I recently made the upgrade from a GTX970 Strix card to the EVGA 3060 XC
 
My issue is that when the fans kick on it makes a strange noise like somone just quickly flicked one of those springy door stops.
It's super annoying and I hear it over videos I listen to whilst working. I actually thought it was my upstairs neighbors making noise but since realized a pattern and confirmed it makes a noise each time the cards fans spin up. Looking through the forum I noted people suggesting installing Precision X1 which I have and the problem persists. I'm using 3D editing software so my GPU is in use off and on and I hear that fan startup constantly again and again while doing anything.
 
I'm used to my old Strix card having idle fans that would kick on while temps go up but it was dead silent. New fans are made poorly or something or is my card just broken? I could run the fans constant? or should I be worried about the cards longevity? I could too record the sound perhaps and post it here if that'd help somehow.

Check the screws under the fan make sure they are all seated?

I have had this card for a few weeks and have no such issues. Mine is cool and quiet.
 
So I wouldn't be alarmed that it is a problem with them all. Clearly it is not.
 
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Draggony
I recently made the upgrade from a GTX970 Strix card to the EVGA 3060 XC
 
My issue is that when the fans kick on it makes a strange noise like somone just quickly flicked one of those springy door stops.
It's super annoying and I hear it over videos I listen to whilst working. I actually thought it was my upstairs neighbors making noise but since realized a pattern and confirmed it makes a noise each time the cards fans spin up. Looking through the forum I noted people suggesting installing Precision X1 which I have and the problem persists. I'm using 3D editing software so my GPU is in use off and on and I hear that fan startup constantly again and again while doing anything.
 
I'm used to my old Strix card having idle fans that would kick on while temps go up but it was dead silent. New fans are made poorly or something or is my card just broken? I could run the fans constant? or should I be worried about the cards longevity? I could too record the sound perhaps and post it here if that'd help somehow.

Same here. It's doing the exact same noise that you described

Mine is doing the same thing. The fans alternate one at a time on and off at low load and one of them is making a sort of grinding, but not actual grinding, sound on start up. 
 
Seems like the sound a bad motor or inadequate power delivery to that one fan would be caused by at startup in my experience with electric motors. Either one can cause premature failure eventually if run in that way.
 
My 3060 ti doesn't do this but the 3060 does. With Precision x1 I can set the fan to run constant but that's not how the card should act and doesn't solve the actual problem if a fan is defective and may fail prematurely. I think I'm going to contact EVGA directly.
 
 

rico_070
i have the same problem i got a evga  xc b3060  black edition  and  one of the  fans  wen it is at around  20/30%  fan speed  and than it  ramps  up it makes some kinda weird fart noise that only way i can discribe how it sounds i tough first it was me   psu but no it the card it  self i tested another card   same  one  becaus i got 2  and me second one didnt make this noise  so  it  something worng with the fan and it the one right behind the  display port and hdmi  that the one makin the weird  sounds 

Mine is the fan near the display ports too. I already RMAed it yesterday. One nice thing is EVGA seem to take warranty service seriously, which is one of the reasons I buy from them.
 
Doesn't seem to be a widespread problem so hopefully the replacement will work good. 

I have the same issue with my 3060 XC but in my case both of fans are doing that strange noise when they kick on. With Precision x1 I have set them to run both on 13%.

UPDATE:
I finally got my replacement 3060 installed. They shipped me a new one and it doesn't make the noise like the other. It might have a different fan profile because it usually seems to run or not run most of the time now, in stead of turning the fans on and off frequently every second or few seconds.
 
If any issues arise with mine I will make another update but so far it seems the issue is resolved, at least in my case.

I've had my 3060 XC for almost 6 months now and no strange fan noises.  Chances are mechanical problems will not work themselves out so it's a good thing you returned yours and have a good working one now.  For anyone else it is possible there was a bad batch of fans at one point and considering EVGA's warranty I would just let them handle it--don't need to live with a bad/noisy fan IMO.

I just got the 3060 Ti XC and on the 2nd day I noticed the noise.  At idle without the fans running when the card (slowly) hits ~43C it will kick on the fans every few seconds.  Annoying! and bad for the fans and controller?
 
My case fans run low at idle to keep noise down but I guess it's not enough to keep the card cool enough at idle.
Now having to run Precision X1 so the fans run @ 15% at idle.
 
Annoying!

That sounds like faulty fans with bad bearings (if the sound persisted at low or high fan speed). It can also be the motor itself engaging from a cold startup. If the sound IS the fan motor itself, then that's absolutely a manufacturing defect or a lack of internal lubrication. Did you get this fixed?

Thanks for the info and links, Mr. Steven.  Pretty broad fan issues.
Sounds like the fan controller guy at EVGA needs to be fired 

Make sure everything is screwed in properly and check if there is something inside the graphics card.

Did you ever get to the bottom of this??

Also, FWIW, I only started experiencing the fan noise after I switched from an NZXT H1 case (GPU mounted vertically), to a Phanteks P200a case where the GPU is mounted in the traditional horizontal position.