Gigabyte 3060 TI rattle sounds when fans turn on

[Kuraii]

Hello,

I purchased a pre-built computer with a Gigabyte 3060 TI Eagle. I started to notice that it makes a rattling sound when the fans turn on/ramp up. When the fans are off on the GPU, there is no noise at all. The sound only occurs when the fans are on. Sometimes it consistently makes the noise (seems to be when the fans turn on and off consistently with this strange fan curve), whereas other times it occurs randomly/intermittently once and disappears (seems to be when the fans turn on and stay on) . It does not appear to affect the performance of the GPU but the sound is a concern/annoying. I have checked the fans to see if they are hitting any wires and for loose screws - found nothing. I have the option to bring the computer back to the store to diagnose the problem, but would like to avoid this if possible as the turn around time is close to 3 weeks.

Video of the sound

Another video of the sound at :20

Computer Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU Cooler: AMD Wraith Prism
GPU: Gigabyte 3060ti Eagle
MOBO: Gigabyte DS3H B450M
Ram: Kingston HyperX Fury 2x8gb
PSU: DeepCool DA700
Storage: Lexar M.2 Nvme 500gb
Case: DeepCool Matrexx 50 RGB 4F

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[cm992]

Weird it does sound like it is hitting something.You said its not hitting any wires but it sounds more like its hitting a piece of that pealable clear plastic stuff that usually covers new electronics yennow?

[Kuraii]

4 hours ago, cm992 said:

Weird it does sound like it is hitting something.You said its not hitting any wires but it sounds more like its hitting a piece of that pealable clear plastic stuff that usually covers new electronics yennow?

Had a look - doesn't seem to be any plastic that the fans could be hitting

[Slex138]

On 1/21/2021 at 11:50 AM, Kuraii said:

Hello,

I purchased a pre-built computer with a Gigabyte 3060 TI Eagle. I started to notice that it makes a rattling sound when the fans turn on/ramp up. When the fans are off on the GPU, there is no noise at all. The sound only occurs when the fans are on. Sometimes it consistently makes the noise (seems to be when the fans turn on and off consistently with this strange fan curve), whereas other times it occurs randomly/intermittently once and disappears (seems to be when the fans turn on and stay on) . It does not appear to affect the performance of the GPU but the sound is a concern/annoying. I have checked the fans to see if they are hitting any wires and for loose screws - found nothing. I have the option to bring the computer back to the store to diagnose the problem, but would like to avoid this if possible as the turn around time is close to 3 weeks.

Video of the sound

Another video of the sound at :20

Computer Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
CPU Cooler: AMD Wraith Prism
GPU: Gigabyte 3060ti Eagle
MOBO: Gigabyte DS3H B450M
Ram: Kingston HyperX Fury 2x8gb
PSU: DeepCool DA700
Storage: Lexar M.2 Nvme 500gb
Case: DeepCool Matrexx 50 RGB 4F

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I just found this fix that I'm gonna try after work but it seems to have helped others:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/gigabyte-gpu-fan-rattle-fix.3596708/

[blackviking03]

I also have a Gigabyte GPU - 1660 Super from the Windforce series and it makes the same sound, unfortunately this happens to be a problem on ALL Gigabyte GPUs.