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SOLVED Need a PSU and UPS recommendation for my setup

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olegsomphane

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Dec 6, 2008
I think I need some help picking out a ups/psu combo for my freenas build. I am planning to set this up with freenas/zfs raidz2.

I was planning on getting the following, but found out that simulated sine wave ups's were not compatible with active pfc psu's. How true is that?

Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

APC BR1000G 1000 VA 600 w 8 Outlets Power-saving Back-UPS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842101393


Freenas build:
Thermaltake V3 Black Edition Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133094

AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition Callisto 3.3GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103887

ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131660

4x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

4x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139041 (x2)
 
A modified sine wave WILL work with a PSU, but it will stress out the PFC of it pretty badly, as it's now having to take power that is extremely rough and smooth it out for the computer.
 
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