Hey Guys,
I just built a new pc:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77XE3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($109.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($197.28 @ TigerDirect)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black/White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.67 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.97 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1196.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-01 10:25 EDT-0400)
After getting everything installed and having it up and running for a bit I noticed that I could hear a faint whining noise(kind of like a tea kettle when boiling but quieter) coming from the system. It occurs for 1-3 seconds every 20 seconds or so, making it really hard to pinpoint where it is coming from. Upon opening it up and listening it is either coming from my Video card or PSU. I am leaning towards PSU but they are so close together its hard to be sure(Even with the empty paper towel roll trick). It does not seem to make the noise more when the GPU is at full load either.
I had the PSU mounted fan down as the case I have has a vent on the bottom for it, after this happened I reversed it to fan up to try and see if it stopped or helped me pinpoint if it was the cpu. It did not help in either way. So I went ahead an started unplugging things(power off unplug power on) to try and see what the cause was. The only thing that seemed to affect it was unplugging the video card seemed to have stopped it but when I put my ear right next to the psu I can still hear odd noises similar to the whine coming from it before, just really quiet. I am not really sure if its the PSU fan and the loss of the extra load from the GPU caused it to not rev the fan as high areducing the noise, or if its actually the GPU making the noise.
To top it all off it appears to have stopped making the nosie now that the system has been running for a few days. My concern is that I was going to return whatever part was the problem for a replacement, but now that it is not making the noise anymore I don't know if I still should. I feel like I don't want a bad part to die on me half a year down the road(especially that GPU), but I still don't know which piece was making the noise for sure and have no way of finding out now.
Thoughts? Should I return the GPU or PSU or just leave it alone since it seems to be fine now?
****Edit****
In addition to the things above a few things have happened. I have noticed a few odd things happening graphicaly while gaming. I have seen some random artifacts show up once. I have also seen the screen go entirely black for a split second and when it came back the last key I had pressed on my keyboard was stuck repeating.
Finally I came home to get on the pc and the monitor was in power save mode(black screen) and nothing I could do would bring it out, ended up having to turn off and on the PC. I have logged the Temperature on my gpu and the max it has seen in a normal gaming session in a fairly hot room was 58 C.
I am beginning to think it is a bad PSU based on the whole system blipping for a second(the stuck keyboard key makes me think it was more than just the GPU flaking out).
I just built a new pc:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77XE3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($109.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($197.28 @ TigerDirect)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black/White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.67 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.97 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1196.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-01 10:25 EDT-0400)
After getting everything installed and having it up and running for a bit I noticed that I could hear a faint whining noise(kind of like a tea kettle when boiling but quieter) coming from the system. It occurs for 1-3 seconds every 20 seconds or so, making it really hard to pinpoint where it is coming from. Upon opening it up and listening it is either coming from my Video card or PSU. I am leaning towards PSU but they are so close together its hard to be sure(Even with the empty paper towel roll trick). It does not seem to make the noise more when the GPU is at full load either.
I had the PSU mounted fan down as the case I have has a vent on the bottom for it, after this happened I reversed it to fan up to try and see if it stopped or helped me pinpoint if it was the cpu. It did not help in either way. So I went ahead an started unplugging things(power off unplug power on) to try and see what the cause was. The only thing that seemed to affect it was unplugging the video card seemed to have stopped it but when I put my ear right next to the psu I can still hear odd noises similar to the whine coming from it before, just really quiet. I am not really sure if its the PSU fan and the loss of the extra load from the GPU caused it to not rev the fan as high areducing the noise, or if its actually the GPU making the noise.
To top it all off it appears to have stopped making the nosie now that the system has been running for a few days. My concern is that I was going to return whatever part was the problem for a replacement, but now that it is not making the noise anymore I don't know if I still should. I feel like I don't want a bad part to die on me half a year down the road(especially that GPU), but I still don't know which piece was making the noise for sure and have no way of finding out now.
Thoughts? Should I return the GPU or PSU or just leave it alone since it seems to be fine now?
****Edit****
In addition to the things above a few things have happened. I have noticed a few odd things happening graphicaly while gaming. I have seen some random artifacts show up once. I have also seen the screen go entirely black for a split second and when it came back the last key I had pressed on my keyboard was stuck repeating.
Finally I came home to get on the pc and the monitor was in power save mode(black screen) and nothing I could do would bring it out, ended up having to turn off and on the PC. I have logged the Temperature on my gpu and the max it has seen in a normal gaming session in a fairly hot room was 58 C.
I am beginning to think it is a bad PSU based on the whole system blipping for a second(the stuck keyboard key makes me think it was more than just the GPU flaking out).
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