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Gigabyte Aorus Extreme noisy?

FTRUFC

FTRUFC

FTRUFC

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Hi, anyone had any issues with their card making a funny whiring noise when the card is under load? I bought mine last week and up until the weekend it was fine. In normal windows it is silent but as soon as I load up a game it starts making a noise like it's vibrating or something is catching against the fan??
 
Well, I'm 47 with dodgy hearing due to years of listening to Thrash metal but this is rather loud and annoying for a card I just paid £800 for. It's pretty unbearable.

I put my old Galax 970 GTX back in for the moment.
 

Not a great video but you can hear the noise above the fans. I tried v-sync which seemed to work initially on some games but then came back, I have them set at full 3840x2160. Fan speed is auto and controlled by the software
 
But you can clearly see the fans turning without the noise, it's only when it's under load that the noise starts. I turned the fans up to full power and it doesn't do it. Also, the pitch changes depending on which game I'm playing. Dropping the resolution in some games lessens the noise as the card isn't working as hard. Anyhow, I bought myself a Super Flower Leadex Platinum 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply to replace the Coolermaster 650GX PSU I had in there. If that doesn't work I will be sending it back for a replacement.
 
Ok, one more vid. This time with noise made while in a game and then manually turning the fans on to full....it isn't a fan issue. You don't get the same noise with the fans going full pelt as you do when playing a game at 2K/4K. I appreciate the advice but I'd already stated early on in the thread that I don't get the noise when manually turning the fans up full so I think we can put it to bed now that it's not the fans catching the frame.

 
Tried that, it's hard to distinguish. New PSU will be here tomorrow so we will see, thanks all who responded and offered advice. I've not told the wife I've spent another £100 :-)
 
Thanks, in hindsight should have got the new PSU to begin with. My whole system just seems to be running that much better. The Aorus is a beast, got every game running in 4K and as you say, it's so quiet. Definately money well spent (still trying to convince the Mrs of that!)
 
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