This disaster of a PSU is a good reminder why you never skimp on your PC's power supply
If you ask any seasoned PC builder for advice they'll likely tell you to buy a power supply from a reputable manufacturer. It's the done thing, and if you've ever wondered why you need only look to this absolute disaster of a PSU posted to r/pcmasterrace by user RedditCringe990 to understand.
Just a quick warning before we get into this: Don't open PSUs for fun. It's possible for a PSU to store a significant charge even once disconnected from the outlet, and the risks are absolutely higher with a cheaper PSU with no protections or shoddy workmanship. Don't then go and rip open individual components from inside your PSU, either.
Onwards with this cautionary tale. RedditCringe peeled off the metal casing from the Equites T500 «500W» PSU and found something mysterious inside: a large, weighty component not properly connected to any of the power supply's circuitry.
Upon removable of the mysterious box, they discovered it to be held together by tape. After peeling that back, inside they discovered a box of what appears to be dust/filings, or some other sort of carbon mystery matter, and not the kind that looks in any way important to the function of the power supply.
Taking to Reddit to find out why this mystery matter might be stuffed inside their PSU, and suspecting it may be to add weight to the PSU to make it seem of a higher quality than it is, they received various replies not only confirming that this does appear to be simply for added weight, but that it's one of the least concerning parts of the PSU's innards.
«They are trying to make it feel heavy,» reads the top post by user Hattix.
«That has to be the most scetchy 'PSU' I've seen this year,» says user ValorantDanishblunt.
«That is not a 500W PSU. In fact, I'd
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