- May 19, 2016
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I have a strange issue, but then again, I'm not that smart. I just upgraded my system from a Z-87 mobo with an i5 4670k cooled by a 212 Evo to a new Z-170 mobo with an i7-6700k cooled by a Corsair H-105 liquid cooler. I have a 980ti and I'm running Windows 10 (just upgraded from Windows 7) all powered by a basic Corsair CX-750M. For what it's worth, I also moved everything out of my old mid-size Thermaltake tower into the larger and more absurd Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition.
My PSU has generally made slight squeaking/squealing noises since I got it about a year ago, which never bothered me. However, it has been more severe in the few days since my recent upgrade, particularly while gaming, and I can hear the noises as interference over headphones as well. The strange thing is that the game I've been playing, Ark, which has never had issues, will also hang very, very briefly and quite often when the noise from the PSU is loudest - generally the freezing is no more than 1/2 second, but it does quite frequently at random times, and specifically during the groups of split second freezes, the PSU squealing will peak in volume.
I started monitoring my system more closely, and noticed that at the exact moments the game was intermittently freezing, my CPU and GPU usage was actually plummeting to 0% before snapping back to their normal usage levels.
I can't help but think that the issue may have something to do with the GPU and CPU not receiving the power they need to due to an issue with the PSU (750w should be more than enough for my rig), but I don't know, and wanted the opinion of people much smarter than I.
My PSU has generally made slight squeaking/squealing noises since I got it about a year ago, which never bothered me. However, it has been more severe in the few days since my recent upgrade, particularly while gaming, and I can hear the noises as interference over headphones as well. The strange thing is that the game I've been playing, Ark, which has never had issues, will also hang very, very briefly and quite often when the noise from the PSU is loudest - generally the freezing is no more than 1/2 second, but it does quite frequently at random times, and specifically during the groups of split second freezes, the PSU squealing will peak in volume.
I started monitoring my system more closely, and noticed that at the exact moments the game was intermittently freezing, my CPU and GPU usage was actually plummeting to 0% before snapping back to their normal usage levels.
I can't help but think that the issue may have something to do with the GPU and CPU not receiving the power they need to due to an issue with the PSU (750w should be more than enough for my rig), but I don't know, and wanted the opinion of people much smarter than I.
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