Nordstrom Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Upgrading my 560 Ti to a MSI 970 gaming an upon reading some reviews I noticed that the card requires one 6 pin and one 8 pin plug as opposed to the two 6 pin plugs on my current 560 Ti. The MSI 970 does indeed come with a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter. As my HX520W (which I really like for it's quiet fan and no coil whine) is one of the first revisions with only two 6 pin connectors I was wondering if overall it would be wise to upgrade my HX520 not only because of my specs but also to get the correct and current cables/connectors. The HX520 should be a quality Seasonic build with Japanese quality components though but does it still have enough headroom? I might do som OC'ing on the CPU and GPU once I do the upgrade. i5 4690K Asus Z97-K MSI 970 GTX 500 GB SSD 3 TB WD 5 x 120 mm fans on fan controller If I were to upgrade to let's say a 650/750 Corsair PSU which one would match the noise profile on my current PSU? Been looking into the CS series but also the RMi with its no-activity fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees jonnyguru Posted January 18, 2016 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 18, 2016 I would suggest RMx or RMi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichrome Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Personally I recommend CX and RMx :) AXi also good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees jonnyguru Posted January 18, 2016 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 18, 2016 Personally I recommend CX and RMx :) AXi also good. That's a pretty wide range of recommendations. CX is only Bronze and does not have all Japanese capacitors like the OP's original build. And all RMi is is RMx with Link capability. And AXi is good... VERY good... but it comes at a price premium that we can't be certain someone coming from an 8 year old PSU is willing to spend. :D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 RMi would probably be my max :) But if my current HX520 will cut it I won't be upgrading anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees jonnyguru Posted January 18, 2016 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 18, 2016 How do you plan to use the 6-pin in an 8-pin PCIe port? Some cards will work fine, but others won't post unless all 8 pins are populated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 The MSI version of the 970 comes with a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 So I upgraded and it's stable but I now have MASSIVE coil whine which I at first thought was coming from the GPU but it's actually from the PSU. Do you think another PSU would solve this? Really annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees jonnyguru Posted January 20, 2016 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 20, 2016 This is with the same HX520? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peekandco Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I have more or less the same specs as you and I have a 750w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Jup, the same... Was kinda surprised as I've seen a lot of people have coil whine on their 970. But mine is with out a doubt coming from the PSU as I'm running it outside the case at the moment. Funny though as the 970 apparently uses less power than my old 560. I guess it's taxing the PSU differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees jonnyguru Posted January 20, 2016 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 20, 2016 All PSUs create a harmonic frequency. And different loads make this frequency change. 99% of the time, this frequency is outside of human hearing, but it can sometimes drop out of that range and can become audible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Mine is definitely audible most of the time. [ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzdzMVSLTzk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzdzMVSLTzk[/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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