- Dec 14, 2012
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Hi guys,
I recently bought an MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G; and took out my GTX 660. I noticed some coil whine, especially when getting very high fps which is normal, but there is noticeable coil whine in general except for when im not running an application that makes use of the GPU.
I had very light coil whine with my 660 and only heard it if i focused on it, if it was very silent.
Now this makes me wonder about my power supply:
I have a Corsair TX650M and I don't think they even make those anymore, I bought my components around January 2013. It's an 80+ Bronze psu. Here is a link: http://www.corsair.com/se-fi/tx-series-modular-tx650m-80-plus-bronze-certified-650-watt-high-performance-modular-power-supply
Should I change it for a seasonic 80+ gold psu? The EVGA ones here in the Netherlands aren't really plentiful, making them rather expensive. Would probably cost like 160 dollars for an EVGA G2..
I could always return the card but its performing very well, and I'm just not sure if my PSU is the biggest bad guy here. It's also hard determining which one makes the noise, I think my PSU also does it..
Summary of my specs:
CPU: i5 3570k
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
GPU: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600mhz
PSU: Corsair TX650M
Thank you
I recently bought an MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G; and took out my GTX 660. I noticed some coil whine, especially when getting very high fps which is normal, but there is noticeable coil whine in general except for when im not running an application that makes use of the GPU.
I had very light coil whine with my 660 and only heard it if i focused on it, if it was very silent.
Now this makes me wonder about my power supply:
I have a Corsair TX650M and I don't think they even make those anymore, I bought my components around January 2013. It's an 80+ Bronze psu. Here is a link: http://www.corsair.com/se-fi/tx-series-modular-tx650m-80-plus-bronze-certified-650-watt-high-performance-modular-power-supply
Should I change it for a seasonic 80+ gold psu? The EVGA ones here in the Netherlands aren't really plentiful, making them rather expensive. Would probably cost like 160 dollars for an EVGA G2..
I could always return the card but its performing very well, and I'm just not sure if my PSU is the biggest bad guy here. It's also hard determining which one makes the noise, I think my PSU also does it..
Summary of my specs:
CPU: i5 3570k
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
GPU: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G
RAM: 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600mhz
PSU: Corsair TX650M
Thank you
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