Power Supply buzzing

[Lazar_99]

When i play games that makes my components running on high load i experience hearing my PSU's transformer buzzing. Should i be worried? I realized this ever since i upgraded to a Radeon HD 6850 from a GeForce GT 240. My power supply is a Corsair CX430. I think this is most likely happening because the PSU is on high load but then again is it normal?

 

[knightdog56]

Corsair TX650 will give you plenty of head room, with power left over for future builds or upgrades.

 

[Lazar_99]

Corsair TX650 will give you plenty of head room, with power left over for future builds or upgrades.

That does not answer my question. I asked is it normal for me to hear the PSU's Transformer

 

[Engima]

No, normally the PSU is one of the quietest components in a computer. I think you may be pulling too much power from that CX430.

 

[Lazar_99]

No, normally the PSU is one of the quietest components in a computer. I think you may be pulling too much power from that CX430.

Look. Its been going like this since january 20th. I ordered an Antec HCG 620W and it will arrive in the beginning of october. Do you think will the CX430 last until then?

 

[Lazar_99]

Best answer selected by lazar_99.

 

[Lazar_99]

No, normally the PSU is one of the quietest components in a computer. I think you may be pulling too much power from that CX430.

I also wanna ask you how is your PII X4 965 BE + radeon 6850 setup working? I have a 6850 myself and i plan on buying the i5 3550. I will be using the PC for gaming. So is it worth getting the 3550 instead of the 965 in terms of price/performance ratio.

 

[Engima]

I haven't overclocked my 965 since it's doing everything that I need it to. I've played Fallout 3, Borderlands, Unreal Tournament 2004, Orcs Must Die, Modern Warfare, and others that I don't remember.

Personally I'm sticking with the 965 until the day it either dies or bottlenecks but I don't believe either of those events will happen. If anything, I would upgrade my 6850 before I upgrade my 965 since how well your games look and perform depends more on the GPU than the CPU.

 

[Lazar_99]

I haven't overclocked my 965 since it's doing everything that I need it to. I've played Fallout 3, Borderlands, Unreal Tournament 2004, Orcs Must Die, Modern Warfare, and others that I don't remember.

Personally I'm sticking with the 965 until the day it either dies or bottlenecks but I don't believe either of those events will happen. If anything, I would upgrade my 6850 before I upgrade my 965 since how well your games look and perform depends more on the GPU than the CPU.

So i have an athlon II X3 which is bottlenecking my 6850 so i think that a large difference would be with a 965 BE since i hear it won't bottleneck a gtx 670 to which i was planing on upgrading

 

[Mousemonkey]

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