Could try yours without it and let us know, it still shouldn't whine without one
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4080 & 4090 Coil Whine Thread
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Do you mean online UPS or line interactive.
One thing I think I may have noticed is I do have a line interactive UPS. There is a bit of buzz if I put my ear next to my PSU regardless of loud on it. I had tried unplugging form eall to just run off battery to see if maybe the UPS had cleaner power than AC. Still a but buzz with my ear next to PSU, but I thought maybe it was slightly less. Though it was so vague I could not tell. I also tested my new Gaming OC 4090 that way and really no difference.
I wonder if PSU or my home electrical service or even my Line Interactive APC Smart SMT1500 pure sine wave UPS is having any impact?
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I get what your saying but I had 3 ps5's and the last one was completely silent. 9 4090s and this one is silent, the Series X was silent first unit. It's annoying as anything swapping them out but I'd be lying if I said I didn't get results by doing so. It's a machine that's going to be used extensively so for me (in a home cinema) who finds buzzing far worse than fan noise, worth going the extra mile. Plus if just one part makes a noise it renders all the other silent parts in builds/rooms useless.
Actually, the way things are set up, I cannot. Not without major rewiring work
The latter.
So you are getting coil whine on your GPU? Oh well, that disproves my idea.
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And I have gone through at least as much but more. And you would think cards being gotten form different sources/stores or online people would improve my chances of getting a good one but nope has not thus far.
Though I have only tried one MSI Suprim X and one Asus Strix because they are notorious for bad whine.
Of the 9 you have tried have they mostly been Suprim X cards? Maybe I need to try more Asus and Suprim X cards even though they are worse offenders I have tried mostly Gigabyte and PNY and one Founders, and an Asus and MSI. They all have too much annoying buzz though overall the Gigabyte cards were the best or makes more sense to say the least bad. Asus and MSI 4090s were the worst though not by a large margin but more than just a small margin.
I am now going to try a different PSU which I just got from my local MicroCenter. I had thus far only tried one PSU with my current mobo Z790-A Strix as I had switched up from MSI Z690 Unify X in effort tio rteduce coil whine. I had tried multiple PSUs with other mobo. Current one being the Asus Strix Z790-A and only used eVGA SuperNOVA T2 1600. Thiought I was more than covered as that is an overkill high teir PSU. Yet evne it has a biut of buzzing sound when ear close to it and appeared to emit a slight buzz when ear by the case. So onto the Asus ROG Thor 1000 Platinum II.
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Well tried new PSU and really no difference.
One thing I dsid notice is that on both PSUs, it feels as if the buzz sound is also coming from the PSU. It is like it is echoing or the GPU is making the PSU buzz as well
Happens on both Asus ROG Thor Platinum II 1000 and eVGA SuperNOVA T2 1600.
Why would that happen and could it be 2 faulty PSUs.
Or do coil whine GPUs make PSUs emit the same whine noise?
One thing I dsid notice is that on both PSUs, it feels as if the buzz sound is also coming from the PSU. It is like it is echoing or the GPU is making the PSU buzz as well
Happens on both Asus ROG Thor Platinum II 1000 and eVGA SuperNOVA T2 1600.
Why would that happen and could it be 2 faulty PSUs.
Or do coil whine GPUs make PSUs emit the same whine noise?
I admire your utter dedication to getting a whine-free card. I think its probably cheaper to move the PC away at this point. I totally agree, this shouldnt be the case on any GPU, let alone a top-tier.
I find it so strange how many people just accept "this is the norm" and "expected". Would you accept that if car makers said really squeaky springs is the norm? Or wind noise so loud you can hear it over everything?
AS I have said a few times... I dont get why they bother to invest in making the coolers quiet... why waste that time and money when your just going to fit it to a whiney board. Like you said... a coil-whiney component renders all the other silent parts completely redundant.
I have long wanted to do a full custom loop, 1 for the cool looks and 2 for utter silence at idle and load. But whats the point when current cards all whine? Id rather fan noise cover some of that up!
I should consider myself lucky at least my PS5 does not whine!!
Honestly sometimes sitting playing the PS5 on the OLED TV makes me think... why do I bother with PC gaming at all? Its so much less 'hassle' for a still great experiance!
100% it certainly shouldn't be an issue. My PC I've spent quiet a bit making it look really good, so don't like the idea of hiding it in another room either.
What this has made me realize is I won't be day one for the 5090 cards. I'll wait for user feedback (from people sensitive to it only) and if they all have it my 4090 will be more than enough for a long time. I really did need to upgrade this gen as im driving a 77inch oled 120hz screen.
Honestly I'd rather silence over performance, especially now. It was a hassle and a half getting what I have but knowing I've got a silent high performance gaming machine feels really good. Nothing is audible and I love it.
Nice! How many have you had to go through? I have to send mine back as unwanted under the 14 day thing because ocuk won't rma due to manufacturers not seeing the whine as a fault.
I think that was my third or fourth. One gigabyte for thermals not coilwhine.
That is an interesting take on things considering the retailer I use accepts it for that with no quibble.
Yeah surprised me too, maybe they are getting too many sent back over this issue
Right their with ya... I considered going much lower-tier card in the hope of no-whine.
But it sounds like the entire 30-series is affected, and the 40 too...
Also right their with you on the not really wanting to hide the PC. Mine looks awesome now, with RGB lightning etc. And aside from coil-whine, its dead silent! Have a freind in the same boat.
When I next do a full build, I might just get an ugly 4U rack case, not care about noise / looks and just put it in the under the stairs cubboard... :/
But putting this lovely looking build in the cubboard? Naaa... cant do that.
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How quiet is the MSI Suprim X you have. I it quiet enough you can sit close to the case with it closed and sound speakers turned off and no buzzing/chainsaw/beehive noise at all heard in a quiet room. At worst maybe a slight faint ear type ring kind of like my Gaming OC 3090 Ti had in quiet room with quiet system. That is so much more pleasant and acceptable as my ears in fact do sometimes ring as I get stressed easily than a stupid buzzing/chainsaw like noise, even if much quieter than chainsaw itself, it is still annoying and unacceptable.
Part of me wonders if my expectation for low whine is higher than some and if you really had whine on Gigabyte, but it was so much worse and screaming so badly it could be heard easily and annoying across walls even with background noise?
Cause I have tried like 14 4090s already mostly Gigabyte and PNY and all had too much annoying coil whine/electrical buzz under intense gaming load. I tried a different PSU yesterday 0 difference.
What kind of motherboard, PSU and CPU and case do you have? And how far away do you sit? And what resolution do you play at?
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Well the 3090 Ti at least my Gigabyte Gaming OC had a very low to almost hard to detect whine/buzz. The rest of 3000 series had some from my experience. Asus was really bad. The Strix had extremely bad changing of pitch that resonated through case vents and speakers. The Asus Tuf 3080 Ti and 3090 had annoying loud buzz similar to 4090 Gaming OC moderately a bit a bit worse maybe though pitch did not change so much like the 3090 Strix.
Had heard good things about 3000 series Suprim X, though I had a 3090 Suprim X and it had a little too much more than I would like, but closer to better than any 4090 I have tried and pretty faint, but a bit louder than 3090 Ti Gigabyte Gaming OC.
Never tried any other 3090 Ti cards.
Jimmney cricket! That's some patience man
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Yes and it is so frustrating. I so badly thought there would always be very quiet cards as in past gens and wanted a true 4K gaming experience with AAA games settings maxed. I so badly wanted one and want to go the distance till it works as I planned for this to be last build for a long while.
I have an OLED 120Hz TV that is excellent for gaming coming for my birthday. I cannot give up now and give up great 4K performance which a 4090 is needed for especially future if i plan not to upgrade for a while.
So I am determined to keep trying and get it right.
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