Unusual heat emission originating from the processor and memory area, not typical of air bubbles.
Unusual heat emission originating from the processor and memory area, not typical of air bubbles.
Hello there, last Christmas I was swapping components on my PC and installed a water cooler. At that time I heard an unusual fan noise, which turned out to be faulty fans. I replaced them and everything worked fine until about two months ago. Then a strange sizzling sound began coming from the CPU, pump, and RAM area. It wasn’t like bubbles before; I hadn’t moved my case or PC after fixing the fans. The noise only appears when the PC is under heavier load, mainly during games. I didn’t notice it while playing or relaxing. It’s quite noticeable but not extremely loud. I tried turning off all the fans initially, but nothing helped. The pump ran at full speed, so I couldn’t pinpoint the issue there. The RAM sticks, CPU, and AIO were brand new, only slightly over six months old. Specifics: CPU - Ryzen 5 3600, AIO - Coolermaster Master Liquid Lite 240 with upgraded fans, RAM - Kingston Fury Beast 2 x 18 GB 3200MHz, GPU - GTX 1080, Motherboard - Aorus B450 M347863636_6530330600321932_5847450897314830883_n.mp4
The audio can vanish completely when you switch tabs away from a game.
run a CPU performance test similar to Cinebench; if not, look up a video to check for coil whine.
The coil whine is likely my prediction, and I spotted a reference on YouTube. Let me know if this assists, Jacob.
Coilwhine often appears on nearly all modern PCs, usually in a way you can ease by adjusting the Windows Powerplan or tweaking your GPU/CPU settings. It may disappear after a few days of intensive use.