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Googlehai
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My PSU (CX550M Gray Variant) has been making a Loud-ish buzzing noise since about a week. The PSU and all the components have only been up and running for 1 month.  Also excuse me for any errors in formatting, I'm brand new to the forum

 

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MSI RX 480 Gaming X 8g

I5 6500

8gb of Corsair vengeance RAM

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1 minute ago, Googlehai said:

My PSU (CX550M Gray Variant) has been making a Loud-ish buzzing noise since about a week. The PSU and all the components have only been up and running for 1 month.  Also excuse me for any errors in formatting, I'm brand new to the forum

 

SPECS:

MSI RX 480 Gaming X 8g

I5 6500

8gb of Corsair vengeance RAM

define buzzing, fans can sometimes sound like that with a bit of noise distortion over surfaces

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Could just be Coil Whine, which is fairly common in things like PSUs and Graphics Cards

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If it is buzzing, it is probably the bearings in your PSU fan. It depends on which type of buzzing though. One of my stock psus are extremely loud.

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What kind of buzzing is it specifically?

 

A lower-pitched, more mechanical sound could be the fan. A higher-pitched 'whine' however is likely coil whine.

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19 hours ago, Aniallation said:

What kind of buzzing is it specifically?

 

A lower-pitched, more mechanical sound could be the fan. A higher-pitched 'whine' however is likely coil whine.

It's a lower pitched humming(except louder) 

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30 minutes ago, Googlehai said:

It's a lower pitched humming(except louder) 

Turn off your computer. Use a toothpick, Q-tip, or some other small object to hold the PSU fan in place so it doesn't spin. Turn the PC on.

 

Is the noise still there?

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