units they usually are half the price of the new ones and they are still perfect, there are other brand of ups that ar really good and probably superior to ciberpower like eaton and liebert of even alwayson

[@newtekie1]

I fail to see what part of this isn't entirely true? He was still either provided the samples or bought them from NCIX at a discount. Your point was that this is his job and he does this for NCIX, which it isn't his job and he doesn't do this for NCIX. He doesn't make any money from this channel, NCIX doesn't pay him for things posted on this channel. So this isn't his job, and he doesn't do this for NCIX. So your point is wrong.

[@oneproductionman]

I just bought it a few minutes ago from Amazon, did not know it is an 11yr old model...

[@pogimaxquad]

I used a non sine wave ups.. The ground on my pc disappeared.. I wonder how if its pure sine wave

[@iamthepandaman]

If you want to really show the differences, use an oscilloscope. Then people might have a better idea of what you are talking about when you mention sine waves

[@noname86]

Linus.. we miss the intro music.. Please bring it back..

[@ClydeGonzales]

You should redo this video in 2019

[@marino4691]

the intro sound is locked in my darkroom. linus, give me your cat or ill kill the intro sound

[@web1bastler]

@LinusTechTips can u show us the cleanness of the waveform coming out of the ups with a oscilloscope? that would be awesome

[@1stCeeN]

Once i got curious and flicked the red switch at the back of my PSU. There were fireworks, a loud bang, and smoke, yet everything in my pc was fine. Just needed another PSU :P

[@Remi1115]

Can you do a video someday about the differences between Watts, Voltages, ect? Noane has been able to explain it to me to make me remember it.

[@anothersiguy]

APFC is a requirement for ANY 80Plus certification, not just Gold, Bronze, etc.

[@iJONNYHD]

to be fair not a lot of people can really afford the stuff that you unbox, maybe you should start doing like a budget series or something along those lines :)

[@shadowofadoubt14]

hoooray for Linus!!!

Wait until one of your neighbours gets an arc welder.

[@SimpleCarGuy]

I had once.. Last year when we has shit load of rain and wind in Chicago. My PC just shut off and that's it... It was connected to a power-surge protected power strip, though.

[@ShadowwwLFS]

Not a bullshit, just a fact. Google "Turnigy nano-tech 5000mAh 10S 65~130C Lipo Pack" to see what battery I am talking about. Also it's 30V not 3V cause there are 10 cells in series.

[@ShadowwwLFS]

I don't understand why UPS manufacturers keep using lead-acid (Pb) batteries when they suck so much.. Probably they are getting bribed by SLA battery manufacturers or something.

[@Octoschizare]

I have been using that exact model UPS for about one year now. I choose that specific version because of the pure sine wave output. It was the only UPS that I could find with that feature. I'm definitely glad I bought it and it's worked well to keep me going during power surges or outages. Here's a tip: in addition to your PC, plug in your modem to the battery backup outlets and you can even remain connected to the internet when your power is out. (for about 15 minutes until the charge runs out)

[@sdrez_]

Developed country* the term 'first world' is not in use anymore

[@roahuja8215]

I just bought one of these. There is some remodeling going on in my home. The construction works have been using an electric saw, and it caused a slight surge to my pc. Fried my GPU - 1080Ti. Had to replace the card and spent a little extra money getting one of these. Well worth it!

[@OrchlonSR]

if the computer is idle it'll be fine but if the computer is drawing more than 600W you're screwed

[@ColdVergil1]

Redo this in 2020 please! @linustechtips

[@knexfan0011]

Linus, please don't just plug in the PC to the Battery-Backup-Part of the UPS, but also a monitor. Otherwise the test would be flawed ;)

[@lassekristensen385]

Word is that an UPS with Sinewave and clean power can cure Coil Whine.... would definatly be worth an extra try today 2018!

[@ShadowwwLFS]

@Comeyd wrong. LiFePO4's are capable of 30C continuous discharge (30 amps for every amp-hour of capacity), which is 3 times more than lead-acid (10C). They also have way longer cycle life (1000 cycles at 100% DOD, vs 100 cycles at 100% DOD of lead-acid), higher energy density (220 Wh/L vs 75 Wh/L for lead-acid), and higher specific energy (100 Wh/kg vs 35 Wh/kg for lead-acid), and higher specific power (300 W/kg vs 180 W/kg for lead-acid).They also don't suffer from low temperatures,like Pb's do

[@SimpleCarGuy]

I also thought he was gay, but then i heard him say he had a wife... so idk.

[@eric4946]

120 V is RMS , actual peak to peak is larger. The 120 V is an average of the difference to ground. The waveform itself is actually around. 1.414 times 120V so we have in reality +170 then going to -170 60 times a second. This how it is possible to end up with 240 by having 2 sources out of phase with each other you capture the full difference between the +170 and -170 without running a higher voltage line.

[@GeorgeTsiros]

RMS is the DC voltage that when connected to the same pure resistive load will create the same power. the average of the difference to ground is of course 0.

[@klooger28]

and that was a douchey comment, but it had to be done, great vid btw :D

[@Ghennesph]

where's the alleged followup video?

[@Poketarist]

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[@demaciu88]

that UPS cost $160, if you can't afford that to protect your more expensive PC, then why are you watching unboxing videos? and this is a cheap UPS, mine cost over $400

[@JesterJesalva]

Please do a continuation video to prove the incompatibility of APFC psu with Modified sine wave ups.

[@24321619]

A good point 6 years ago enermax PSU said do not use a modified sine wave UPS.

[@despikyxd]

it seems Linus never been in germany ... to correct Linus : in germany you have exactly 2 states : power on or power off ... there are no things like over-voltage or surges or some stuff like this ... and you took the voltages wrong : 115V *former 110V* and 230V *former 220V* ... not 120V and 240V ... even : most PSUs are cover about 100V - 250V with 49Hz - 61Hz and it doesnt rlly matter if you have SINE wave or RECT wave ... so there some things sounds TO american than over-the-world knowledge

[@technicdesigner]

My 950watt cyber power - power supply makes cricket/grass hopper noises, usually only when I'm playing bf3. It seams to do it for a few days then it will stop for a few weeks and then it will return. Should I be worried or very worried?? Will it take my graphics card with it? Thanks

[@atomicgiraffe250]

I think this video is a curse. Immediately after you said "catastrophic failure" my GTX 570 starting throwing up artifcats... now then I had to switch everything to a H67 board to use the Intel HD Graphics 3000 on the i7 2600k

[@newtekie1]

His NCIX.com channel is his stuff that he does for NCIX. The things that he unboxes on this channel he either receives free samples from the manufacturer or he buys himself with money generated by the channel I'm sure he gets an discount from NCIX from working there. He even has discussed this, asking if he should add those video adverts to the videos to generate more money to buy more things to unbox/test on this channel. So before you call someone else retarded, make sure you aren't wrong.

[@Johnny_Kanuk]

Well you may think so but try living in a big townhouse complex and be at the end of the line. Had to get a couple of similar devices for my PC, HDTV, and surround. Witout them my computer was glitchy, my surround had a buzz and my HDTV had noise in the picture. So just because you may not have experienced it doesn't mean it isn't out there or a product is useless.

[@mrosebro]

Linus i gotta stop watching ur videos i think - i been wanting a UPS for a long time but allways opt'd to spend the money on something else - and right now i need to do a $700 on my car and i'm sitting here like "oh dude i need a ups!".... >.< will power! WILL POWER!!

[@FirstLastOne]

In the ten years since this LTT video has been out, BC Hydro, the first world power supplier to us peoples living in Linus' realm have seen a noticeable drop in the quality of power. I have lost two UPS and three surge protector power strips because of it. And don't even get me started on how little time SLA batteries last in these UPSs before they need replacing. BC Hydro of course claims everything is well within the industry standards. Of course it is.

Well he did describe suction cups on the bottom of an external USB drive bay as "adorable", that's got to be a few hundred gay points right there.

[@HorrorAngel666]

Is this better than a Back-ups XS 1300 APC when it comes to power cleaning? I know a friend who is having problems with monitors acting up with what seems to be power fluctuations (it could be the hardware, down to 2 possible culprits).

[@canadianeh24]

i'm plugged into a monster 920G power center. i love it. not only does it clean my power but my tower is the main control unit on the "green" side so when my tower shuts off both monitors shutoff with it, and vice-versa when i turn it on.

[@web1bastler]

whats about 4 lifepo4 batts in series and that times 5 (3 Ah per bank) that would give u a 4S5P config with a capacity of 15 Ah and that times 10 (C) =150 Amp. Cont. pwr and that again times 3 gives u a total max cont disc current of 450Amps at 12.8 volts

[@bumbixp]

Nope, I think the 600W rating on the UPS is the power it can output from the batteries, so in a way yes if you're actually drawing 1200W when the power goes out (unlikely) the UPS wouldn't be able to power your PC.

[@f15htechtips]

i do not expect this to last very long as when in a server room i saw 2 giant UPS batteries to keep the servers going for 2 hours and keep any calls happening going but then they were to power a server room so maybe i am wrong

[@andysim232]

my Cyberpower PSU died within 1 week of delivery lol, they send me a replacement and it failed to run my PC though 5 mins of Prime95 and it gave 3 loud bangs and died. Im lucky it did not take the rest of my PC with it.

[@Mc8370]

I had dirty AC power fry my gaming motherboard I had just bought, I wasn't happy. But apparently you can get a device to regulate the current in you WHOLE household, but it costs somewhere in the hundreds...

[@robot797]

no becaus it is a statement and also i like to lisen to old tube radios the sound is way better then stupid transistorized music

[@beegiebg]

What's the serial port for? I haven't had one of those on my computer in quite a few years and haven't used one in over 10 yrs and that was for a mouse on a computer that was considered old junk back then.

[@motocraig7]

YAY my power bar has a surge protector, puts out a pure sine wave and a ground loop eliminator :D still want a ups though...

[@SurpriseCake]

So, this is probably dumb question (no dumb questions amirite?) but if it says 600 watts, that means it couldn't power a computer for example that's drawing more than 600 watts?

[@bertoray]

Active Power Factor Correction (PFC) compatability should absolutely be a UPS search filter catagory for all top tier computer parts distributing sites. Incompatability is a known issue.

[@EdouardDubois]

I thought that they made power-bars that were able to... "clean" the AC power. I got one for about 40$, and the clerk was telling me it would be fine. Was he Bulls**ting me?

[@AdamAvakian24]

They grow up so fast

[@DodgySmalls]

/watch?v=NgwXkUt3XxQ Can't you just put an inductor in between the output of the battery and the output of the unit. I fail to see why this is an expensive procedure. ??

[@newtekie1]

I'm pretty sure he spelled "are" and "you" wrong on purpose because that is exactly what YOU spelled wrong originally. Pay attention, and if you need help ask your teacher.

[@MadeInMinecraft]

Well, Sweden have for the most part good power esspecialy in the north. Facebook put a HUGE server house in Luleå because of the clean and stable power feed :)

[@bassmanTV]

i had a 3 years old UPS, and there was a power faluire, i heard a little noise, like a little zap, my pc crashed right after it... screwed up my WD 3TB drive :(

[@BeardedVillain]

It's not all about wanting to buy it, most people just like to see what kind of stuff people are releasing nowadays.. Budget equipment won't be as interesting..

[@SimpleCarGuy]

1000 watt DC power, vs 600 watt AC power... totally different things

[@kickit246]

If I plug my ethernet cable into it, will it clean up my browsing history? Will it affect how dirty my porn is??? This would be a deal breaker for me.

[@newtekie1]

That is impossible. No electrical grid is perfect, there will be surges and brown outs, the weather alone causes this everyone in the world.

[@madjimms]

Some PSU's actually get damaged from pure sine wave UPS's. Although technically a "pure" sine wave PSU isn't actually produced commercially.

[@AzimSobri]

Linus go to university but he was throw out from the university. Linus have told about it in one video how he got throw from the university.

[@OrchlonSR]

fire the camera man or the editor

[@amanvds]

He is wrong on square wave ..... Square wave is not a sine wave ... square wave has 2 discrete ON & OFF signal's .... unlike sine wave

[@mixced]

pointless and useless device... they just want to drain ur money... who had ever problems with their ac power at home... so meaningless

[@randomtechdude]

not entirely true, these things NCIX carries. No shit he gets discounts from NCIX, who doesn't get some kind of discount when working for the company that sells the item? Look in the description, see the link for the sku he is talking about in this video, an NCIX com link? Yes, my point exactly.

[@matooo95]

I havent had any problems with AC here in Slovakia (230V). But in case of lightning it could save your peripherals connected to it.

[@THE16THPHANTOM]

say connected component and it gets fried while using that, how exactly would you prove you were using the product when it happened.

[@1stCeeN]

lol I shat bricks, thought it was over, didn't know what I'd do without my rig, but he was fine.

If they don't know already then they don't pay attention to anything so it makes no difference.