[SOLVED] Why does my PC sounds like a geiger counter?

[t4zzz]

My PC sounds like a geiger counter while i'm gaming. The sound is clearly coming from the CPU area or around it. I don't see any performance issues with my CPU or GPU, it's just annoying. If you have the same problem or a solution, please share.

 

[vov4ik_il]

Coil whine?

 

[MceraWV]

Could be a wire slightly caught in your CPU fan. Not enough to stop it from spinning, but enough that the fan keeps smacking the wire several times a second. It's happened to me before!

 

[t4zzz]

It can't be coil whine because it sounds completely different from a coil whine. I also checked the wires, there are none close to my cpu cooler. It sounds like the crackling is coming from inside the CPU cooler or from the motherboard components around it.

 

[Nemesia]

If we can't hear it we can't tell. A CPU air cooler doesn't make any sound. The fan does.

What is your full system specs?

 

[drea.drechsler]

My PC sounds like a geiger counter while i'm gaming. The sound is clearly coming from the CPU area or around it. I don't see any performance issues with my CPU or GPU, it's just annoying. If you have the same problem or a solution, please share.

A somewhat wild guess (since we know nothing of your rig) would be air bubbles trapped in the liquid of an AIO make that kind of sound as they get sucked through the block mounted pump. It frequently starts up only as the liquid heats or the pump speeds up with processing load, as during gaming.

Open the case and when it starts up tap the hoses 'til it ceases. You should always have at least one hose routed above the water block so air pockets accumulate up there. It shouldn't re-occur unless you've lost too much fluid to permeation and it needs replacing.

That wouldn't be the case if you've an air cooler of course. But if an air cooler, a fan with bearings going bad can also make a rattling kind of sound like a geiger counter might. Especially likely if it's sleeve bearing as they go out early and often.

 

[t4zzz]

My PC specs:
RTX 2080 AORUS
i5-9600k @5.0 ghz
16 GB RAM 2666 mhz
Hyper evo 212
Gigabyte z390 X GAMING mobo
Corsair 120 gb FORCE SSD
WD 1TB black HDD
500 GB colorful nvme m.2
windows 10 pro

 

[t4zzz]

A somewhat wild guess (since we know nothing of your rig) would be air bubbles trapped in the liquid of an AIO make that kind of sound as they get sucked through the block mounted pump. It frequently starts up only as the liquid heats or the pump speeds up with processing load, as during gaming.

Open the case and when it starts up tap the hoses 'til it ceases. You should always have at least one hose routed above the water block so air pockets accumulate up there. It shouldn't re-occur unless you've lost too much fluid to permeation and it needs replacing.

That wouldn't be the case if you've an air cooler of course. But if an air cooler, a fan with bearings going bad can also make a rattling kind of sound like a geiger counter might. Especially likely if it's sleeve bearing as they go out early and often.

I stopped my cpu fan while i was hearing the noise, as soon as stopped the fan the sound stopped. (Used my fingers)

 

[t4zzz]

If we can't hear it we can't tell. A CPU air cooler doesn't make any sound. The fan does.

What is your full system specs?

It literally sounds exactly like geiger counter. If you don't know what that is. "Geiger counters are used to detect radioactive emissions, most commonly beta particles and gamma rays".

 

[t4zzz]

A somewhat wild guess (since we know nothing of your rig) would be air bubbles trapped in the liquid of an AIO make that kind of sound as they get sucked through the block mounted pump. It frequently starts up only as the liquid heats or the pump speeds up with processing load, as during gaming.

Open the case and when it starts up tap the hoses 'til it ceases. You should always have at least one hose routed above the water block so air pockets accumulate up there. It shouldn't re-occur unless you've lost too much fluid to permeation and it needs replacing.

That wouldn't be the case if you've an air cooler of course. But if an air cooler, a fan with bearings going bad can also make a rattling kind of sound like a geiger counter might. Especially likely if it's sleeve bearing as they go out early and often.

I stopped my cpu fan while i was hearing the noise, as soon as stopped the fan the sound stopped. (Used my fingers)

So does this mean i have to change my cpu cooler? or there is a better solution?

 

[drea.drechsler]

So does this mean i have to change my cpu cooler? or there is a better solution?

What cooler do you have? You might be able to simply replace the fan.

 

[t4zzz]

Hyper evo 212

 

[drea.drechsler]

Hyper evo 212

Should be able to get a replacement fan easily. Look for a 120mm fan rated for use on heatsinks or AIO radiators which would be better than a case fan.