Need some opinions...

[MistahHaskins]

I bought this ZOTAC 4070 Super December of 2024 and realistically started using it January 15th of 2025 (That's when I received it). Unfortunately the fan bearing is dying after a year of use. Granted I play games everyday so that has something to do with it but I don't play with high graphical settings either. Here's the video of what it sounds like with the side panel off.

 

Keep in mind when this video taken I was in the process of swapping out fans for newer ones hoping it would resolve the issue. At the time I had doubts it was the GPU as I did have old Rosewell fans in the case with some Fractal ones from 4 years ago. I got all the fans swapped out and even installed a new AM5 board with an entirely new cooler. So realistically the sound (if it wasn't the GPU) should be gone. I was very wrong sadly. The noise is still there and now I am up in arms if I should send it in to ZOTAC or look else-where for another GPU because after only a year they are going bad.

Need some opinions on this one. I do have a Warranty but I doubt they'll be able to do anything with the GPU other than replacing fans but whose to say the fans they replace them with wont die after another year

 

[Jurrunio]

so you can make it produce that noise under no load simply by starting and speeding up the graphics card fans using tuning software right?

[MistahHaskins]

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

so you can make it produce that noise under no load simply by starting and speeding up the graphics card fans using tuning software right?

I can sometimes - which leads me to believe that its the card. I do have a question though. If choose not to send it in and leave it be. I was looking at switching to AMD specifically the RX 9070 XT. Would that be an upgrade from the 4070 Super? Plus I need to know if an 850w PSU is even good enough

[MistahHaskins]

16 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

so you can make it produce that noise under no load simply by starting and speeding up the graphics card fans using tuning software right?

So I just tested with MSI Afterburner - I started a 40% Fan Speed. I increased it by 5% increments each time. At around 65% to 75% the noise is the most prominent where I can hear it through the case with the side panel on. So at this point its not coil whine so much as something is rattling on the inside. I was told by ZOTAC support to see if there are any wires in the shroud touching the fan but I couldn't notice anything touching to make THAT loud of a noise

[Messonaise]

Something is definitely interfering with the fan. Might as well pull the card out check if something is stuck in the heatsink. 

If a bearing is going out the sound would have been a higher pitch. 

[podkall]

7 hours ago, MistahHaskins said:

I can sometimes - which leads me to believe that its the card. I do have a question though. If choose not to send it in and leave it be. I was looking at switching to AMD specifically the RX 9070 XT. Would that be an upgrade from the 4070 Super? Plus I need to know if an 850w PSU is even good enough

Yes the 9070XT is upgrade from 4070 Super

 

 

no you don't need better PSU for it if yours isn't bad quality

 

[leclod]

That noise is not a bearing,

Sounds like a blade hitting something, from then on it's a pretty easy task (stop each fan one after the other for example)

(what's that round shape on your mobo ?)

(it could also be the psu fan)

Edited April 27 by leclod

[MistahHaskins]

1 hour ago, leclod said:

That noise is not a bearing,

Sounds like a blade hitting something, from then on it's a pretty easy task (stop each fan one after the other for example)

(what's that round shape on your mobo ?)

(it could also be the psu fan)

PSU fan is always off - I haven’t checked in the shroud but I don’t notice anything obvious