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Hi,

 

I'm having some trouble with my power supply after upgrading my GPU from a 7870 to a 780. The power supply used to run quiet at all times and the fan was not audible even when under load and it hasn't been for the last week even after upgrading. However now whilst gaming the PSU fan is very loud and there is a noticeable buzzing sound coming from it, this continues for about 10 minutes after I have finished gaming and then the PSU is silent again.

 

The maximum stated load for the PSU is 504W and the recommended minimum for a 780 is 600W. Am I overloading the PSU?

 

PSU link: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/600w-silverstone-strider-sst-st60f-es-80-eff-80-plus-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v23-psu

 

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It's possible you're overloading. What's your CPU. Also, is it a like an 'eeeee' sound?

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It's possible you're overloading. What's your CPU. Also, is it a like an 'eeeee' sound?

It doesn't sound like coil whine usually does when game menus run at like 3000FPS. My CPU is a 3570k at 4.2GHz and my 780 is overclocked.

Mobo: MSI X99A Gaming 7 | CPU: 5820K | CPU Cooler: H100i with NF-F12s in push | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | GPU: MSI GTX 780 Gaming Edition | SSDs: Samsung 840 EVO & 250GB Sandisk Extreme 120GB | HDD: Various

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It doesn't sound like coil whine usually does when game menus run at like 3000FPS. My CPU is a 3570k at 4.2GHz and my 780 is overclocked.

A typical symptom for exceeding the wattage is random shutdowns, or major damage to the computer....

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Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 sniper 3 | CPU: Intel 3770k @5.1Ghz | RAM: 32Gb G.Skill Ripjaws X @1600Mhz | Graphics card: EVGA 980 Ti SC | HDD: Seagate barracuda 3298534883327.74B + Samsung OEM 5400rpm drive + Seatgate barracude 2TB | PSU: Cougar CMX 1200w | CPU cooler: Custom loop

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A typical symptom for exceeding the wattage is random shutdowns, or major damage to the computer....

Well my pc hasn't being shutting down and I don't want to risk damaging anything.

Mobo: MSI X99A Gaming 7 | CPU: 5820K | CPU Cooler: H100i with NF-F12s in push | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | GPU: MSI GTX 780 Gaming Edition | SSDs: Samsung 840 EVO & 250GB Sandisk Extreme 120GB | HDD: Various

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Well my pc hasn't being shutting down and I don't want to risk damaging anything.

I don't know. That's a very good PSU as far as cheap ones go. It may be caused by it being stressed at maxxing out the wattage, but the loudness would be coming during gaming. Not game menu's

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Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 sniper 3 | CPU: Intel 3770k @5.1Ghz | RAM: 32Gb G.Skill Ripjaws X @1600Mhz | Graphics card: EVGA 980 Ti SC | HDD: Seagate barracuda 3298534883327.74B + Samsung OEM 5400rpm drive + Seatgate barracude 2TB | PSU: Cougar CMX 1200w | CPU cooler: Custom loop

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I guess I will just deal with the noise then, it's strange that it only started yesterday though when I've been gaming with my new GPU for a whole week.  

Mobo: MSI X99A Gaming 7 | CPU: 5820K | CPU Cooler: H100i with NF-F12s in push | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | GPU: MSI GTX 780 Gaming Edition | SSDs: Samsung 840 EVO & 250GB Sandisk Extreme 120GB | HDD: Various

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The maximum stated load for the PSU is 504W and the recommended minimum for a 780 is 600W. Am I overloading the PSU?

 

PSU link: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/600w-silverstone-strider-sst-st60f-es-80-eff-80-plus-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-v23-psu

 

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I'm confused. The link for me is of a 600w Silverstone PSU? Anyways how long have you had the power supply?

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I'm confused. The link for me is of a 600w Silverstone PSU? Anyways how long have you had the power supply?

I've had it since january.

Mobo: MSI X99A Gaming 7 | CPU: 5820K | CPU Cooler: H100i with NF-F12s in push | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | GPU: MSI GTX 780 Gaming Edition | SSDs: Samsung 840 EVO & 250GB Sandisk Extreme 120GB | HDD: Various

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I'll just deal with the extra noise if my PSU can provide enough power for my system as I do not want to have to but a new PSU. It may just be getting hot and trying to cool itself. 

Mobo: MSI X99A Gaming 7 | CPU: 5820K | CPU Cooler: H100i with NF-F12s in push | RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 | GPU: MSI GTX 780 Gaming Edition | SSDs: Samsung 840 EVO & 250GB Sandisk Extreme 120GB | HDD: Various

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