5080 & 5090 Coil Whine Thread

drago94 · 16 Aug 2025 at 18:35

Alt0153 said:
and whats ambient where he lives? stressing card in middle of summer your temps will be higher but its prob winter for that guy or has ac turned on

His ambient temperature was 27 °C, so in my opinion without ac.

First picture is his , second one mine

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Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:03

drago94 said:
Not yet, and I’ll probably return it, because a user on Reddit who has the Xtreme Waterforce sent me his results, and his temps in FurMark were at most 70 °C with the same fan speeds. I might return mine and buy it again.

However, how long did you own the Xtreme Waterforce?

May.

Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:06

drago94 said:
His ambient temperature was 27 °C, so in my opinion without ac.

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Note, hes not running in 4k. Still surprised at 80 though.

drago94 · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:15

Yes, but power draw and usage are the same. 600W and 100% usage on both.
He also had slightly higher VRAM usage.

Webster · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:15

Vito said:
Nope the pins out TG were cooler than the pins going in. The gpu connector design is the problem.
Good luck running fur mark on it at 80 Celsius. Keep an eye on the cable .
Are you testing an overclock stability?

were you running an undervolt?

Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:21

Webster said:
were you running an undervolt?

Yes. Not that we should need to anyway...

Webster · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:26

Vito said:
Yes. Not that we should need to anyway...

Worrying. I'm using some third party cable from asiahorse on the rainforest.

Wonder if I should switch back to the original that came with psu, it looked so rubbish tho.

Also undervolted I think it pulls 500 ish watts max now.

Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:30

Webster said:
Worrying. I'm using some third party cable from asiahorse on the rainforest.

Wonder if I should switch back to the original that came with psu, it looked so rubbish tho.

Also undervolted I think it pulls 500 ish watts max now.

Mine pulled the same. Either the cable that came with the GPU or PSU, I would not use some questionable quality cable...

Webster · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:32

I thought the undervolt would be safe enough as it's not pulling that much. Ugh the psu cable looks ****.

Any third party that are ok?

Webster · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:33

This is what I'm using.

Hydrus-24PIN ARGB PSU Extension Cable

About this item Efficient Power Delivery: 24pin, 18AWG cable with copper wire core and Brass Tin Plated Terminal (Resistant to high voltage and high temperature), offering lower electrical resistance. Supports up to 520W power input(single wire) and 2000W Power supply (whole set) , reducing...

www.asiahorse.com.cn

Click gpu option

Weirdly it says not 5090 but where I ordered from stated 5090.

Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:42

Webster said:
This is what I'm using.

Hydrus-24PIN ARGB PSU Extension Cable

About this item Efficient Power Delivery: 24pin, 18AWG cable with copper wire core and Brass Tin Plated Terminal (Resistant to high voltage and high temperature), offering lower electrical resistance. Supports up to 520W power input(single wire) and 2000W Power supply (whole set) , reducing...

www.asiahorse.com.cn

Click gpu option

Weirdly it says not 5090 but where I ordered from stated 5090.

Crazy horse...I couldn't recommend. Maybe other forum members can...can you not get 4x to 12vhpwr for your psu?

drago94 · 16 Aug 2025 at 19:51

Vito:
I read your posts, and you had the Asus Astral LC, right? Was the Xtreme Waterforce better? I was also considering the Astral LC because of the pin monitoring feature. But you didn’t seem too happy with the Astral LC and bought Xtreme Waterforce, right?

Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 20:20

drago94 said:
Vito:
I read your posts, and you had the Asus Astral LC, right? Was the Xtreme Waterforce better? I was also considering the Astral LC because of the pin monitoring feature. But you didn’t seem too happy with the Astral LC and bought Xtreme Waterforce, right?

I thought the pump was annoying. Constantly changed pitch/griding noise, however...

Just bought another one, had it for a few days and totally different. Yes, aware of the pump, 'maybe' a 'little' louder than the Waterforce, but doesn't changed pitch so happy with it. And not aware of coil whine. Build is much better, solid. Radiator is thicker also.

I also changed the PSU, was 'older' Asus Rog Aurus 3.0 1200w, 12vhpwr direct (new in November).
To Asus Thor III 1200w, with intelligent voltage, and power display.

Voltage is always over 12v on all rails now gaming, dipped with other PSU.
All pins pulling roughly the same amps and much tighter than previous Astrals. So I think PSU has helped.

Additional, when the Thermal Grizzly monitored the temperature on the cable (Thermal sensor cable) and the input output temps, the cable input was regularly 70 Celsius plus, whilst my motherboard monitoring Thermal Cable showed the PSU side cable about 44 Celsius. (Didn't realise this may be an issue).

Now the Thermal Temp Cable on the 12V-2x6 cable into the PSU is under 30 Celsius lower gaming! Asus does advertise up to 12 Celsius lower pin temp due to high performance pins.

Sorry long answer, but Im much happier now and personally think the Astral is worth it for my peace of mind. You can set a temp alarm on GPU Tweak, Aida, and HW monitor.

I'll get a replacement/repair on the Waterforce, but will sell it on and take a hit.

drago94 · 16 Aug 2025 at 20:43

So coil whine on Astral is quiet and would you recommend the Astral LC over the Waterforce?

Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 20:46

drago94 said:
So coil whine on Astral is quiet and would you recommend the Astral LC over the Waterforce?

Yes. And for the pin monitoring yes. Both perform the same in the grand scheme of things but Astral LC much better build quality.

drago94 · 16 Aug 2025 at 20:52

I was worried about the Astral because of coil whine, and the SUPRIM was a bad experience for me. So I don’t know if I should buy it.

Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 20:56

drago94 said:
I was worried about the Astral because of coil whine, and the SUPRIM was a bad experience for me. So I don’t know if I should buy it.

You can return within 30 days from Overclockers, other 'square' cardboard company I know, most others 14 days to change your mind. Yes cost you postage.
I've now had 3 LC Astral and 1 Air, didn't find coil whine bad.

drago94 · 16 Aug 2025 at 20:58

Vito said:
You can return within 30 days from Overclockers, other 'square' cardboard company I know, most others 14 days to change your mind. Yes cost you postage.
I've now had 3 LC Astral and 1 Air, didn't find coil whine bad.

Can you make a video of your Astral LC during TimeSpy benchmark? Not Extreme version but regular. Especially graphics test 1? Really appreciate it. And how loud is the pump?

Vito · 16 Aug 2025 at 21:02

drago94 said:
Can you make a video of your Astral LC during TimeSpy benchmark? Not Extreme version but regular. Especially graphics test 1? Really appreciate it. And how loud is the pump?

For the sound? I reckon the pump is a few decibels lowder than Waterforce. But you will only hear in in a silent room.

drago94 · 16 Aug 2025 at 21:04

Yes, for the sound. Pump and coil.