Question Noise concern, unsure .

[DairyleaPC]

Hi , firstly I’ll start off with my basic specs so you know what you’re dealing with .

• Motherboard: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4
• CPU: Intel core I5 12600k
• GPU: MSI RTX 3080ti Suprim X 12gb
• PSU: TT toughpower GF2 ARGB 850w

Here’s basic issue , bought the PSU and GPU other day all plugged in working fine tested on games etc however I’ve noticed a noise that I’m unsure of seems to be coming from the power supply unit towards the back .

Please give it a listen and just tell me your best guess , my guess is either overthinking coil noise or loose connection internally somewhere. All plugs tight .

 

[Darkbreeze]

Well, the first thing you need to do is make a different recording, WITHOUT moving around making small noises and without any other background noises, because those make it impossible to pick anything out. Going off that recording I don't hear anything that sounds abnormal but you probably need to put the microphone near the PSU and just leave it there, do not move it around and do it when there is little outside traffic, people talking, kids, etc.

Based on this review the PSU has an above average noise profile anyhow, at all ranges, but it also has a fluid dynamic fan bearing which, while it will last a long longer than a sleeve bearing is also going to be a lot noisier. If the noise you are hearing is clearly not fan related then it might be coil whine as Aris also indicates in that review that it has poor efficiency under light loads which often tends to result in some units also have coil whine issues under those same conditions. Does it make this noise when it's under a decent or full load?

 

[DairyleaPC]

Well, the first thing you need to do is make a different recording, WITHOUT moving around making small noises and without any other background noises, because those make it impossible to pick anything out. Going off that recording I don't hear anything that sounds abnormal but you probably need to put the microphone near the PSU and just leave it there, do not move it around and do it when there is little outside traffic, people talking, kids, etc.

Based on this review the PSU has an above average noise profile anyhow, at all ranges, but it also has a fluid dynamic fan bearing which, while it will last a long longer than a sleeve bearing is also going to be a lot noisier. If the noise you are hearing is clearly not fan related then it might be coil whine as Aris also indicates in that review that it has poor efficiency under light loads which often tends to result in some units also have coil whine issues under those same conditions. Does it make this noise when it's under a decent or full load?

hi thanks for your reply , yeah I understand the poor video it was literally a last minute thought to take a video so it wasn’t done proper at all however appreciate you trying to answer .
The noise is not auidable from distance only up close and inaudible under load (games) because of cpu/gpu fans overpowering

it’s not a massive issue I wanted to double check while my parts are still in warranty if anyone thinks there’s somthing obviously wrong .

 

[Darkbreeze]

So, the bottom line here is that if it doesn't sound "normal" to you, in person, then it probably doesn't sound normal, period. I mean, it could be bearing noise or coil whine, but those are both warrantable problems so regardless of what exactly it's doing, if it really seems abnormal I'd contact Thermaltake and initiate an RMA replacement.

If you're not sure, then either we need a much better recording or you might want to just pop in to one of the repair shops locally for you and see what they think. "Noises" are very hard to convict when you're not there in person to hear them.

 

[DairyleaPC]

View: https://youtu.be/nmPljLH0STI

Here’s a slightly longer video with minimal background noise while running a game . Roughly using cpu and gpu at 40% each

any clearer for those , or am I overthinking this

 

[Darkbreeze]

I mean, literally all I can hear is the fan and fan bearing. I don't hear anything else in there. But again, it is VERY hard to hear these kinds of sounds, especially when it is very frequency specific, on a recording without very specific and highly sensitive equipment.

 

[Vic 40]

With headphones and at 100% you can here that "crickety" noise what seems to be some coilwhine.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Well, you must have much better ears than I do because at full volume with my Sennheisers I can't hear any "crickety" noises, or anything other than the fan and bearing. And, you probably do.

 

[Vic 40]

Anyway, besides my batears i don't think he has really somehting to worry about unless it really bothers him then he should rma and see if the next one will do better. Saw jonny say that it will likely get worse in the future with the way psu's are build and how hardware is taxing it so hard to say how a swap will turn out.

See quite a few of these threads, wonder how they even notice this, maybe they read these same threads and first thing they do is put their ears to the back of the pc and listen?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Well, when you sit beside a PC for a while and become pretty familiar with how it sounds, even minute changes in that sound profile become obvious to you. Much the same way as a new sound on a person's car is usually evident right away, to them, but to you or I if we rode with them we might not notice it at all.

Additionally, many microphones are designed to eliminate certain sounds and frequencies by intent, and so many of the recordings we hear simply don't translate well into being able to identify things like this because the sound simply isn't there anymore or is db reduced so that it doesn't affect the "quality" of what the recording. Different microphones do different things. Some are uni-directional. Some are omni-directional. Some are noise reduction and designed to only capture the most prominent frequencies. And coil whine or some other sounds are maybe in those frequencies. IDK.