PSU buzzed

[Mohammed]

Hi TPU

just few days i found my new Cooler Master PSU make noise, sound like zzzz but no smell or any physical damage. Is this normal?! sound came out when i played some games, even with headset I still can hear it.

here is my pc space i am not overclocker
CPU: I7 6700k
RAM: 32 GB 2x 16GB
HDD: samsung M2.0 256GB
HDD2: PNY SSD 480GB
HDD3: Seagate SSHD 4TB
GPU: EVGA GTX570
CDD: ASUS RW
PSU: cooler master 600watt Plus


thanks in adv

 

[P4-630]

Probably coil whine.

"You turn on your PC, start up a particularly taxing program, and then—you hear it. A high-pitched sound emanating from somewhere as if your ears are ringing. You're not going crazy, it's coil whine, and it can come from a number of components in your computer.

Coil whine, as Linus from Techquickie's YouTube channel explains, is a phenomenon found in a lot of technology today, but especially in video cards. It usually occurs when a component is working really hard and begins to vibrate, emitting a high-pitched noise in the process. This is pretty common when playing games as they tax your video card the most for substantial lengths of time. Additionally, games or other graphic intensive software will tax your video card at different levels, causing a variety of high pitched sounds to occur. If you're playing or working with speakers or certain kinds of headphones, it could become pretty annoying.

What can you do? Well, the unfortunate truth is that once you've got it, you can't really get rid of it. Your best bet is to prevent it in the first place by reading reviews and researching which products tend to have the most coil whine. So before you jump into buying that delicious new video card, be sure to check that it doesn't also come with some distracting coil whine on the side."

http://lifehacker.com/this-video-explains-what-coil-whine-is-and-how-to-avoid-1669522880

 

[Mohammed]

Is this normal because i have 0 experience with this noise

 

[P4-630]

Is this normal because i have 0 experience with this noise

Are you sure it's the PSU? Most of the times it's a videocard when you play games.
There is nothing you can do besides buying another.

 

[ZeppMan217]

Makes sure that it is the PSU that is making the noise. If that's the case and it's under warranty, then take it back.

 

[P4-630]

Once you are sure when it's the PSU or the videocard you could try to RMA.

 

[Mohammed]

i can RMA PSU it is month old , but GPU not sure.

anyway I will try to use another GPU, i will update...

 

[Bill_Bright]

Take a wooden glue or Popsicle stick and CAREFULLY stick it into the PSU pressing it onto the center hub of the fan for just a second or two. This will cause the fan speed to decrease. If it is the fan bearings making the noise, the "pitch" of the noise will change as the fan speed does.

If the pitch remains the same, you know the fan bearings are not the problem. You might then stick your ear up to the back of the PSU to verify the noise is actually coming from the PSU and not inside the case. The problem with cavernous metal PC cases is noises can seem to come from anywhere.

Note hard drives can also make buzzing noises. Anything with motors cans. You can use the wooden glue stick to test other fans. For drive motors, you can't. But you can often gently rest your fingers on the drive and "feel" the noise - or the vibration causing the noise. If not the boot drive, you can disconnect power to that drive and see if the noise goes away.

If it ends up being PSU coil noise (or PSU fan noise) you can replace the PSU.

 

[eidairaman1]

Electrical noise and bad grounding.

 

[Keullo-e]

Dispose of that low quality PSU and get a high quality one. I can't understand that how people buy high-end CPUs etc. and get some cheap crappy PSU with high marketed wattage.

 

[Bill_Bright]

They typically do it to cut corners on the budget. But that is the wrong place to do it even though there are millions of computers out there with cheap PSUs that have been chugging along for many years without problems.

 

[Mohammed]

omg, my psu is brand Cooler Master: B600 ver.2 , as far as i know it is not crap

anyway, i think the sound was caused by GPU, i found temp rise up to 95c then sound came out, but it weird because i heard sound from PSU

so at this time i keep it left case door open in order for more airflow, max temp 84c with no sound

 

[evernessince]

Probably coil whine.

"You turn on your PC, start up a particularly taxing program, and then—you hear it. A high-pitched sound emanating from somewhere as if your ears are ringing. You're not going crazy, it's coil whine, and it can come from a number of components in your computer.

Coil whine, as Linus from Techquickie's YouTube channel explains, is a phenomenon found in a lot of technology today, but especially in video cards. It usually occurs when a component is working really hard and begins to vibrate, emitting a high-pitched noise in the process. This is pretty common when playing games as they tax your video card the most for substantial lengths of time. Additionally, games or other graphic intensive software will tax your video card at different levels, causing a variety of high pitched sounds to occur. If you're playing or working with speakers or certain kinds of headphones, it could become pretty annoying.

What can you do? Well, the unfortunate truth is that once you've got it, you can't really get rid of it. Your best bet is to prevent it in the first place by reading reviews and researching which products tend to have the most coil whine. So before you jump into buying that delicious new video card, be sure to check that it doesn't also come with some distracting coil whine on the side."

http://lifehacker.com/this-video-explains-what-coil-whine-is-and-how-to-avoid-1669522880

You could say that or just "Coil whine occurs when the electrical noise generated by electronical components is within the audible hearing frequency range. The noise output by electronic components varies based on working conditions of the device". RMA the product if the noise is bothersome, otherwise it has absolutely no impact on performance or longevity of a product.

 

[peche]

i can RMA PSU it is month old , but GPU not sure.

anyway I will try to use another GPU, i will update...

take out the GPU, do a test for the CPU to discard that the PSU is not the one that with "Coil Whine"

omg, my psu is brand Cooler Master: B600 ver.2 , as far as i know it is not crap

not crap, but not the best....