PSU making purring noise

[Krankyboi]

Hey! For some time now my PSU has been making strange noises. It literally sounds like somebody snoring or a cat purring which is really strange, I've tried to research it but couldn't find anything with this exact noise. 

Sometimes the noise gets louder and faster, sometimes quieter and slower, however the tone remains the same. It is an 80+ certified EVGA 500W PSU so that's that. 

 

Specs - 

Xeon e3 1231 v3

R9 380 MSI Gaming edition

8GB RAM

250GB SDD 

1TB HDD

 

 

And of course, the noise http://vocaroo.com/i/s0bZi4BpPooF

[Vercii]

3 minutes ago, Krankyboi said:

Hey! For some time now my PSU has been making strange noises. It literally sounds like somebody snoring or a cat purring which is really strange, I've tried to research it but couldn't find anything with this exact noise. 

Sometimes the noise gets louder and faster, sometimes quieter and slower, however the tone remains the same. It is an 80+ certified EVGA 500W PSU so that's that. 

 

Specs - 

Xeon e3 1231 v3

R9 380 MSI Gaming edition

8GB RAM

250GB SDD 

1TB HDD

 

 

And of course, the noise http://vocaroo.com/i/s0bZi4BpPooF

 

Coil whine?

[orangecat]

Sounds like a bad fan. If the sound gets quieter, louder and changes in pitch it could be a bad fan rubbing up against the housing or something. It may be out of your skill level but you could try ands replace the fan but be careful poking around in there because some capacitors can easily hold well over 300+ volts and even unpowered they can still pack one hell of a punch.

[Krankyboi]

2 minutes ago, Kilobytez95 said:

Sounds like a bad fan. If the sound gets quieter, louder and changes in pitch it could be a bad fan rubbing up against the housing or something. It may be out of your skill level but you could try ands replace the fan but be careful poking around in there because some capacitors can easily hold well over 300+ volts and even unpowered they can still pack one hell of a punch.

welp that's one way to die. I'd rather buy a new one  

[orangecat]

2 minutes ago, Krankyboi said:

welp that's one way to die. I'd rather buy a new one  

If a PSU makes any noise other than a bit of coil whine it's probably on it's way out anyways.

[Krankyboi]

7 minutes ago, Vercii said:

Coil whine?

Don't think so, sounds a lot more louder and different 

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 hour ago, Krankyboi said:

Hey! For some time now my PSU has been making strange noises. It literally sounds like somebody snoring or a cat purring which is really strange, I've tried to research it but couldn't find anything with this exact noise. 

Sometimes the noise gets louder and faster, sometimes quieter and slower, however the tone remains the same. It is an 80+ certified EVGA 500W PSU so that's that. 

 

Specs - 

Xeon e3 1231 v3

R9 380 MSI Gaming edition

8GB RAM

250GB SDD 

1TB HDD

 

 

And of course, the noise http://vocaroo.com/i/s0bZi4BpPooF

Oh dear you should not be using the 80 PLUS EVGA 500W with a 380, no no no. That PSU is pretty low-end and you shouldn't really be using a GPU that requires external power at all.

 

Nonetheless the purring is the normal sound of it whirring up to speed when being demanded.

[Krankyboi]

18 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Oh dear you should not be using the 80 PLUS EVGA 500W with a 380, no no no. That PSU is pretty low-end and you shouldn't really be using a GPU that requires external power at all.

 

Nonetheless the purring is the normal sound of it whirring up to speed when being demanded.

Haha, not to worry! I just ordered the Seasonic S12II-620 which should arrive sometime this week  Thanks for the feedback however.