Annoying sounds – any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Annoying sounds – any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Hello. I recently shared my experience after installing an upgrade on my PC. Initially, everything seemed fine, but soon I encountered various problems. A lot of undervolting was done to cut down coil whine and loud fan noises, along with other noise and performance issues, especially stuttering in games. I’m uncertain about the next steps. I’m considering taking it to a repair shop or rebuilding it properly, fearing I might have made a mistake. The CPU motherboard light flashes red when starting up, and the coil whine noise is likely coming from there. Although CPUs usually don’t make much noise, this area seems to be affected too. I’ve been experimenting with increasing CPU power earlier in hopes of resolving the constant stuttering in games like Helldivers 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3. (Both games I play are currently causing issues.)
I’ve significantly undervolted both the GPU and CPU, which has reduced my FPS by 30-40 compared to normal benchmarks. However, this isn’t feasible anymore. During attempts to adjust the undervolt settings, something went wrong and now the CPU isn’t being overclocked at all. Instead, I’m experiencing heavy coil whine and overheating. I’ve reset the BIOS multiple times but it doesn’t seem to work. The machine feels unstable, and it’s a waste of money and time since I believe I’ve built it incorrectly. It’s now showing noise and performance problems daily.
Before making this mistake, the CPU would barely reach 40/50°C during games, but now it hits 60s/70s and the whine is unbearable. The clocks are consistently at 4500MHz. I’ll share my specs below if anyone might help. I’m at a loss and genuinely want to request a refund while still possible, and rebuild my old PC.
Specs:
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERCASE H500
ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Ryzen 7 5800x3D
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING B550-PLUS WiFi
(DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4
3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
Zotac black trinity 4070 super ti 16GB vram
CORSAIR RM850x 80 Plus Gold PSU
Thank you in advance.
That must suck. I was struggling to understand so let me get this clear:
- The motherboard light flashes red when you turn on your pc
- Whiny noise coming from the cpu or around there
- Stutters in games
- High temps
The motherboard is best suited for RAM speeds of 4600MHz whereas your RAM is 3200MHz but that should not cause major problems.
You likely got a faulty part (CPU, MoBo, etc.) or built it wrong. You should check if you could get a refund and also maybe pay someone too look at it (that may be worth the price).
Best of luck
Make sure you understand what coil whine means, because if it's just the cooler fans spinning, it becomes much less of a problem. Thirdly, why do people arbitrarily undervolt without reason? Lowering power consumption or temperatures means reducing TDP/PPT or the current, but if you lower the voltage while the motherboard still applies overclocking, it forces the motherboard to push even more overclocking, worsening the situation. If your CPU has an all-core clock speed of 4500, that might indicate an active overclock. It could simply be PBO, which can override other settings and cause your configurations to fail.