Needing Help/Advice Gpu/Psu noise

Jack Gunn · 22 Aug 2023 at 18:45

Not sure I’m in the right place, but if iam I’m wondering if anyone could help me and resolve this problem. Basically I keep hearing a noise and can’t tell what it is or where it’s coming from. I have a video of it but not sure what site I can upload to , to be able to get an opinion on it.

Any help would be appreciated

Tetras · 22 Aug 2023 at 19:10

YouTube?

Can you describe the noise in more detail? What is it like? When does it happen?

Jack Gunn · 22 Aug 2023 at 19:11

Sounds abit like grinding, maybe a fan ramping up I’m not 100 percent sure. Sounds like it’s near the psu and about 5 mins into a game

venomx · 22 Aug 2023 at 19:12

Any traditional hard drives installed ? YouTube vid of noise would help

Tetras · 22 Aug 2023 at 19:12

Jack Gunn said:
Sounds abit like grinding, maybe a fan ramping up I’m not 100 percent sure. Sounds like it’s near the psu and about 5 mins into a game

Do you have a PSU and/or graphics card with zero-rpm mode?

Jack Gunn · 22 Aug 2023 at 19:46

venomx said:
Any traditional hard drives installed ? YouTube vid of noise would help

I have a video , YouTube just takes a while to upload . Any other sites I can use ?

Jack Gunn · 22 Aug 2023 at 19:48

venomx said:
Any traditional hard drives installed ? YouTube vid of noise would help

https://youtube.com/shorts/YzwJjbBYHBk?si=20by8oPa26yAF9jj - just uploaded it

Jack Gunn · 22 Aug 2023 at 19:53

Tetras said:
Do you have a PSU and/or graphics card with zero-rpm mode?

I have 750w aerocool psu, and I have an igame 3060ti not sure if any of them have a zero rpm mode

PaulCa · 23 Aug 2023 at 09:45

Sounds like a fan bearing. Honestly though I had to turn the volume right up. I expect it's a 0 RPM fan in the PSU which is only turning on at all when the PSU starts to get warm under gaming load.

I think you are being paranoid. Try not to think about it and the noise will go away.

I'd honestly let it be unless it becomes really a lot louder.

PaulCa · 23 Aug 2023 at 09:48

Although. That GPU is awfully close to the bottom of the case. You could get "buffet" noises at high fan rpm, but that sounds like "puffing" noise.

Your PSU looks like it's set for a bottom exhaust. Does the PC sit up on legs with free airflow beneath?

Jack Gunn · 23 Aug 2023 at 23:11

PaulCa said:
Sounds like a fan bearing. Honestly though I had to turn the volume right up. I expect it's a 0 RPM fan in the PSU which is only turning on at all when the PSU starts to get warm under gaming load.

I think you are being paranoid. Try not to think about it and the noise will go away.

I'd honestly let it be unless it becomes really a lot louder.

Its just sounds abit like grinding that's all im worried about , if it carries on i might just change the psu as that sounds like where it's coming from. Yeah i had a zotac 3060ti orignally and recently changed to an igame colorful 3060ti , i can't raise the gpu because of the cpu fan. The first week or so it was on my carpet and yes it does now it's in a lian li micro case on top of a piece of wood, so it should have plenty of airflow. My temps when gaming seem ok aswell it just sounds abit louder so im not really sure what to do.

Quartz · 23 Aug 2023 at 23:24

Jack Gunn said:
Basically I keep hearing a noise and can’t tell what it is or where it’s coming from.

Yes, that sounds like a fan bearing. If your CPU has an internal GPU or you have another GPU try removing or swapping out your current GPU.

Tetras · 23 Aug 2023 at 23:29

Jack Gunn said:
if it carries on i might just change the psu as that sounds like where it's coming from.

If it is due to the zero-rpm mode, check the back of the PSU as some of them have a button where you can turn it off/on and with some PSUs (like the Asus Strix) that can help with the idle noise.

Jack Gunn · 24 Aug 2023 at 22:28

Quartz said:
Yes, that sounds like a fan bearing. If your CPU has an internal GPU or you have another GPU try removing or swapping out your current GPU.

Im not quite sure what you mean, ive had this noise with 2 different gpu's so im pretty sure its nothing to do with the gpu

Jack Gunn · 24 Aug 2023 at 22:29

Tetras said:
If it is due to the zero-rpm mode, check the back of the PSU as some of them have a button where you can turn it off/on and with some PSUs (like the Asus Strix) that can help with the idle noise.

Ive checked my psu and it doesn't have a zero rpm mode, but i have read the reviews and someone said that the psu has a slight ticking noise possibly due to the fan bearing so it could be that. I Might just swap out my psu and see if that changes anything