PC making annoying noise when idling

sephkablight

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May 19, 2014
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Hey guys,

Built my PC two weeks ago and it's running great with one exception. It makes this annoying vibrating noise when it's idle and it generally goes away when it's under load. It comes and goes and changes frequency. I checked all my fans, hard drive, GPU and they aren't the source. I also don't think it made that noise when I did my test boot

It sounds like it's coming from the CPU/Mobo area. It's really annoying as it's far louder than any other noise my PC makes when it's idling. My temps are fine and tightening all the screws didn't do anything

Do I have a defective mobo/cpu or is it just case acoustics? It also changed frequency when I took the side panel off

These are my specs:

i5-4670K
Asus Maximus Hero VI
GTX 680 SLI
Hyper Evo 212
WD Blue 1TB
Corsair HX750
Fractal Arc Midi R2

Any help is appreciated. Sorry if this is not the right board, I just want to try and fix this myself before I go to a computer store. Thanks
 

apcs13

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Oct 2, 2013
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My friend, I have the same exact issue as you do, except the only similarities in hardware we have are of CPU Cooler (Plus and EVO are almost identical) and hard drive. Like you, I tested all of the same things and couldn't find the source of the issue but it sounds like it is coming from the same area. I even replaced the CPU Cooler fan and the issue persists to this day. I don't know what it could be, but I hope you find out!