Corsair GS700 buzzing and causing HDDs to emit annoying noises

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I've put a new system together and used my old Corsair GS700 and the HDDs. In the new system the power supply makes a buzzing noise and causes the drives to make an annoying sire-like noise that's barely hearable. No noise was present in my old rig. I think I have no choice but to buy a new power supply, do I? I dug through Corsair forums and found lots of threads with the same problem. Apparently the GS series is crap.

The most important question is - is the power supply causing any damage to the system or to the drives or just nothing more than noise?
 
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if the unit is older than three years, and thus out of warranty, I would suggest replacement ASAP.
if the warranty stands send it back for replacement.
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"The most important question is - is the power supply causing any damage to the system or to the drives or just nothing more than noise?"
Magic 8-ball says try again later.

without knowing what is wrong there is no real way to answer that. that being said, a failing power supply can take the entire system with it.
the PSU is securely screwed in and the noise is not vibration?
sire-like, did you mean siren-like? google coil whine and see if the sound matches what you are hearing?
 
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yep it's secure. Not vibrating.
Yeah I already googled it. Nope not the coil whine. Funny thing none of the annoying noises were present on my old machines with the same drives and PSU
 
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