So I think my PSU has coil whine.. it's quite bad as well I can usually hear it over what I'm watching. It's definately not my GPU as it's watercooled.. but I'm not sure how to be certain or what to do about it? It's meant to be gold rated and thats supposed to be pretty damn silent..
Possible Coil Whine? D:
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Why would water cooling a GPU prevent coil whine?
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You wouldn't normally confuse coil whine with any other noise.
The only thing that should be making a noise is the fans. They're easily isolated by temporarily stopping them spinning.
The only thing that should be making a noise is the fans. They're easily isolated by temporarily stopping them spinning.
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Coil whine isn't fan related. There are inductors (coils) on GPUs that can squeal. They're also found in various other places such as the motherboard and PSU.
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Please ignore.
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It could be coil whine. If there's a high pitched squealing that isn't fan related then that's probably what you got.
A GPU could still squeal like a stuck pig even if it's water cooled. It should be easy enough to tell if that's the source of the noise.
A GPU could still squeal like a stuck pig even if it's water cooled. It should be easy enough to tell if that's the source of the noise.
Well theres a high pitched noise for sure.. it's kind of like a continuous throbbing though.. might possibly be the PSU's fan? I can hear it over my GT Scythes when they are at 1300rpm.
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Squealing and throbbing are completely different things (as the actress said to the...).
Briefly stop all of the fans, use a match stick if you need to. You should only need a few seconds to prove whether it is fan related or not.
Briefly stop all of the fans, use a match stick if you need to. You should only need a few seconds to prove whether it is fan related or not.
it can be one of three things or a combination of psu,motherboard and gpu
one will interfere with the other causing the noise
only way to cure it is to switch to another brand of psu/gpu/mb, test by turning off intel speedstep and/or eist c1 c3/c6 power saving states in the bios and see if the noise continues
if its only heard through your front panel headphones try disconnecting the front panel usb2/3 plugs from the mb headers and see if noise stops
one will interfere with the other causing the noise
only way to cure it is to switch to another brand of psu/gpu/mb, test by turning off intel speedstep and/or eist c1 c3/c6 power saving states in the bios and see if the noise continues
if its only heard through your front panel headphones try disconnecting the front panel usb2/3 plugs from the mb headers and see if noise stops
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I wasn't under the impression that this was headphone/audio related. If it is then that's a completely different conversation.
idk either I just thought id include it,what board is the op using? I get no coil whine from an asus z68 v pro or a gigabyte z77x up4th using xfx 750w psu
its normal to hear slight gpu whine in game menus but not in the game itself and not through headphones or speakers
This is literally all the time. I turned the fans right off for a bit and literally all I could hear was this kind of high pitched noise... I've got an Asrock Extreme6 Wazza and a Corsair AX750... literally until about a week or so ago my system was pretty much silent other than a bit of fan noise.
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If you're hearing the whine directly (and not via the PC's audio) then your only option is to RMA the guilty part.
It's up to you to 100% identify the culprit and decide whether a RMA is justified. This sort of thing is very subjective, so it can be tricky.
If you do RMA and it gets tested by an old shuffler they might not even be able to hear it.
(the same applies to 'da youth' if they've spent too long with very loud headphones).
It's up to you to 100% identify the culprit and decide whether a RMA is justified. This sort of thing is very subjective, so it can be tricky.
If you do RMA and it gets tested by an old shuffler they might not even be able to hear it.
(the same applies to 'da youth' if they've spent too long with very loud headphones).