Graphic card buzzing noise! (It's not the fan @_@)

[stevenkoalae]

I recently upgraded my motherboard and cpu. At first everything is peachy but then I realize my GTX 970 is making a new buzzing noise when under load. It sounds like some kind of electrical buzzing noise which has a rather low pitch compare to coil whine. More worryingly, it seems to get louder if the gpu is under high load. Any idea what it might be? I am kind of hopping I don't need to get myself a fire extinguisher...

 

I am quite certain that it is not the fan cause I use my fan controller to ramp up the fan to max without stressing the card, and the buzzing noise did not occur. 

 

Spec:

Asus Z97-A

i7-4790K

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 2133 16gb (2x8gb)

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0

[slightlyjaded]

sorry

[UltraNeonGaming]

It's just coil whine, nothing much can be really done about it other than limiting your frame rate.

The card should quite down after some time, I know mine did

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Yeap that sounds like coil whine... Can't do anything about it...

[DimasRMDO]

Does it make whining noise like this?

https://youtu.be/HP73edpQwgc?t=100

If it does then it's Coil Whine....

[Antibull]

Are you sure it is your GPU might as well be your PSU since it started after your upgrade. Try and remove the GPU and stress test your pc then to see if you still have the coil whine. 

[Godlygamer23]

Are you sure it is your GPU might as well be your PSU since it started after your upgrade. Try and remove the GPU and stress test your pc then to see if you still have the coil whine.

If they remove the graphics card and the power supply is really at fault, you're reducing the load on the +12V rail which could in turn remove the coil whine altogether. If it started after the upgrade, it's possible it's the power supply, but it's probably the graphics card.