My PC crackles!

[SoraDomo]

Hello everyone,

2weeks ago I bought hardwares for my new PC.I had problems building it up, but in the end, I figured out everything, and It worked well. Yesterday, I was playing Overwatch with my friends. There was no problem. Today, when I wanted to check something in the game, I heart a loud high - crackling voice.
When I exit the game it stopped. I was scared. I tried to lower the settings, but nothing happened, it started to crackle when the graphics loaded in. Then, I tried to figure out where the voice came from. I couldn't decide where did it come from, but now I know. It maybe the graphics card. I had the graphicscard, the HDD and the PSU before I built this PC, so it's older than my other parts of my new PC.

What should I do?(Yes, I want to play Overwatch in the future.) I hate this crackling voice, and I don't want to harm my PC, because it's new, and was expensive. Any ideas? /Still trying to figure out where do it coming from) Thank you for your answers!

 

[alceryes]

Crackling voice? Coming directly from the graphics card...?
Maybe something wrong with game install? ...tried reinstalling?
Does it happen in other games?

 

[drtweak]

Need more info as alceryes has said.

Is this coming from the speakers or for inside the case? I would think it would be hard to hear from inside the case so I would assume it is the speakers.

Graphics card to suffer from what they call Coil Whine but if it is new it shouldn't be doing that let alone high enough for it plus that is more of a constant high pitch but subtle sound.

 

[SoraDomo]

I don't know. I don't hear it perfectly. I don't think that Overwatch would be installed wrong, but I will reinstall it tonight.
I tried with League of Legends, didn't hear sound like this.

 

[SoraDomo]

It seems to be coil whine. How an i remove/fix it completely? I'm going to go to a PC service today, and I'll ask what they can do about it. Hope that it won't cost more than 30$.

 

[Maebius]

Sadly, coil whine is hard to remove...
It might be removed if you get a better PSU or even changing your card (if it's already in warranty).
Since coil whine is more apparent with high gpu load and high refresh rates, you might try to limit your frame rate and see if that works for you.

 

[SoraDomo]

Can they repair it in a service?
Other question: Does it cause any damage to the videocard/or to the other hardwares in my PC?

 

[Maebius]

Probably not, if it's indeed coming from your graphics card... you shouldn't mess with computer coils at all anyway...
It doesn't damage anything, it's just irritating...
Just check youtube videos on graphics card coil whine to make sure it sounds like that and it's not something else.
Lowering settings doesn't help if you leave the frame rate cap open.... it's sometimes worse! Because with lower settings you might go from 90fps to 120fps and so on
If it's indeed coil whine and your card is recently bought you can try returning it for a replacement.
Best of luck o/

 

[SoraDomo]

The thing is that I bought this card from Ebay, and it was repaired when i bought it (i misswrote, it's only half years old, i got it in the christmas of 2016) Monday i will check the local PC shop, ask them for help... I think it's in warranty, but... didn't find anything....

 

[SoraDomo]

If it has warrianty, should I send an e-mail to Gigabyte, (Gigabyte GTX 970 G1), or should I talk with the guy who sold it to me?

 

[Maebius]

If it has warrianty, should I send an e-mail to Gigabyte, (Gigabyte GTX 970 G1), or should I talk with the guy who sold it to me?

Talk to gigabyte... they might ask for the original receipt to check when it was first purchased for warranty validity.
Not sure if they replace due to coil whine though.