Hello beautiful people.
A silly question for those smarter than I.
I have a psu making a strange noise.
Backstory.
Building a new desktop, focusing on budget budget primary, quiet as I can afford secondary.
I have rebuild the system using my old rig’s psu. A Corsair TX650. I have owned the psu since new (call it 2015 ish). Never noticed any sound from it with the old (loud) desktop.
Now that this psu is in a newER system (still old used gear), It has become the loudest part of my system. It’s not the fan. Fan only runs intermittently, audibly spins up for a few seconds then turns off again.
The noise in question is a mild thumping. As consistent as a “ticking” but much lower base tone. Best replicated by an index finger strongly tapping onto a solid wood surface(desk). I thought it was one of the hdd at first but can definitely say it is coming from the psu and is Not the fan making contact with anything.
Is this something of a warning sign that the psu is failing? Would a higher quality unit eradicate such noise? Anyone know what I’m talking about?
huge thanks in advance for anyone’s thoughts or guesses on the matter !!
cheers
A silly question for those smarter than I.
I have a psu making a strange noise.
Backstory.
Building a new desktop, focusing on budget budget primary, quiet as I can afford secondary.
I have rebuild the system using my old rig’s psu. A Corsair TX650. I have owned the psu since new (call it 2015 ish). Never noticed any sound from it with the old (loud) desktop.
Now that this psu is in a newER system (still old used gear), It has become the loudest part of my system. It’s not the fan. Fan only runs intermittently, audibly spins up for a few seconds then turns off again.
The noise in question is a mild thumping. As consistent as a “ticking” but much lower base tone. Best replicated by an index finger strongly tapping onto a solid wood surface(desk). I thought it was one of the hdd at first but can definitely say it is coming from the psu and is Not the fan making contact with anything.
Is this something of a warning sign that the psu is failing? Would a higher quality unit eradicate such noise? Anyone know what I’m talking about?
huge thanks in advance for anyone’s thoughts or guesses on the matter !!
cheers