Follow-up:
When under heavy-load (Fallout 4 @ 4K with Ultra settings), the PC makes an incredible whining sound. It's like a cat made of digital screeching at me as if I'm strangling it.
"Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~!"
I feared it would be this 'coil whine' I both hear, and hear so much about, from my (so far, beloved) GTX 1080. I also heard a rumour on the street that it may be caused by the PSU.
I pulled the PSU out as far as I could, to move it away from the GPU, so I had better audible separation between the two, to isolate the source of the whine. It's the PSU. The 1080 does, in fact, have a whine of its own, but it's so minute I can only hear it with the case off and my ear right next to the card when it's under full-blast load.
The PSU is a seven year-old 750W Antec TruePower Bronze.
The PC is the one in the basket listed above, and has four mechanical hard drives installed, also.
I was planning to add a second GTX 1080 later-on (when they come down in price) and SLI them (never done that before, and want to try it out, hehe~), but the enormous racket it's making with just the one card is making me think this PSU isn't up to the job. The box the power supply came in said it was 'NVidia SLI Ready Certified', as well!
I'm guessing I can't blame this on the graphics card, and will need a new PSU. I had a look and was impressed by this one: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cougar-gx-v3-1050w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-025-cu.html
I don't mind spending a bit of money on a good power supply, but I've already gone over-budget and don't really want to spend £250 on a PSU!
Does anyone have any recommendations (or advice)? I tried disabling all that C1E & C3/C6 stuff in the BIOS that used to cause squeaks, and forcing V-Sync on and capping the FPS, but no improvement.
When under heavy-load (Fallout 4 @ 4K with Ultra settings), the PC makes an incredible whining sound. It's like a cat made of digital screeching at me as if I'm strangling it.
"Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~!"
I feared it would be this 'coil whine' I both hear, and hear so much about, from my (so far, beloved) GTX 1080. I also heard a rumour on the street that it may be caused by the PSU.
I pulled the PSU out as far as I could, to move it away from the GPU, so I had better audible separation between the two, to isolate the source of the whine. It's the PSU. The 1080 does, in fact, have a whine of its own, but it's so minute I can only hear it with the case off and my ear right next to the card when it's under full-blast load.
The PSU is a seven year-old 750W Antec TruePower Bronze.
The PC is the one in the basket listed above, and has four mechanical hard drives installed, also.
I was planning to add a second GTX 1080 later-on (when they come down in price) and SLI them (never done that before, and want to try it out, hehe~), but the enormous racket it's making with just the one card is making me think this PSU isn't up to the job. The box the power supply came in said it was 'NVidia SLI Ready Certified', as well!
I'm guessing I can't blame this on the graphics card, and will need a new PSU. I had a look and was impressed by this one: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cougar-gx-v3-1050w-80-plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-025-cu.html
I don't mind spending a bit of money on a good power supply, but I've already gone over-budget and don't really want to spend £250 on a PSU!
Does anyone have any recommendations (or advice)? I tried disabling all that C1E & C3/C6 stuff in the BIOS that used to cause squeaks, and forcing V-Sync on and capping the FPS, but no improvement.
:rockinoutsmiley:.