PSU crackling sound

shoob0x

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For a while now my PSU has made a considerably loud crackling sound, quite similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FdCKZ8qaUU up until now I just dismissed it as a fan issue, but now I'm sure it's coming from the PSU and not my GPU fan. Should I replace the PSU? It's corsair and I know they're horrendously notorious for failing, but I haven't had a problem in the 7 years I've owned it, up until now at least. What would you guys recommend as a reasonable 700W PSU replacement?
 

shoob0x

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Alright, many thanks. Quick question, could a bad PSU cause my system to crash whilst under load?
 

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