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:Weird noises from my pc (video link)

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I built my first gaming pc around October 2017. It’s been great and has had no trouble performing aside from a noise it started to make about two months ago.

Initially I ignored it and just shutdown my computer when it happened and it would go away temporarily. It has now become more consistent and seems to happen if I leave my computer on for more than a couple hours. I fairly confident it is the gpu making the noise but it could be the cpu cooler.

I’ll attach a photo of my parts
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Any solution ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Welcome to PCHF MrPonyUnicorn,

First thing that I would do is remove the add on video card from the MB and try using the integrated graphics, if the noise is still present you have at least ruled out the GPU.

As to what else could cause the noise, fan bearings or the blades catching and a flaky hard drive.
 
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Welcome to PCHF MrPonyUnicorn,

First thing that I would do is remove the add on video card from the MB and try using the integrated graphics, if the noise is still present you have at least ruled out the GPU.

As to what else could cause the noise, fan bearings or the blades catching and a flaky hard drive.

Thanks, I’ll give those a try. If I find that it is the gpu how would I go about checking/fixing the fan bearings or blades catching?
 
Being relatively new I suspect that you will find that it may not be the GPU fan but something else, the idea of removing the card is a process of elimination but in answer to your question GPU fans can be replaced.

Will wait on your next update for now.

You are welcome btw :)
 
Any update for us MrPonyUnicorn?
Yes there is, I took to gpu out and have been using the computer for just over a day. The noise came back which means it is the cpu cooler. As it is a liquid cpu cooler, could it mean that for some reason there isn’t enough water in the tubes?
Thanks for the previous help, it’s nice to eliminate the gpu from the problem.
 
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Good news that the GPU is ok (y)

Never heard a bad liquid cooling pump so not able to comment on that I`m afraid, the unit that you have did get two out of three bad reviews here though.

Are your CPU temps ok, a bad cooler would normally result in high temps and freezing etc.

Next thing to do, leave the GPU out to give yourself more room in which to work (no matter if you have put it back already) disconnect the power supply to the Toshiba HDD, reconnect to the computer to the mains power, boot up and test
 
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Any update for us MrPonyUnicorn?

I'll try that. If I disconnect the toshiba HDD I wouldn't be able to save anything or access my saved data?

Little update, with the GPU out the CPU cooler was still making a noise, almost like a quiet crunching, sounded like what I would imagine an old CPU sounds like (or something that would need an oil). Do you think possibly the whole unit is faulty? And lastly if I let the noise (from my video) run for about 20 minutes, it seems to stop.

Many thanks
 
I'll try that. If I disconnect the toshiba HDD I wouldn't be able to save anything or access my saved data?
It is only temporary, if the noise is still present with the Toshiba HDD disconnected you have more or less confirmed that it is the CPU cooler and can then reconnect the HDD and open a ticket for getting the CPU cooler exchanged.

Are your CPU temps ok, a bad cooler would normally result in high temps and freezing etc.
Can you also answer this for us.
 
So temps are all good, first thing I did when this all started was check through BIOS settings. Noise seems to have stopped, even after I plugged the HDD back in. It did initially happen for about 10 minutes, but stopped afterwards (unsure why). But it has been a few days since then, so I'm hoping the good luck continues. I haven't played any games that require a powerful computer in the last two weeks (maybe thats why I've had no more noise?).

Lastly, are GPU fans supposed to spin all of the time or only when it heats up? currently only one of the two fans are spinning on mine, sometimes none. This is not an issue, just out of interest. I apologise for the replies being later than preferred, I just wanted to leave the computer with each fix for a couple of days before I could confirm whether or not it worked.

Many thanks.
 
Noise seems to have stopped, even after I plugged the HDD back in.
Did you get the same noise when the Toshiba HDD was disconnected.

Lastly, are GPU fans supposed to spin all of the time or only when it heats up? currently only one of the two fans are spinning on mine, sometimes none.
That is normal on the more modern high end GPUs as they are thermally controlled to save power and reduce noise, the behaviour can most often be changed using software provided for the GPU which allows the user to customise the fan settings, as advised above the fans on some cards will run constantly, quite often the cards will be the more basic type that do not come with all the bells and whistles that gaming type cards do.
 
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