EVGA G3 NOISEY

[Gorge]

 Hey had a quick question, is it normal for my 850 W PSU  super nova G3 by EVGA To be very loud? I’ve heard that it’s noisy, but when I run a game it gets very loud and when I close the game and the desktop is on Idol, it will almost make like a humming sound like vibrating sound and it literally vibrates  to the point where something is rattling, I have a metal desk but still

[Poly LLC]

what are your specs? your gpu and or cpu may be taking a lot of power

[Shiv78]

maybe some of its mounting screws are loose?

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, Gorge said:

 Hey had a quick question, is it normal for my 850 W PSU  super nova G3 by EVGA To be very loud? I’ve heard that it’s noisy, but when I run a game it gets very loud and when I close the game and the desktop is on Idol, it will almost make like a humming sound like vibrating sound and it literally vibrates  to the point where something is rattling, I have a metal desk but still

The G3 was regarded by quite a few to be slightly noisy under heavy lead, if you enable the eco mode it does make it a fair bit more silent by running fanless for the first bit until it needs to slowly ramp up as load or temps require. Make sure the unit is mounted positively in place and not able to shift or move around. 

 

 

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[Princess Luna]

"very loud" is very subjective, there probably is a point where it is excessive however the G3 is not exactly known to be a soundless model under operation.

 

also humming is likely to be coil whine which is a thing that does randomly happen with hardware, some models more commonly than others... it's not particularly harmful alone but the issue is there might not be a way around fixing it if not replacing the unit.

 

There's some stuff on the G3 actually being a step down from the G2 maybe the possibility of whining is part of these issues.

[Jimkirk363]

I have the G3 and nothing wrong with mine.

[Gorge]

44 minutes ago, Poly LLC said:

what are your specs? your gpu and or cpu may be taking a lot of power

I7 7700k

32GB ram 

GTX 1060 6GB Overclock, I’m buying a GTX 1080 TI soon

Lots of hard drives and fans that are RGB

[Gorge]

45 minutes ago, W-L said:

The G3 was regarded by quite a few to be slightly noisy under heavy lead, if you enable the eco mode it does make it a fair bit more silent by running fanless for the first bit until it needs to slowly ramp up as load or temps require. Make sure the unit is mounted positively in place and not able to shift or move around. 

 

 

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It is not able to shift or move around, it is only tied down by two screws on the top because I was not able to get the bottom ones in, but I can’t move it with my fingers is that good enough?

[Gorge]

47 minutes ago, W-L said:

The G3 was regarded by quite a few to be slightly noisy under heavy lead, if you enable the eco mode it does make it a fair bit more silent by running fanless for the first bit until it needs to slowly ramp up as load or temps require. Make sure the unit is mounted positively in place and not able to shift or move around. 

 

 

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Could it possibly be the fan rattling? Because it is only noticeable under certain power draw times not always, but once in a while it’s almost like a loud rattling humming sound

[W-L]

1 minute ago, Gorge said:

Could it possibly be the fan rattling? Because it is only noticeable under certain power draw times not always, but once in a while it’s almost like a loud rattling humming sound

Could you record the sound, if it's a rattling, that sounds like it may have been a bad fan bearing. Slight humming or airflow noise is normal if the fan has really ramped up. 

[Poly LLC]

Your rgb might be too powerful

[Gorge]

5 minutes ago, Poly LLC said:

Your rgb might be too powerful

Haha That’s a good problem to have my friend

[Gorge]

19 minutes ago, W-L said:

Could you record the sound, if it's a rattling, that sounds like it may have been a bad fan bearing. Slight humming or airflow noise is normal if the fan has really ramped up. 

Yes

 

22 minutes ago, W-L said:

Could you record the sound, if it's a rattling, that sounds like it may have been a bad fan bearing. Slight humming or airflow noise is normal if the fan has really ramped up. 

So I apologize, I was not able to record it, because when you take a car to the mechanic the problem stops, but if you put your ear up to it and really listen you will be able to tell

[Gorge]

25 minutes ago, W-L said:

Could you record the sound, if it's a rattling, that sounds like it may have been a bad fan bearing. Slight humming or airflow noise is normal if the fan has really ramped up. 

The rattle sounds just like this, but significantly louder and like Something is rattling

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, Gorge said:

Yes

 

So I apologize, I was not able to record it, because when you take a car to the mechanic the problem stops, but if you put your ear up to it and really listen you will be able to tell

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That doesn't sound out of the ordinary, it's airflow and motor noise. Not what I would consider silent but nothing that would point out to being a problem.

[Gorge]

4 minutes ago, W-L said:

That doesn't sound out of the ordinary, it's airflow and motor noise. Not what I would consider silent but nothing that would point out to being a problem.

OK what if it was way louder and more annoying, and actually sounded like something was rattling that shouldn’t be? I am new to PCs so I don’t know

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, Gorge said:

OK what if it was way louder and more annoying, and actually sounded like something was rattling that shouldn’t be? I am new to PCs so I don’t know

We would need to actually hear the problem to determine what it could be since it's all subjective. 

[Gorge]

Just now, W-L said:

We would need to actually hear the problem to determine what it could be since it's all subjective. 

OK I will try to take a video for you  thank you so much!!

[Gorge]

Does this sound normal? Does it sometimes under load and for some reason when I exit the forest when it’s on idol it will do this very loud

[Gorge]

Also Once in a while it will do it way louder to the point where it’s annoying. And it’s actually rattling something, that much vibration 

[Spotty]

The EVGA G3 850W is a very loud unit. 30-50dBa.

 

Cybernetics EVGA G3 850W Sample 1

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https://www.cybenetics.com/code/pdf.php?id=HH4

 

 

Cybernetics EVGA G3 850W Sample 2

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https://www.cybenetics.com/code/pdf.php?id=Wd4

 

 

 

Tom's Hardware EVGA G3 850W Review.

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https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-supernova-850-g3-psu,4930-5.html

 

 

Even at low power draw it is still really noisy. This is <100W power draw and still measured at over 40dBa once the fan kicks in.

 

 

[Gorge]

9 minutes ago, Spotty said:

The EVGA G3 850W is a very loud unit. 30-50dBa.

 

Cybernetics EVGA G3 850W Sample 1

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https://www.cybenetics.com/code/pdf.php?id=HH4

 

 

Cybernetics EVGA G3 850W Sample 2

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https://www.cybenetics.com/code/pdf.php?id=Wd4

 

 

 

Tom's Hardware EVGA G3 850W Review.

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https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-supernova-850-g3-psu,4930-5.html

 

 

Even at low power draw it is still really noisy. This is <100W power draw and still measured at over 40dBa once the fan kicks in.

 

 

Yes I understand that, it’s really annoying. But are you sure like a vibration rattle is normal? Doesn’t do it a lot

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, Gorge said:

Yes I understand that, it’s really annoying. But are you sure like a vibration rattle is normal? Doesn’t do it a lot

Vibrations could be causing something else loose in the case to vibrate.

Could be bad fan.

Could be off balanced.

Could be something getting caught in the fan.

Could be that you weren't able to screw it in with all mounting screws and it's vibrating against the case (why not? can you post a picture of how it's mounted).

Could just be that it's a bloody loud fan.

[Gorge]

11 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Vibrations could be causing something else loose in the case to vibrate.

Could be bad fan.

Could be off balanced.

Could be something getting caught in the fan.

Could be that you weren't able to screw it in with all mounting screws and it's vibrating against the case (why not? can you post a picture of how it's mounted).

Could just be that it's a bloody loud fan.

 It is mounted with only two screws one on each side on the top I couldn’t get any on the bottom 

[Gorge]

17 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Vibrations could be causing something else loose in the case to vibrate.

Could be bad fan.

Could be off balanced.

Could be something getting caught in the fan.

Could be that you weren't able to screw it in with all mounting screws and it's vibrating against the case (why not? can you post a picture of how it's mounted).

Could just be that it's a bloody loud fan.

I’ve only had it for a couple week it has a 10 year Warranty This doesn’t seem right. It’s only under load and fans make the sound all the time only at specific voltages will it vibrate. It does not fan grind. I know what grinding sounds like.