Is this the worst Power Supply Unit you've ever seen?

[Karsten75]

Some time back, as a favor for someone, I built them a small, compact PC using a mini-ITX board in a Bitfenix Prodigy case.

Full specs (more or less): http://pcpartpicker.com/p/x9YwsY

Anyway, the recipient had endless trouble with it and eventually I decided to take it back and give them a laptop instead.

When I got it back, it was a bit of a mess. First sign of an issue were that the case handles were broken. Then when I opened it, the cooler pump was not mounted on the processor anymore. Finally I got to look at the PSU and that's when I found this:

I was literally speechless.

 

[basroil]

What the hell is that monstrosity... 70% efficiency for a switching PSU? I didn't think that low was possible

 

[giantbucket]

so, the guy raided the parts and gave you back junk? and you took it? you got hosed!!!

or did you actually build the system with that garbage...???

 

[turkey3_scratch]

So he swapped PSUs. Slick. Go to him.

 

[USAFRet]

Your 'someone' is an idiot.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Obviously there is nothing legal you can do since this is probably a Jimmy to Jimmy "hey build me a computer" "okay" situation.

 

[basroil]

Obviously there is nothing legal you can do since this is probably a Jimmy to Jimmy "hey build me a computer" "okay" situation.

Emails can certainly be used in small claims courts, as will his receipts. It's a pretty clear cut case of fraud.