PC humming noise

[Ibti]

Hello, lately my pc is making this vibrating/humming noise. I am completely confused on the reason. I was doing some searching and someone said that my pc is at risk of even exploding. so I took out my gpu and the noise stopped. now i am wondering if the issue is with my gpu or my psu. My gpu is like 2 years old, but my psu is only 5/6 months old. I am a noob at this stuff, so i would appreciate if someone could help me.

My psu: Evga 500w
My gpu: XFX R7870 HD

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Well, the PSU is a poor quality unit. Did it vibrate even on low load? It sounds like the GPU to me since when you removed it it stopped. I think the fan bearings might be going bad. It is an old graphics card.

 

[Ibti]

Well, the PSU is a poor quality unit. Did it vibrate even on low load? It sounds like the GPU to me since when you removed it it stopped. I think the fan bearings might be going bad. It is an old graphics card.

it is on low load now, and there is no noise except for my cooling fans.
The thing is that the gpu need two 8pins slot of power to even run, so I am confused if it is the psu, as a lot of power was used.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

A GPU uses like 10W when you're not gaming. It doesn't use a lot of power unless it needs to.

 

[Ibti]

A GPU uses like 10W when you're not gaming. It doesn't use a lot of power unless it needs to.

hmmm, i dont know. this all started like few days ago after an update. my pc had this blue screen saying bad system config info. i fixed that, but then this humming noise started. even my whole monitor screen went white with vertical lines yesterday. I am really confused
and i wasnt even gaming

 

[Bearmann]

Well, if you didn't have it before then I suspect it is a failing PSU. Do you have a PSU that you could borrow and try out? You may be able to use a paper towel tube or something to put one end near your ear and move the other end around the computer to help pinpoint where the sound is coming from.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

A GPU uses like 10W when you're not gaming. It doesn't use a lot of power unless it needs to.

hmmm, i dont know. this all started like few days ago after an update. my pc had this blue screen saying bad system config info. i fixed that, but then this humming noise started. even my whole monitor screen went white with vertical lines yesterday. I am really confused
and i wasnt even gaming

That is a dying GPU.