TX850 V2 and Surge Protector

[JeisonRS]

Hello,

 

I want to know if I need to use a surge protector with the TX850 V2,

or if I can safely plug it directly into the electrical socket.

I'm currently building a new PC, so for now I'm using my old one, and I've always used a surge protector with it,

a 300va one, and this PC has 600w, but it's an old PSU.

I use THIS surge protector (sorry that it's in portuguese, I couldn't find a english site that has this)

I've seen a line filter (I don't know if that's the correct name in english) that acts almost like a surge protector,

but it seems unsafe, because it turns the computer power off whenever it detects a power surge.

I don't live in the US, and the power that comes from the electrical socket is 220v.

 

So, what I should do, plug it directly into the electrical socket, use this surge protector, or buy a new one?

 

Thanks in advance!

[peanutz94]

It's up to you.It's safe to use but Corsairs PSU have built i surge protection along with overvolt and a few other features that should prevent damaging in case of line voltage spikes.

 

But the use of a surge protector stil isn't a bad idea so that it would kill power to your PC before such a surge could even reach it.

[JeisonRS]

Thanks for the answer!

 

But the PSU doesn't kill the power when he detects over or under voltage?

 

I've seen in other forums that it's worse to use it because then it'll have 2 filters,

and they would struggle with each other so to speak,

and that the PSU can regulate the voltages better and faster than a surge protector can.

 

Also where I live the power rarely goes out, and here we unplug everything when there is a thunderstorm.

 

I was thinking of buying a cheap line filter (which is like a surge protector) just to have the ability to turn everything off.

[peanutz94]

But the PSU doesn't kill the power when he detects over or under voltage?

Yes, it should shut down if the over voltage protection kicks in .

I've seen in other forums that it's worse to use it because then it'll have 2 filters,

and they would struggle with each other so to speak,

Well, I've never heard that, but that doesn't mean there is some truth to that. But you could just get a powerstrip with a circuit breaker instead. The breaker should trip just the same but no filters.