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David230

David230

David230

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Hi Everyone,

I recently bought (recently'ish) a new higher powered psu to handle a SLI setup with 2 x 980Ti's. The system runs well and power pulled from the socket peaks at 860w (full system overclocks cpu/gpu's) and average with my vsync setup at around 680w so from that atleast I know I have a suitably sized unit. Non oc'd system has no impact on noise level.

My only concern is that it seems a bit noisy and not in a fan noisy way (which would be ok/better). It sounds more like a noisy water pump or even a muffled grinding/rattling sound is probably the best way I can describe it.

I have 5 x NF-12 fans at 700rpm and a DDC pump at 2000rpm and these are silent at those levels. The only thing that would be comparable level wise would be my external HDD when powered up.

Just interested to hear your own views on this specific spec EVGA PSU and have you found similar sound issues? Thinking I probably made a mistake buying this over alternatives.

cheers
David
 
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Hi David, can you let us know shich partn number you are exactly using? EVGA got some gold certified 1000W units, just want to make sure there is no missunderstanding.
Do you think you can captchure the noise on a sound file or video we can review?
 
Here is a short clip, best heard through headphones. I think in all fairness to EVGA the unit is not that loud its just the type of sound which hopefully you can pick up through the clip. I used a phone app sound meter and its at 32db @ 1m. I move the phone mic closer to the psu after a few seconds in the vid. The video doesn't seem to pick up the sound that well but hopefully you can hear it anyway.

s/no; 1503161007801825

http://vid3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/tt230/20160415_181222_zpsuqd2gczu.mp4
 
same thing here.EVGA supernova 750 ,same sound when using a corsair af140 led fan.Increasing the fan speed sound get louder.It's like a constant rattling.Just bought the psu couple of weeks ago.
 
My 850 was a bit noisey, in my case it was the fan causing the noise, turn it to eco mode on the back while it under load, if the noise goes away then its probably your fan also.
 
Ok aside from the noise issue. I now have sparks coming from the back of the power supply when turning on the power supply at the PSU switch.

I will be looking into getting this replaced as its a fair old crack when switching on and doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
 
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David230 said:
Ok aside from the noise issue. I now have sparks coming from the back of the power supply when turning on the power supply at the PSU switch.

I will be looking into getting this replaced as its a fair old crack when switching on and doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
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Do not use it and get it out of your pc. That sounds like a serious fault and may end up damaging other components or even yourself.
 
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