Coil whir CPU overclocking

[TangoBear99]

Well i was overclocking my i5-2500k I got to a stable 4 on all cores and when I was running windows experience index I heard a large whiring sound when is was running the cpu at max settings.

My Specs:

CPU i5 2500k

Motherboard G1 Sniper 3

PSU Silver Stone 850 watt

Noctua 9 cooler

[cheti]

Whiring as in whoosh sound like air moving or like coil whining ?

If whoosh as in air moving then its fine cause windows experience index puts some strain on your cpu at some point and the fans will ramp up for a while.

You can try P95 small fft's torture for a while and see if the same sound occurs (make sure you check your temps tho so you dont harm your pc, you dont wanna go over 85).

Best wishes

- cheti

[TangoBear99]

I Believe it is coil whine im just not sure where its coming from.

[Ghost]

If its after overclocking then its probably your motherboard.

[ZeVo]

Coil whine on a CPU cooler? I would image the problem being with your graphics card or power supply. Try checking and hearing where it is coming from again. Maybe the fans on the cooler could be faulty.

[TangoBear99]

Yeah i just thought that being a Gigabyte G1 assassin 3 that it wouldn't have a problem like this

[TangoBear99]

Well its not much of a problem because im about to upgrade from that cooler anyway.

[DeXel]

If it's from G1 Sniper 3, it's not a normal behavior. That board has very good inductors. RMA it.