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I've had my Z370F for over 5 years now with a 9700k oc at 1.35v variable 4.9ghz all core. I've always noticed a faint coil whine which I assumed was my 1080ti running a 3440x1440 setup which would obviously have stressed it.
I'm now using a 9070xt and now barely need fans to be audible when gaming and have now recognised that coil whine wasn't the gpu and can only imagine are the VRMs.
It is not excessively loud but considering it is now the loudest and most annoying noise of my PC since the cooling is under control I want to reduce as much as possible.
Lowering voltage and clocks to my cpu would logically help but even in variable when it's below 1.00v on desktop it's still audible, I'm also using a psu extension cable for cpu power which might be best to remove and just use the primary corsair psu 8 pin?
Have heard using super glue to keep the VRMs completely still helps, but I have a couple of questions.
1) would something like wood glue (presuming sufficient curing time and full evaporation of water) perform the same? I would ideally prefer to be able to remove the glue if needed and super glue seems permanent.
2) is it possibly another part of my PC making this extremely high frequency noise? If so how could I begin identifying (I'm 99% sure it's not the gpu now)
I'm now using a 9070xt and now barely need fans to be audible when gaming and have now recognised that coil whine wasn't the gpu and can only imagine are the VRMs.
It is not excessively loud but considering it is now the loudest and most annoying noise of my PC since the cooling is under control I want to reduce as much as possible.
Lowering voltage and clocks to my cpu would logically help but even in variable when it's below 1.00v on desktop it's still audible, I'm also using a psu extension cable for cpu power which might be best to remove and just use the primary corsair psu 8 pin?
Have heard using super glue to keep the VRMs completely still helps, but I have a couple of questions.
1) would something like wood glue (presuming sufficient curing time and full evaporation of water) perform the same? I would ideally prefer to be able to remove the glue if needed and super glue seems permanent.
2) is it possibly another part of my PC making this extremely high frequency noise? If so how could I begin identifying (I'm 99% sure it's not the gpu now)
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