Purchased a 3070 FTW3, and Fan #3 when run between 15%-35% fan speed. In the below video you can hear the issue with the fan. The clicking is about as a loud as a mouse click. In the video I slowly ramp the fan speed up in Precision X1 until it hits around 1100 and stops clicking. Then I slow it back down and it starts clicking again, then I completely stop and start the fan again and the clicking starts yet again. Neither of the other fans on the card click like this. 

Here’s a link to my public Google Drive video I had to submit to EVGA tech support documenting the issue.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13DH9K3cgPusldXxDwoMCyIQz_o0veS7U/view?usp=drivesdk
 
At first I thought it was a bad fan, so I submitted a support ticket and got approval for a cross-ship RMA, and when I got the replacement card in, it does the exact same thing with Fan #3. I’m curious how many other people with this cooler have this same issue.
 
Given that 2 separate cards had this problem with only a single fan, I feel like it could be a software bios/fan logic issue, but I can’t completely rule out bad fans since each fan has a different color wiring connector (left fan is black, middle fan is blue, right fan is beige etc) they have to be manufactured separately in batches since they aren’t interchangeable and it’s still possible there was a bad batch of right fans. 


Anyone else experiencing this or am I very unlucky to get two cards that do this?

Alright I should have enough posts now to link to a video showing the problem. Going to try and edit my original post.

EVGA better start caring, because I put $1500 collateral down for a cross-ship RMA that didn’t fix the issue. And if it’s this well known and a common problem for years without resolution then I will not likely ever buy another GPU from them, possibly not another product period. Just looking through these forums I’m seeing many others with fan issues. No other manufacture’s cards seem to do this. None that I’ve ever owned.

Problem is probably all the E's they put on the fan blades that do nothing.

It may be simple to turn fans always on with OC bios switch.
But my unit has kinda regular bios on both, Normal and OC. So fan behavior is the same in both cases.
Probably this is one more +1 to EVGA.
The remaining thing is X1. 

I gave up and set the fans to 50% as they are largely inaudible (850rpm) at that speed and much better than the clicking - use your favorite fan software (I use Argus monitor but am sure X1 would work) and set the curve - I have mine set at 50% up to 50 degrees increasing from there....

This is certainly not a problem with other manufacturers with fan stops.  It only exists for EVGA and their fan / controller / maybe firmware.  I am afraid the only solution would be a redesign but I don't think they're going to admit that.