Coilwhine!! :(

[Nines11]

I feel your pain but i guess anyone who buys a gtx970 knows they are taking a bigger risk than normal of getting a card with coil whine or at least it seems that way judging by the threads all over the place. In your case i would say it's most likely the card and not the Psu but with PC's you never know. I take it you have no back up card.

Yeah its annoying as hell! Cant ocuk just refund and ill buy a different brand im not waiting another week with no card its a joke!

I know its not ocuks fault but jesus i didnt expect this, well i dreaded it but thought nah ill be fine lol.

Amazon is the only place i know who would send a replacement same day if i had problems, can i get a replacement sent out the same time as you collect the faulty card? I just cant last another week without my pc ive just spent 50 quid on games from the steam sale!

No backup card i sold it to put funds towards the 970 so im truly screwed! You do not expect this from something that costs nearly 300 quid!!

 

[Nines11]

Im alt tabbing from rome 2s map and even at 47 fps the whine is there :/ otherwise my pc is basically silent.

 

[Neil79]

Might be worth posting in the customer support section, maybe they can help you out with a straight card transfer as your coil whine is so bad.... Good luck

 

[kaku]

Knew it was a CX-series PSU before even clicking the link.

It's a shame, but Corsair quality has been on the down for a while now. They're cashing in the good name they made for themselves by pushing this cheap junk.

I am 99.9% certain a quality PSU would at least bring the whine down to manageable levels.

 

[MasterOC]

Wouldn't touch a corsair PSU again , especially one made by any OEM other than SEASONIC ... There RM850 built by chicony was appauling having 2 let go in 1 week .

 

[subbytna]

I was so scared of coil whine after having a few 780's that did it. I purchased the PCS 290 because powercolor put some kind of clue on the capacitors to prevent coil whine.

Was it viewable with a magnifying glass...this clue you talk about

 

[Jinjur]

Just to add my 2 cents.

I had 3 cards in my system with my Corsair PSU (CX750M) over the years and not one of them whined.

As soon as I put a 970 in it (Giga G1), both the PSU and card whined like crazy and I considered RMA'ing....the guys at OCUK opened an RMA ticket for me immediately.

However.

I met up with a fellow board member and tried my 970 G1 in his machine..........not....one....squeak.

So I changed to an EVGA 750 G2 PSU and mine is now SILENT.



Is it a fault with the card? I don't think so.

Is it a fault with the PSU? I didn't think so either.



BUT......I sent it back to corsair directly and when the report came back, they said it was and I quote, "DEAD" and gave me a new one.


So while it still ran my system perfectly and allowed me to game etc.........the people who made it, classed it as defective.



Just what I went through bud.

J

 

[Nines11]

Just to add my 2 cents.

I had 3 cards in my system with my Corsair PSU (CX750M) over the years and not one of them whined.

As soon as I put a 970 in it (Giga G1), both the PSU and card whined like crazy and I considered RMA'ing....the guys at OCUK opened an RMA ticket for me immediately.

However.

I met up with a fellow board member and tried my 970 G1 in his machine..........not....one....squeak.

So I changed to an EVGA 750 G2 PSU and mine is now SILENT.



Is it a fault with the card? I don't think so.

Is it a fault with the PSU? I didn't think so either.



BUT......I sent it back to corsair directly and when the report came back, they said it was and I quote, "DEAD" and gave me a new one.


So while it still ran my system perfectly and allowed me to game etc.........the people who made it, classed it as defective.



Just what I went through bud.

J

Ok i doubt its my PSU but ill be to test the card in 2 other PCs at the weekend. If it whines in them i know its not my PSU and ill expect ocuk to collect the card and send a replacement out.

I will contact corsair also and see whats going on if the whinr disappears.

 

[Gibbo]

Just to add my 2 cents.

I had 3 cards in my system with my Corsair PSU (CX750M) over the years and not one of them whined.

As soon as I put a 970 in it (Giga G1), both the PSU and card whined like crazy and I considered RMA'ing....the guys at OCUK opened an RMA ticket for me immediately.

However.

I met up with a fellow board member and tried my 970 G1 in his machine..........not....one....squeak.

So I changed to an EVGA 750 G2 PSU and mine is now SILENT.



Is it a fault with the card? I don't think so.

Is it a fault with the PSU? I didn't think so either.



BUT......I sent it back to corsair directly and when the report came back, they said it was and I quote, "DEAD" and gave me a new one.


So while it still ran my system perfectly and allowed me to game etc.........the people who made it, classed it as defective.



Just what I went through bud.

J

EVGA G series are Superflowers.

Superflower HX Gold / Leadex, EVGA G series, Antec HCP, Seasonic are the best PSU's and I'd not touch anything else with a barge pole to be honest.

 

[Gibbo]

Ok i doubt its my PSU but ill be to test the card in 2 other PCs at the weekend. If it whines in them i know its not my PSU and ill expect ocuk to collect the card and send a replacement out.

I will contact corsair also and see whats going on if the whinr disappears.

Send the card back to us, we will test it, if it whines on our rig, we shall replace it, send it out to you and refund your shipping.

But Corsair Bronze PSU is not high-end and several users across the world are reporting whine issues with their PSU's.

I've said it before, you don't buy a Ferrari and run it on super market unleaded, it would run like a bag of nails.

A high-end VGA card is no different, they want a good clean power source.

 

[Nines11]

Ok ive just been on the phone to where i bought my PC ChillB***t and theyve told me they are getting coilwhine on PSUs other than corsair PSUs. The coilwhine can come from the PSU and not the card this is why some people changing PSU are losing the coilwhine.

When the coilwhine comes from the card you can hear it directly coming from the card, like me, i can hear it coming from the card, the PSU is at least 1 foot away from the card in my case, i have a 820 phantom tower case and the PSU is right at the bottom.

They have had many 970s with horrible coilwhine, specially the palit ones he said but 9/10 the PSU is not linked to the coilwhine coming from the card and changing the card eliminated the coilwhine.

Since OCUK is so big, youd think they take 10-20 970s and go test them on 10 different PSUs or something, if the card whines 9/10 it will whine on EVERY PSU its tested on.

I know its not OCUKs fault that these 970s are so bad and the fact you have released your own and helped Galax make a coilwhine free one shows you know the 970s are bad but blaming PSUs is a joke.

I will still test the card in 2 other PCs but im sending it back as i know it will whine in them both. Its just a shame i have to jump through hoops to sort this out, i mean £253 quid i paid, its Evga, you can easy send this back to Evga to get your money back and send a replacement card to me to keep everyone happy!

The sound clip i posted shows how bad it is, do you honestly think i can sit and game with that noise?

Would be nice if Gibbo could comment on this as other retailers such as the one i mentioned above have also spotted the problem and are not recommending me to buy gold rated PSUs to get a few extra quid out of me :\ I know the corsair PSU i have is not the best but it runs my PC flawlessly until the 970 came along, the 970 is to blame NOT the PSU and im not gonna rush out and buy another PSU because of this.

 

[Nines11]

Send the card back to us, we will test it, if it whines on our rig, we shall replace it, send it out to you and refund your shipping.

But Corsair Bronze PSU is not high-end and several users across the world are reporting whine issues with their PSU's.

I've said it before, you don't buy a Ferrari and run it on super market unleaded, it would run like a bag of nails.

A high-end VGA card is no different, they want a good clean power source.

Thing is thats a week of no gaming, id rather get a refund and buy from the Am**on as they will swap out instantly. I cant be sitting around with no PC waiting for cards to be tested when i know its faulty and will prove it when i test it in 2 other PCs at the weekend.

My PC only cost £1200 it doesnt need gold rated PSUs to run, ive never had problems with ANY other graphics card until the 970, the 970 is to blame not the PSU as mentioned above in my long post.

Bronze rated is good enough to run these cards any day, its low power consumption for christ sake...

You cant compare cars to graphics cards tbh lol. I know for a fact 100% there would be 970s whine free in this PC and other 970s that would whine. The 970s are a lottery!

Anyway ill test this weekend and send it back Monday.

 

[Jinjur]

EVGA G series are Superflowers.

Superflower HX Gold / Leadex, EVGA G series, Antec HCP, Seasonic are the best PSU's and I'd not touch anything else with a barge pole to be honest.

Exactly why i got it bud..........i would have had a superflower only i hate (HATE) the gash light up stuff

J

 

[Jinjur]

Thing is thats a week of no gaming, id rather get a refund and buy from the Am**on as they will swap out instantly. I cant be sitting around with no PC waiting for cards to be tested when i know its faulty and will prove it when i test it in 2 other PCs at the weekend.

My PC only cost £1200 it doesnt need gold rated PSUs to run, ive never had problems with ANY other graphics card until the 970, the 970 is to blame not the PSU as mentioned above in my long post.

Bronze rated is good enough to run these cards any day, its low power consumption for christ sake...

You cant compare cars to graphics cards tbh lol. I know for a fact 100% there would be 970s whine free in this PC and other 970s that would whine. The 970s are a lottery!

Anyway ill test this weekend and send it back Monday.

Dude, I was SURE mine was faulty. It wasn't. It was the PSU.

My card AND psu were whining.

All i know is my card is silent now with a good PSU.

And that Corsair said my Bronze rated PSU was bucked when i sent it to them but it ran my machine fine.

J

EDIT: and getting on like that is going to get you nowhere on here bud. A week without gaming...............christ the night.............first world problem eh?

 

[Nines11]

Dude, I was SURE mine was faulty. It wasn't. It was the PSU.

My card AND psu were whining.

All i know is my card is silent now with a good PSU.

And that Corsair said my Bronze rated PSU was bucked when i sent it to them but it ran my machine fine.

J

See my PSU is not whining, im sure your PSU was to blame this time, that is a totally different situation than me, my PSU is not whining, the card is whining.

When i know the cards to blame a week is plenty... just because you had a dodgy PSU doesnt mean everyone does.

 

[Jinjur]

See my PSU is not whining, im sure your PSU was to blame this time, that is a totally different situation than me, my PSU is not whining, the card is whining.

When i know the cards to blame a week is plenty... just because you had a dodgy PSU doesnt mean everyone does.

Why don't you reach out and be pleasant to someone and see if you can test your card in their rig like I did?

That's what I did and my card was fine.

BTW, i put my 770 back in mine and neither the PSU nor card made a squeak.

The CX750M is a turd PSU. Turd. TURD!

Happy Christmas

 

[Nines11]

Why don't you reach out and be pleasant to someone and see if you can test your card in their rig like I did?

That's what I did and my card was fine.

BTW, i put my 770 back in mine and neither the PSU nor card made a squeak.

The CX750M is a turd PSU. Turd. TURD!

Happy Christmas

Im testing the card in 2 other PCs at the weekend. Turd for 970s you mean? Because until now its been flawless... I didnt see a sticker on the 970 box saying, "use premium gold rated PSUs or youll get coilwhine, avoid corsair at all costs!".

 

[Jinjur]

Im testing the card in 2 other PCs at the weekend. Turd for 970s you mean? Because until now its been flawless... I didnt see a sticker on the 970 box saying, "use premium gold rated PSUs or youll get coilwhine, avoid corsair at all costs!".

I have read a few reviews since suffering the problem advising that you are on crack using a turd psu like the cx750 with a top end system

Ill see if i can find that.

 

[Nines11]

I have read a few reviews since suffering the problem advising that you are on crack using a turd psu like the cx750 with a top end system

Ill see if i can find that.

Top end system? The PSU is fine and ive said 100 times no problem until the 970.

The 970 is not even top end! Its a low power graphics card, the cards ive had in here used more power than it, the card is at fault not the PSU.

You had a dodgy PSU now think its the law, you even admitted the PSU whined, so simmer down now...

 

[Jinjur]

Top end system? The PSU is fine and ive said 100 times no problem until the 970.

The 970 is not even top end! Its a low power graphics card, the cards ive had in here used more power than it, the card is at fault not the PSU.

You had a dodgy PSU now think its the law, you even admitted the PSU whined, so simmer down now...

But, 970 is top end mate. Not the fastest. But top end.

Its low power for what it is...........but still seriously meaty. if you think otherwise then you are wrong.

Simple.