Hey all, my current psu is making high pitched squealing noises. Uh oh. 
Sometimes the pitch is ear splitting, other times it's somewhat quiet. I see that there may be a correlation between the pitch/loudness of the sound, and how much stress I am putting my computer under. For example, it's near deafening during a graphic intensive game, and very quiet during, say, a movie. As I type this, it's so quiet that I cannot hear it from where I am.
I read in other threads that this may be due to the current arcing or some blather like that which I don't know anything about.
I'm 99.5% sure that it's my psu because when i put my ear near the cable at the back where it plugs into my psu I can hear it loud and clear. I have checked all of my case fans, even the fan on my GPU and in the power supply itself, stopping them doesn't make the sound go away. I have checked the capacitors on my mobo, all look fine.
My question is, what PSU can you recommend for my specific rig? I'm looking for a price range of $75-100, and prefer it to be closer to 75
70gb Raptor drive
300gb 7200rpm Western Digital
NVIDIA 8800GTX 768MB
Core2Duo E6550 (I overclock this thing to 3ghz but for now I have it dropped to its standard clock)
DFI Blood Iron INFINITY P35-T2RL mobo
Creative X-FI champion series sound card
Linksys basic ethernet card I cant remember the model number
Cooler Master DVD-R drive
2x 120mm and 1x 80mm case fans
If this information affects anything- I usually have 4 USB devices plugged in at any given time.
I was looking at this particular PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003&Tpk=Corsair%20VX450W
But It'd be nice to have some advice from someone who knows more than I about these things.
Thanks a bunch, and let me know if you need any more information.
Sometimes the pitch is ear splitting, other times it's somewhat quiet. I see that there may be a correlation between the pitch/loudness of the sound, and how much stress I am putting my computer under. For example, it's near deafening during a graphic intensive game, and very quiet during, say, a movie. As I type this, it's so quiet that I cannot hear it from where I am.I read in other threads that this may be due to the current arcing or some blather like that which I don't know anything about.
I'm 99.5% sure that it's my psu because when i put my ear near the cable at the back where it plugs into my psu I can hear it loud and clear. I have checked all of my case fans, even the fan on my GPU and in the power supply itself, stopping them doesn't make the sound go away. I have checked the capacitors on my mobo, all look fine.
My question is, what PSU can you recommend for my specific rig? I'm looking for a price range of $75-100, and prefer it to be closer to 75
70gb Raptor drive
300gb 7200rpm Western Digital
NVIDIA 8800GTX 768MB
Core2Duo E6550 (I overclock this thing to 3ghz but for now I have it dropped to its standard clock)
DFI Blood Iron INFINITY P35-T2RL mobo
Creative X-FI champion series sound card
Linksys basic ethernet card I cant remember the model number
Cooler Master DVD-R drive
2x 120mm and 1x 80mm case fans
If this information affects anything- I usually have 4 USB devices plugged in at any given time.
I was looking at this particular PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003&Tpk=Corsair%20VX450W
But It'd be nice to have some advice from someone who knows more than I about these things.
Thanks a bunch, and let me know if you need any more information.
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