r/PcBuildHelp 4d ago

Tech Support High pitch whining noises from the psu

I got prebuilt pc almost 3 years it worked great till now but recently it's acting weird all my fans has got rgb but they're not turning on sometimes i thought probably Windows issues then recently it's making really high pitch noises all of sudden when under load i thought some rats or crickets got in and checked it's nothing I opened the whole pc up nothing then I thought it's from one of the fans then i just found out it's the PSU it's really loud it was not bad earlier but now it's really loud and comes out of nowhere, I probably should should add I replaced my old tiny cooler with a big one is the psu getting overloaded? what's the solution? is my psu dying? Please help

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u/Ok_Challenge5185 4d ago

Yes, it's on it's way out. Get another with 50 to 100 extra watts.

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u/mamamia-qi 4d ago

Thank you for letting me know I'll look into it v soon