Should i buy a Surge Protector or something to protect my PC from harmful electrical surges and other harmful things?

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Sorry if this is not in the correct category but i am almost done with my PC which has coasted me more than $1500 as it is and i do not want some stupid power outage or surge to fry everything. Do they sell something that protects my PC from such things? The only harmful thing i have heard of as a power surge, is there anything else bad that can happen? What should i get to protect it?
 
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Although I have personally had poor experiences with many Belkin products, I do have a couple of Belkin surge suppressors that may be similar to that one, and they have been working fine. They won't keep your system running in a power outage, but should offer protection from spikes and surges.
 
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What brand do you like most?

 
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For UPS units, I've been happy with Cyberpower, APC, or Tripplite. For surge protectors, I really don't remember; other than the two Belkin ones I have now (won in a contest), it has been a while since I bought one. As the recent review of one indicates, "even" APC might have QA problems, but I'd probably trust them too.
 
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Does one like it because it does protection? Or because advertising and hearsay said so? For example, view the specifications numbers for that Cyberpower. How does its hundreds of joules absorb a surge that is hundreds of thousands of joules? It doesn't. That does not matter. It has hundreds of near zero joules. That is sufficient for so many to recommend it for surge protection. Because most only like a product based upon feelings and what others first told them. Most ignore what must be in any useful recommendation - the numbers and how it works.

Blackouts do not harm any electronics hardware. That myth is also quite popular. If a blackout can harm electronics, then someone can cite the damaged component. Nobody can. The risk is an empty fear.

International design standards long before PCs existed defined all low voltages as non-destructive. Either electronics works just fine a low voltage. Or electronics does a normal power off. An area on the chart that defines all low and zero voltages has this phrase in all capital letters: No Damage Region.

Surge protection (even from direct lighting strikes) requires hardware that is located elsewhere. And that costs maybe tens of times less money. Blackouts can be destructive to unsaved data; not to hardware. Any useful recommendation can cite the relevant manufacturer's specification numbers.

 
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