Hi guys,
I recently built my new computer and after using it for only about a week, I noticed there was a high pitch buzzing sound (later I found out it's coil whine) coming from my CX 750 PSU when I'm gaming(Definitely the PSU and not the GPU). The intensity of the noise depends on the game. It's pretty loud on WoW (where I'm getting between 100-200 fps), especially the loading/character selection screen. Other games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution is not as noticeable. The pitch and the intensity of the whine will also change within the same game depending on what I'm looking at in the game.
I saw that there are a few people on this forums having this same issue with the same PSU. They solved this issue either by buying a different PSU or going through the RMA process with Corsair multiple times, and sometime that didn't even seem to solve the issue. I have no money left to pay for shipping and or any time to deal with the RMA process (I need my computer for work), so i was wondering if I can just keep using the computer with the coil whine if it doesn't bother me (I wear headphones with I game).
I guess my question boils down to: Will the coil whine from the PSU cause short-term or long-term damage to my computer if I keep running it? Stuff I've read online is pretty divided so I wanted to ask it here.
I recently built my new computer and after using it for only about a week, I noticed there was a high pitch buzzing sound (later I found out it's coil whine) coming from my CX 750 PSU when I'm gaming(Definitely the PSU and not the GPU). The intensity of the noise depends on the game. It's pretty loud on WoW (where I'm getting between 100-200 fps), especially the loading/character selection screen. Other games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution is not as noticeable. The pitch and the intensity of the whine will also change within the same game depending on what I'm looking at in the game.
I saw that there are a few people on this forums having this same issue with the same PSU. They solved this issue either by buying a different PSU or going through the RMA process with Corsair multiple times, and sometime that didn't even seem to solve the issue. I have no money left to pay for shipping and or any time to deal with the RMA process (I need my computer for work), so i was wondering if I can just keep using the computer with the coil whine if it doesn't bother me (I wear headphones with I game).
I guess my question boils down to: Will the coil whine from the PSU cause short-term or long-term damage to my computer if I keep running it? Stuff I've read online is pretty divided so I wanted to ask it here.
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