Okay after taking things apart
again and observing the GPU the entire time the beep
is definitely related to power to the fans, my previous assumption of no relationship was wrong. However, the beeping doesn't change in loudness or pitch with an increasing of fan speed like the previous coil whine I've experienced in high fps screens on the GTX 1080. It just seems to be whether they are running at all or not generates the same annoying tone. Also can anyone confirm for me that there is only two fan controls in Precision X1? Also in addition to spotting the source, I confirmed it's 100% the GPU (cut power and booted, no beep) and also tried running the PCI-E power cables from ports other than the ones being already used on the power supply. For those of you who have narrowed it down to one fan, what did you do to identify? All I can do in Precision X1 is set a minimum of 30% speed and only control two of the fans.