Coil whine when downloading/transferring files - Can it be SSD whine?

chickadee · 8 Aug 2016 at 19:09

So I have noticed after changing a lot of fans for quiet ones when I download at 4MB/s or faster my pc makes a weird whine, it also happens when accessing files on my C drive or transferring to/from my C drive.

C drive is a Samsung Evo 850 250gb.

Any idea if this is normal?

peahead · 8 Aug 2016 at 20:47

I have seen some videos of ssd drives making noises like you have mentioned

Does is sound like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuijfJfQxts

Cant hear anything from my ssd or if there is its inaudible to me.

chickadee · 8 Aug 2016 at 21:10

peahead said:
I have seen some videos of ssd drives making noises like you have mentioned

Does is sound like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuijfJfQxts

Cant hear anything from my ssd or if there is its inaudible to me.

Yes like that, almost like a bee trapped in a glass jar.

My SSD is also hanging like the video and not screwed/taped down, not sure that would matter as there are no moving parts.

peahead · 8 Aug 2016 at 22:08

chickadee said:
Yes like that, almost like a bee trapped in a glass jar.

My SSD is also hanging like the video and not screwed/taped down, not sure that would matter as there are no moving parts.

Not sure what else you can really do except maybe try and damped the sound in some way or change the ssd.

It would drive me nuts though if it was mine

chickadee · 9 Aug 2016 at 19:44

peahead said:
Not sure what else you can really do except maybe try and damped the sound in some way or change the ssd.

It would drive me nuts though if it was mine

It only happens when im downloading, copying or accessing large files.

Funny enough it happens if i load a webpage with large images, i guess because of the transfer speed/size.

It would be nice if there was a fix as its so noisy in comparison to my whole system.