Actually run 2 APC 1500's. I had 1 running the Box and the other running the Monitors. Where we live a get a lot of power outages and can't afford to shut down all my work, so splitting the load and running 2 APC's lets me keep things running for about 45 minutes or so.
The hard part about this strike was that it came in over hardwired Ethernet, and not over the power system. I lost all Switches, Router, Blue-ray player, TV hooked up via HDMI to the Blue-ray... basically everything physically connected to my network. Several USB items, including my old Logitech webcam, and old Logitech wireless KB/MS transceiver were fried, as well as both of the APC 1500's hooked up to my main system. Can't say why for sure, except they were hooked up to USB to control system shutdown with PowerChute software. I lost 1 of my ASUS 27" monitors, was burn marks on the base of it where the surge was looking for another ground and the Video card that monitor was hooked up to was fried as well. It was crazy bad. I now have the replaced Wireless AP running through the Network Protection port on the back of the APC and also have broken up the network with protection between segments. Hopefully that was the only "weak" point in the system and any future occurrence will be stopped at that point. I don't know if I can deal with another event like that. That moment where I'm standing in the middle of my office and everything is SILENT.... where to start first was the only thing I could think. Even got my tablet which I had hooked up with a USB Ethernet adapter to achieve faster file transfer.
Here is pic of the Linksys Access Point WAP54G were it appears the source was. Found pieces of it all over the carport.