3090 Gaming Coil Whine log

[Diagro]

So... They are charging an Absolutely massive sum and still their cards have coil whine.

Lol

 

[MultiDoc]

@smogsy Thanks for the advice. Yes it looks like I'm under powered a little and from what I've read in other posts, Corsair seem to be more prone to exhibiting coil whine. I used the Be Quiet PSU calculator and that also recommended 1000w. I'll take a look for a Seasonic, possibly a 1200w to be on the safe side and maximise quiet operation. Going to lock down my FPS to help in the meantime.



@Stu999 will do.

Any update on this @Davski ?

 

[Stu999]

Bad coil whine:
RDR2 - FE (4k/60)/ Strix OC - Stu999 / @Perra_himself
Mafia: Definitive Edition - Strix OC - Perra_himself
MS Flight Simulator 2020 - FE (4K 30 - 50 FPS) - Stu999

Average coil whine:
Call of Duty: Warzone - Strix OC - Perra_himself
Horizon: Zero Dawn - FE - 4k/60 - Stu999 (seems very 'scene' dependent).
Shadow of the Tomb Raider - FE - 4k/60 - Stu999 (again depends on what is happening on screen, I had RTX on too).

Minimal coil whine (e.g. only in certain circumstances):
Crysis 3 - FE - 4k/60 - Stu999
GTA V - FE - 4k/60 - Stu999
Fall Guys - FE - 4k/60 - Stu999
Doom 2016 - FE - 4k/60 - Stu999

No coil whine:
Ace Combat 7 - FE - 4k/60 - Stu999
World of Warcraft - Strix OC - Perra_himself
Forza Horizon 4 - FE - 4k/60 - Stu999 (I did get coil whine running the benchmark with uncapped frame rate)

 

[OC2000]

I’m convinced if you get a titanium power supply your coil wine will be significantly reduced.
once my 3090 Strix is under water I’ll run a 3D Mark Vantage run which is king of causing coil wine. So far I haven’t heard any but the fan is loud enough to drown it out.

 

[Stu999]

I’m convinced if you get a titanium power supply your coil wine will be significantly reduced.
once my 3090 Strix is under water I’ll run a 3D Mark Vantage run which is king of causing coil wine. So far I haven’t heard any but the fan is loud enough to drown it out.

I’m thinking about it - sort of reluctant to spend any more money on this rig but may have no choice.

 

[smogsy]

I’m convinced if you get a titanium power supply your coil wine will be significantly reduced.
once my 3090 Strix is under water I’ll run a 3D Mark Vantage run which is king of causing coil wine. So far I haven’t heard any but the fan is loud enough to drown it out.

Wouldn't say titanium is needed just a very good quality unit like seasonic prime would be ideal

I don't rate corsair or be quiet psus had to many fail.
(at work)

They were only hx650s but after 3-years of 24/7 usage of 300w they all started dieing

15 of 70 on 3rd year
55 of 70 on 4th year
Only 3 remain 5 years in

 

[gpuerrilla]

They were only hx650s but after 3-years of 24/7 usage of 300w they all started dieing

15 of 70 on 3rd year
55 of 70 on 4th year
Only 3 remain 5 years in

Wow that's some ****** numbers. I suppose its like a hard disk, where certain makes got reputation for dying like clockwork.

I got an XFX bundled with my then 7990 GPU. Both ended up being RMA'd. I payed the difference and demanded a Seasonic replacement, its still going.

 

[smogsy]

Wow that's some ****** numbers. I suppose its like a hard disk, where certain makes got reputation for dying like clockwork.

I got an XFX bundled with my then 7990 GPU. Both ended up being RMA'd. I payed the difference and demanded a Seasonic replacement, its still going.

Indeed they was run literally 24/7 zero days off but even so it would save boot up which is painful on the psu.

They was running 2500k 4gb ram and had 750ti in.
Run as cctv servers

My original seasonic is 8 years old. Don't get used that much now days but works fine in my old gaming rig

 

[Perra_himself]

I’m convinced if you get a titanium power supply your coil wine will be significantly reduced.

I’m thinking about it - sort of reluctant to spend any more money on this rig but may have no choice.

Hi Stu,
I'm in the same situation as you so I went out and bought the brand new "bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1200W" PSU for 400$. Just plugged it in and it didnt take away the coil whine from my GPU at least. I would say it became a little bit quiet than before but still very annoying.
Very disappointing,

 

[gpuerrilla]

Ouch. So is it whine from the GPU then and not the PSU?

** remember there is the cardboard bog roll trick to listen that a user shared with us!

 

[tyler_jrb]

Hi Stu,
I'm in the same situation as you so I went out and bought the brand new "bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1200W" PSU for 400$. Just plugged it in and it didnt take away the coil whine from my GPU at least. I would say it became a little bit quiet than before but still very annoying.
Very disappointing,

It rarely ever does. I’ve tried all sorts in the past new psu’s, boards, even a power conditioner. Several cards no difference or a minimal difference between models.

Nothing made much, if any difference. Only thing that did for me is to severely undervolt the card to minimum voltage and see how fast it would run.

Still at 60hz IMO it’s very quiet compared to high refresh 144hz+ then it gets real noisy.

In the end it got so unbearable I just put my pc several feet away in my wall cupboard. Noise is now no longer an issue in any form ever, best decision I ever made. Soooo much quieter in general.

 

[vapor matt]

I have never experienced coil whine on any card i ever owned, but have read many posts over many generations of GFX card release's with coil whine. In most of them a decent PSU has solved the issue or minimised it enough to not be annoying.
these new 3000 series cards especially the 3090 can pull some serious watts under load. quality PSU's are not cheap but they remain one of the most important parts of a system. all the minimum PSU spec's mean nothing when over clocking your CPU and GPU
you can increase power draw even more with pumps, fans, H/D RGB lights, the list goes on, every watt used comes from the PSU.

I run my water cooling pumps from a separate PSU a variable voltage PSU used for ham radio. 25amp PSU 20v max and 2 pumps D5's pull 4 amps which is 48watts thats 2 water pumps only. I dont run them on an external PSU because my PSU wont handle the power draw, its because
20v gives the pumps more speed, more flow, more cooling, plus i can test a loop all day long with no power to the rig at all.

We spend a fortune of CPU's GPU's and motherboards ect, yet for the unseen PSU a lot skimp out on what they need and buy as cheap as possible. if the coil whine remains, with different PSU and you get the same in another system capable then its RMA time, as the etailer will find the same thing.

 

[Perra_himself]

Ouch. So is it whine from the GPU then and not the PSU?

** remember there is the cardboard bog roll trick to listen that a user shared with us!

Hi mate, yeah seems to be the GPU only, the PSU is dead quiet. Thinking about keeping the PSU and then RMA the Asus 3090 card.
Whats the cardboard bog roll trick you are mentioning? Not familiar with that...

 

[gpuerrilla]

Hi mate, yeah seems to be the GPU only, the PSU is dead quiet. Thinking about keeping the PSU and then RMA the Asus 3090 card.
Whats the cardboard bog roll trick you are mentioning? Not familiar with that...

It apparently helps track the noise culprit as the sound can travel/vibrate and lead you to the wrong component. You done the direct method of replacing the PSU so it helps confirm the GPU as the noisy part.

 

[Stu999]

Hi Stu,
I'm in the same situation as you so I went out and bought the brand new "bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1200W" PSU for 400$. Just plugged it in and it didnt take away the coil whine from my GPU at least. I would say it became a little bit quiet than before but still very annoying.
Very disappointing,

Sorry to hear that. I was looking at BeQuiet myself but there isn't much availability. There also don't seem to be many/any Seasonic units over 1000W, not that there is much stock there either.

 

[Radox-0]

Did you guys find in use it reduced at all after a while?

tempted to send mine back within 14 days. Idea was it eventually will go under water in a HTPC, yet I can still hear the whine clearly about 3 meters away on the couch and this is with music and ambient noise from games with a atmos setup. Tried with couple of PSUs including my AX1600i which is extremely solid and still it whines so concerned this may not go away even after use. Will be thrashing it this weekend with watchdogs but doubt it will change anything. This is with LG OLED so can go up to 120hz at 4K, but whine happens at any FPS to be honest, all benchmarks I have tried thus far and some games.

 

[Perra_himself]

Did you guys find in use it reduced at all after a while?

tempted to send mine back within 14 days. Idea was it eventually will go under water in a HTPC, yet I can still hear the whine clearly about 3 meters away on the couch and this is with music and ambient noise from games with a atmos setup. Tried with couple of PSUs including my AX1600i which is extremely solid and still it whines so concerned this may not go away even after use. Will be thrashing it this weekend with watchdogs but doubt it will change anything. This is with LG OLED so can go up to 120hz at 4K, but whine happens at any FPS to be honest, all benchmarks I have tried thus far and some games.

Sorry to hear that, do you have coil whine even when you are not gaming?

 

[zoffster1]

Strix 3090 OC here, no whine whatsoever yet. Using an AX1600 PSU.

 

[Radox-0]

Sorry to hear that, do you have coil whine even when you are not gaming?

nah not when gaming, only under heavy load so far.

 

[Perra_himself]

Update from my side for our little list
Played some Assassin's Creed: Valhalla yesterday, it had some minimal coil whine.
It also had much better performance than Watch Dogs Legion. I could play Valhalla on the highest of settings without any issues or stuttering at all with 60fps+. Great game by the way!