Predator orion 5000 P05-640 unknown whirring when fans are at min, opening basic programs

Howler2

I just noticed an odd whirring type sound when when I am using auto/min fan settings and open something like Chrome. I watched the fan RPMs of of everything and nothing really changed outside of a couple rpm on the cpu or gpu. I've had the computer for about 6 weeks, still deciding whether I want to keep it since it has poor airflow in general and the cpu fan needs an upgrade.

Has anyone else noticed a sound like this? Might be the PSU? It's concerning to hear an odd sound like that so soon after buying. I dont/can't notice when under real load because I typically run the fans at high speeds to help performance.

GotBanned

Hard to say. The sound might come from the PSU, but it could also be coil whine from GPU. If it is coming from the GPU, coil whine is more noticeable when GPU is hard at work. Sometimes coil whine comes from certain components on the motherboard like VRM.

If you take off the side panel you should be able to locate the source. When your PC is off, does your PSU make any noise? Guite a few PO3 series PSUs make noise even even the PC is turned off.