PSU ticking noise

[TheTwist]

I have this ticking noise coming from my Power Supply. It is not a constant noise. It only happens when my computer has been on for quite sometime. I don't think it is the fan

 

Should I be concerned?

 

[Guest]

At what load?  Low?  High?  What PSU?

 

[514_AppleGuy]

5 hours ago, TheTwist said:

I don't think it is the fan.

 

Are you sure? Take something non-conductive and stop the fan from spinning, to see if the sound comes back. If is does, it could be something electrical, and at that point I'd probably replace the power supply before it can potentially damage other components.

[TheTwist]

18 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

At what load?  Low?  High?  What PSU?

 

Power supply is an XFX TS 550W

I only browse the internet on it mostly so low to medium.

16 hours ago, 514_AppleGuy said:

Are you sure? Take something non-conductive and stop the fan from spinning, to see if the sound comes back. If is does, it could be something electrical, and at that point I'd probably replace the power supply before it can potentially damage other components.

Yeah i stopped the fan and it is still there

[Guest]

That's a pretty old model.  It just started doing this?

 

[514_AppleGuy]

5 hours ago, TheTwist said:

Power supply is an XFX TS 550W

I only browse the internet on it mostly so low to medium.

Yeah i stopped the fan and it is still there

Yeah, then I would definitely change the power supply. Of course, if it's only a light use system with no important data on it,  you could just wait until the power supply explodes before replacing it. 

[TheTwist]

Yeah it is a pretty low end machine. I am thinking of getting a new one in a year or so.  The whole machine is just over 6 years old. I am trying to work out whether to get a more powerful PSU so I can swap into my new machine or not. 

 

It started about a month or so ago. But the other day it was a constant ticking, now it hasn't appeared today.