Coil Whine - Corsair RMx Series RM550x

[Justforcause]

Hey all,

just bought (today) a new PC setup. And when playing games I can hear coil whine coming from the PSU. My question is, can I somehow prevent that from happening? Is it dangerous? Can it damage the PSU or other parts?

 

[UsandThem]

Not dangerous, just annoying.

If you are still able to, exchange it with the company you bought it from.

If you can't do that, you can RMA it with Seasonic, but you'll have to pay for shipping it to them.

I have seen quite a few threads about some Seasonic power supplies having coil whine. Although, it really can happen with any brand.

Also, what are your system specs? Your title indicates you have a 550w power supply. You aren't running SLI 980s are you?

 

[Justforcause]

My Specs are:

CPU Intel Core i5-6500
MB MSI B150M NIGHT ELF
Case SilentiumPC Gladius M45W
PSU CORSAIR RMx Series RM550x, 80+ Gold, 550W
HDD SSD Samsung 850 EVO, 2.5", 250GB, SATA III
RAM CRUCIAL 2x8GB DDR4 2133MHz, CL16, Dual Ranked
GPU nVidia GIGABYTE GV-N960WF2OC-4GD, 4GB DDR5

 

[UsandThem]

Yeah, with that hardware you have plenty of overhead left on a quality 550w power supply.

You can live the coil whine, exchange it, or RMA it.

I have a Netgear R7000 wireless router, of all things, that has developed horrible coil whine when there is heavy network traffic. I just ended up moving it away from where I sit, which made it more bearable.

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

there are things you can do, like seal stuff with nail polish. it works on graphics cards, would never do it on a psu.

just search "coil whine nail polish"

 

[SR-71 Blackbird]

I own to 2 RMX power supplies , the 550w and 850w , no coil whine at all , I'd return it.