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I just built a gaming pc and my power supply gives out a really high pitched noise, but only sometimes for a couple of minutes and then it stops. Is that normal or should i go back to the store with it? The power supply is a Corsair CX500M.

Case: Corsair Carbdie 330R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Asus Z97-A CPU: AMD FX-6300 i5 4690K 3.5 GHZ + 212 EVO GPU: ASUS GTX 760 DirectCUII Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M
Monitor: AOC Q2963pm 29'' 21:9 IPS Mouse: Mionix Naos 8200 Mousepad: Mionix Sargas 320 Headset: HyperX Cloud Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGBIKEA Headset/Headphone Holder
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Sounds like coil whine. Unfortunately not many manufacturers will accept RMAs due to coil whine.

Is there anything specific that your PC is doing when the noise starts?

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4670k      GTX 760 ACX      CoolerMaster Hyper 412s      Fractal Design Node 804      G1 Sniper M5      Corsair RM 650      WD Red 1TB     Samsung 840 Evo 120GB

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Sounds like coil whine. Unfortunately not many manufacturers will accept RMAs due to coil whine.

Is there anything specific that your PC is doing when the noise starts?

No i am just browsing the web and it starts, but only for a couple of minutes and then it sound like normal again. It's not a big deal i just didn't want to think that it was something wrong with it so it doesn't work.

Case: Corsair Carbdie 330R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Asus Z97-A CPU: AMD FX-6300 i5 4690K 3.5 GHZ + 212 EVO GPU: ASUS GTX 760 DirectCUII Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M
Monitor: AOC Q2963pm 29'' 21:9 IPS Mouse: Mionix Naos 8200 Mousepad: Mionix Sargas 320 Headset: HyperX Cloud Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGBIKEA Headset/Headphone Holder
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No i am just browsing the web and it starts, but only for a couple of minutes and then it sound like normal again. It's not a big deal i just didn't want to think that it was something wrong with it so it doesn't work.

Coil whine is just a natural phenomena that happens to some electronic devices, I wouldn't worry about it, as long as your PSU can power your PC under full load without shutting off or overheating, there is nothing wrong with it  

My PC:


4670k      GTX 760 ACX      CoolerMaster Hyper 412s      Fractal Design Node 804      G1 Sniper M5      Corsair RM 650      WD Red 1TB     Samsung 840 Evo 120GB

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I agree seems like coil whine - that seems to be a common thing with the CX series, which is why they're so inexpensive. 

 

 

Coil whine is just a natural phenomena that happens to some electronic devices, I wouldn't worry about it, as long as your PSU can power your PC under full load without shutting off or overheating, there is nothing wrong with it  

Ok so it isn't dangerous for the computer it's just a sound and it doen't hurt anything, right?

Case: Corsair Carbdie 330R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Asus Z97-A CPU: AMD FX-6300 i5 4690K 3.5 GHZ + 212 EVO GPU: ASUS GTX 760 DirectCUII Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M
Monitor: AOC Q2963pm 29'' 21:9 IPS Mouse: Mionix Naos 8200 Mousepad: Mionix Sargas 320 Headset: HyperX Cloud Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGBIKEA Headset/Headphone Holder
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Ok so it isn't dangerous for the computer it's just a sound and it doen't hurt anything, right?

It's fine as long as the noise doesn't annoy you.

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I just built a gaming pc and my power supply gives out a really high pitched noise, but only sometimes for a couple of minutes and then it stops. Is that normal or should i go back to the store with it? The power supply is a Corsair CX500M.

Looks like the C states are causing this. Put windows power plan to high performance and see if it goes away.

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