Recent content by CANINE_RAPPAH

Have you tried swapping the cables between the TVs?

Thanks, gonna give this a go as soon as I'm able to. This is a good analogy!

New PSU arrived, installed it, and the problem is persisting. I'm out of ideas.

Are you running your OS on an SSD or an HDD? Have you run any tests on your boot drive? But from what I'm reading, this sounds like either a PSU issue or a failing GPU, but don't take my word for it.

Got it. I don't want to let him down, so yknow the feeling, haha.

Well... hmm. He had already ordered the PSU, so we'll have to see what happens when I get it hooked up. He's super anxious about the noise and thinks it's dangerous to be using his system. In all honesty, I need some advice. What can I recommend for him in this situation where he has a limited...

Thank you for the feedback. After listening to the system myself yesterday, I definitely think a new PSU is in order, given the results. It would only make sense. To re-iterate EXACTLY what's going on... there is a low buzzing sound near the CPU/RAM area that seems to change pitch depending on...

Okay, I'm at his house, and after listening, there is a low electric buzzing noise coming from the CPU/RAM area. The pitch of the sound seems to change as he looks around in a game, for example, World of Warcraft. I have never seen something like this before.

You should also run a bench test and monitor the temperature. If it crashes at a certain temperature... there's your issue.

Dreamstreet, Have you recently updated the GPU drivers? I know that's an obvious question, but it wasn't mentioned. Is your BIOS up to date? Are you overclocking your card with any software?

Would you recommend a 5800X or the X3D for gaming? I'm a bit confused on the difference between them, unless its just the larger cache, which I wouldn't know what benefit that would give for gaming. The 5800X has faster single core speed, so that would make sense to me. And by the way, thank...

That would be my fault, I recommended that one to him without much knowledge on PSU ratings.

I'll head over there tonight at take a listen for myself. Makes sense. Maybe a 5th gen Ryzen 5 would suffice for him? He plays games like World of Warcraft and Battlefield, which call for an i7/Ryzen 7 in most cases.

Huh, didn't think the CPU would be the bottleneck. I'll look into cost-effective upgrades for him. As for the supposed coil-whine while not under load, I'm still a bit confused on that. I'm gonna look more into it myself next time I'm at his house.

Update: Sorry for the spam, but it does appear this noise occurs even when the machine is not under load.