So I just did a basement reno and created a smaller games room which will hold 7 of my pins and another 5 will be in an unfinished part of the basement (for now). I had the smaller room wired with 2 20Amp circuits. There are 8 outlets in the room split across 2 separate circuits - 3 outlets (on 2 circuits) are reserved for six pins alongside 1 wall - so I can plug in 6 pins but not the polk subwoofers (I have 3). So I needed a power bar. I concluded that I should get a surge protection strip that could handle 20A (instead of the usual 15A ones). They are much harder to find and much more expensive - I bought the Leviton 5100-IS2 which has a 20A capacity rating.

So my question is, "Did I overthink this?" Is a 20A surge protector better in this case or could I have realistically have just used a regular 15A one in this case? Did I gain anything or just needlessly spend money?

Thanks.

I guess my initial thought was more about providing power for my sub-woofers and less about surge protection. Assumed that a 20A power bar (with surge protection) would handle higher peak loads than the 15A power bar. Although I have never had a problem with 7 pins (and a 15A power bar) on 2 15A circuits in the old game room. But I have quite a few games with magnets (high power draw) so in theory I could exceed the limit and trip a breaker.

Yes my feeder wire is 12g. Everything was done to code with appropriately sized 20A breakers, 12g wire and 20A outlets.