Creaks in case

[loosley]

Hi everyone,

I have a new system that I built in a Corsair 600T. The system seems to be working fine, but occassionally I will hear it creak. The sound it makes is a metal "tick" noise, and I suspect thermal expansion. I noticed that it will creak when the DVD or hard drive spins up and runs for a while, or even if the system is turned on and I just wait a few minutes. I also occassionally hear it creak/tick a few minutes after I turn it off. What I am hearing are single creaks, not an ongoing ratting or squeaking. I opened up the case and made sure everything was tight, and the drives were not loose.

As I mentioned, I have a suspicion that this is caused by thermal expansion. Should I be concerned about these creaks? As I mentioned, the PC seems to be running fine...

 

[saaiello]

You answered your own question when metal heats up it expands and as it cools it contracts. Perfectly normal all my cases do that to some extent or another.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

This is not at all uncommon in "tool less" cases where things "pop" or "snap" in place .... one of the reasons frankly why I'm not a fan of many tool less features. The fact that it happens with optical drive or HD spin up is weird tho and may be of concern.

 

[davcon]

My 902 does it all the time.
Well maybe not all the time but a few times a day.

 

[loosley]

I should have clarified that it happens after a few minutes after the drives spin up. i.e. Drive is running fine for a while before I hear something. And since I have heard it even when the drives are not running, perhaps drive in use/not in use is just incidental.

But if just thermal expansion type noises are fairly normal, then I guess I don't have to be concerned.

 

[loosley]

Best answer selected by loosley.