GPU Coil Whine - GPU or PSU's Fault? How to fix it?
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After a post in the community tab, I've decided to make this video to show that GPU Coil whine is not always the GPU's fault per se.
00:00 - INTRO and Brief Explanation of Coil Whine
03:25 - Testing the GPU in my Main PC
05:30 - Putting the GPU in other PC
06:11 - Testing the GPU in other PC
08:17 - Testing 1 vs 2 PCIe Cables
10:19 - Conclusion
12:30 - Channel Members
12:50 - More Videos
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In order to hear the coil whine noises I advise you watching this video with an Headset. Hope this helps in some way :D
Lets go!
Another great video! Bora!
The low pass filter RUclips uses might not help either. Knocks out everything above 15.75KHz !
EVGA GOLD is a bandage for this.
Corsair CX550M + RX 570 GIGABAIT = coil whine.
3:32 ИƎZYЯ
I have the exact same logitech white speakers :D
I'm glad to see your channel continuing to grow. Well deserved. Great work, Fabio.
Thanks a lot for the words!
Love the content bro! Finding so much extra applicable information, and I really like how real you keep it!
I know this video is 18 months old, but glad I found it, some great information for folks in here.
Cheers and thanks!
Thanks for watching 💪💪
Thank you dude! I couldn't get rid of the coil whine of my Rx6700 xt completely, BUT using 2 cables instead of 1 split cable from PSU zu GPU decreased the noise about 30-40% I'd say. And the tone is a bit lower and less annoying.
Definitely give it a try, guys!
I use the bequiet straightpower11 750w
Great to know :D
Thanks for your comment. Which version and brand of the 6700XT is it ?
@@OptLabmust be the Asus Dual, for some reason the Asus Dual line cards, no matter which model, all have coil whine. You can check more videos on RUclips about that.
Thanks, appreciated.@@theunexpectedua
The biggest fail of them all - CONNECTING ONLY ONE 8x + 8x CABLE INSTEAD TWO SEPARATE. Way too many people don't get it. It's about rail power delivery
Exactly, hence why I showed it in the video :D
@@Sneakyboson the modular argument is simply not true. There are a huge amount of them that have 2 pcie cables. The defining factor is the stated wattage
What if there is 3x8 pins?)
@@legart4507 There are GPUs with 3 or 4 PCIe cables also :D
@@legart4507 Get psu that supports 3 cables
I hate coil whine.
And there is no just no permanent fix for it. You would have to physically desolder every inductor in the VRM on the Graphics Card and replace them with higher quality ones. My old Vega 56 Strix literally screams at very high FPS and 100% load.
You know what is really funny:
Different games produce different noises and different graphics settings also affect the noise.
I could record the sound and analyze what my GPU is doing based on the sound haha
Exactly, that is due to LOAD haha. Thought, one my Corsair RM750X even my VEGA56 does almost no noise, while in my Aerocool PSU it screams like crazy. The PSU matters A LOT
Either I've never had to deal with it or my tinnitus is so bad that I _cant_ hear it. Usually the sound of the video I'm watching or games I'm playing drown out the 17+1 fans I can have all ramped up to mach 7. Probably isn't doing the tinnitus any favors tho.
@@AncientGameplays there are significant differences between powersupplies in quality.
Some are made to meet the bare minimum specs needed to power a computer. Luckily most PSUs these days are good as long as you buy from a reputable brand.
I choose a 600w bequiet and I dont think the noise would disappear if I buy a different PSU since there is zero coilwhine from the PSU itself and my motherboard.
@@brovid-19 Bro ,was hear for coil wine ,but seeing ur comment ,how do u deal with tinnitus,I mean concentrate on studying or other work.
@@brovid-19 fellow tinnitus sufferer here (life around loud racecars will do that 😅). I picked up a set of bluetooth earbuds (just some $30 skullcandy evos) and boom. Problem solved!
Great video man! My last roommate had an issue with the coil whine going into the audio loop of his motherboard, making me think it was a ground loop thing. Lo and behold, when he got a more efficient card (MSI 1070ti Duke vs Gigabyte 3070) the whine was gone.
Its nice to see different content once and a while 👍👍
Great :D
Yeah...That real benchmark environment does it too!:)
Hey man! So I just got a 3090, and a Corsair HX850. Before I had a 2080ti, and both GPU's make exactly the same noise. But I already have a Cordair Gold PSU so I'm not sure what to buy now. Any suggestions?
That model is old from what i know. Undervolt your 3090 also
@@AncientGameplays but do you have a suggestion of a new PSU to buy? I just want it gone, and as the sound is the same for 2 different cards, I'm sure its not the card
Both cards have a close power consumption. It may still not be gone with a new psu. Try the corsair gold series. The new ones, like 850w
@@AncientGameplays I'm sorry, I confused my new PSU with my old one. Now I have a Coolermaster v850 Gold. I listened very closely and the PSU and I think also the GPU both have coil whine. What could cause it you think?
Very informative video mate! Can I just ask what program you are using to measure frames and GPU/CPU stats?
Thanks, its MSI afterburner
@@AncientGameplays thank you!
Do you think too many watts could be an issue?
My new build is estimated to use 534watts and I bought the a Seasonic GX-850 gold.. should I go down to 750 or is 850 fine?
My pc makes the exact same noise that your test build does, except my pc crashes and restarts itself whenever I open any game (I’ve tried all manner of games in terms of graphically demanding games and ones that aren’t) do I need to replace my psu?
That restart from unstable ram oc (even xmp) or a bad psu yeah
Bruuuu u actually included me in the video lol thanks!
You were there haha
Wow your setup always looks so clean
You think? Haha, thanks+
So I have an xfx speedster merc 319 rx 6800 xt with an evga supernova 850 p5 80 plus platinum 850w and I have horrible gpu coil whine while playing games. So is my psu not enough, or should I get a new gpu under warranty?
Nice video - very helpful, but what brand of power cables would you recommend? I have the same 750w PSU as you use in your main PC but the cables are flat and only use one for a double 8 pin GPU (Sapphire RX Vega 64 Nitro+ Revision C1). Do you think it would be a worthy investment to upgrade the cables? And which brand would you recommend?
Hummm, for starters i would connect 2xPCIe on the card instead. In the video it reduced the noise quite a lot over 1 cable only
@@AncientGameplays Thanks, I will try it out. As I can't find the cables that came with the PSU - probably in the loft or something - do you know what type of cable would be best suited?
For example, you have flat ribbon cables that are supplied with the PSU and you showed your test bench with braided cables. Would the choice of cable make any difference?
@@bigj1454 it may make a different, just try them out
If you lock your framerate to your monitor's refresh rate, it can mitigate some coil whine. Typically coil whine is at it's worst when the framerates are completely insane, which usually is on menu or loading screens. Those 300 ish FPS on loading screens makes some cards SCREEEECH. If you can't get out of your PSU try locking frames down in Afterburner or Wattman.
Coil whine appears when the GPU gets loaded, it has to do with power consumption also :D
Absolutely 100%
By locking the fps to 60 for example you reduce the load on the graphics card.
This worked for me on a sapphire fury oc+ edition
Sure sure, but what if you crypto mine?
@@IItsIgor underclocking and undervolting SHOULD bring the noise down.
Fabio, I'm new commenting on your channel. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks !!
I sent back a 6900 XT because it whine like crazy, and yes was 2 separate cables to same Corsair model you have.
Sometimes it's just like that.
Purchased from the AMD store? Because i bought a 6700xt and has the same problem and i would send back too
hii, im using bitfenix whisper 750W, first i use 1 cable split to 8 pins then i try 2 cables, the result is 2 cables smoother but still i can hear a little bit coil whine, its dangerous? thanks
if i have windows 10 home and want to upgrade to pro thru the link in your video, what steps will i need to take? do i need to completely reinstall windows?
Just put the pro key, it will ask you to upgrade your version and you say yes. Just that
I agree with you to great extent, but you didn`t mention few aspects ;) Great material though!
1. Not everyone would be able to hear the coil whine. If your hear lots of higher frequency sounds (like myself) you`ll be distracted most of the time if there`s any whine, even if there`s not much. I`ve been torturing myself with a GTX 770 back in the days - these were quite power hungry and even using a decent psu wouldn`t help. Had to sell it while the constant headache wasn`t doing me any good ;)
Back to the point - if you know you don`t hear much of high freq, you can skip looking for a better PSU while you won`t hear anything. If you hear a lot of it - it`s possible the PSU change won`t cut it -> then on to next point..
2. The coil whine differs greatly between the cards. It depends on the power delivery (both gpu-side and psu-side), while smoothening the current is key (that`s why the example of connecting two power cables was nice). If you experience lots of power spikes then you`ll probably hear the coil whine as well. However, the quality of the coils, capacitors and other elements are also significant. That`s why changing the card itself is a step you`ll probably have to take if you hear a lot of whine having quality psu. Of course I`m talking warranty cards - if they don`t have it, you can put some non conductive silicone over the coils - they won`t have as much space to resonate hence the sound frequency will be more acceptable. That`s an oldschool tip but works surprisingly well - though I haven`t used this solution for a few years.
3. Also having the card connected through a low quality extender cable won`t do any good for the power delivery. The PCI-E slot can provide 75 W of power (if I recall correctly) and it will use it in any mid to high end card. Again - if the current is not smooth and there are some spikes there`s a greater chance of whining.
4. In most cases you can eliminate the whine by using v-sync or fps cap. I don`t think many people are using this method nowadays, but it`s a possiblity.
5. Some games are generating lots of whine from the card even though you`re not using max power of the gpu. Had this problem with GTX 770/970 in CS:GO - even though I was using 30-40% of GPU power (low resolution, low details - I was CPU bound) and limited my fps to something like 240 (max in-game fps was about 400) the problem would still exist. Probably it`s due to the implementation of the source engine ;)
Probably got some more but wanted to mention a few. Hope anyone would get something from it ;)
Damn, that0s a lot of text xD
I have a question
The other reviews on Rx6800 are all bad and the frames in there reviews are bad
But your reviews have rx 6800 being at decent frames at 4K
Is it because of driver updates and should I buy one with the same specs as your PC?
Please tell
Hey man, the reviewers (at least to decent ones) show around the same results i do (HB unboxed, Gamer Nexus), and in all of them RX 6800 > RTX 3070, even more with SAM
Great video as usual. I think I'm deaf, lol.
How do you get Afterburner's metrics to look like that? I haven't managed to make it look that neat or organize the cores like that.
There are options to optimize the software and some tutorials online if you want to see
Hey I saw you last video about the chip driver, should I install it even if I don't have screen issues?
Btw what case is that?
always install chipset drivers
Just a quick question Fabio: Are you satisfied with the new AMD chipset drivers? Would you recommend installing them? Thanks
Yeap, you should install them :D
You should try using 2 power cables instead of 1 daisy-chained on your main build.
The little coil whine that you have there might go away completely if you do that.
Bo perceptible coil whine anyway. Good psu here
Nice vid. Yo ancient how do you get your msi afterburner to look that clean if that's what that is.
You can personalize it, there are tutorials on youtube :D
my new pc with new rtx 3060ti oc 8gb and evga gt 650 w 80+gold has a slight noticeable annoying coil whine when playing high demadning games anything i can do to fix it? even tho i cap it to 144fps i still hear it
There''s no "fix" for coil whine. It has to do with the quality of the GPU board components (VRMs and so on) and your GPU's filter
I love your videos dude. I watch videos from JTC, Bitwit, and Linus tech tips, and somehow with millions less subs, your videos manage to be way more informative and helpful.
I am just here trying my thing haha
I always used two cables especially Vega and now 6900xt with a decent psu, never had any issues. I always forget there is more AMD users so this is another great video.
Thanks for watching!
My 6900xt is doing coil whine it's not even a month old..
@@S4_QUATTROPOWERmine isn’t even a day old :/
@@damonjames8088 I'd Rma it bro, I returned mine
I have an rx 6800 xt, and a msi tomahawk 750w gold psu,full modular, and i have coil whine. Should i change the psu? Its not enought? Using 2 separate clables for it.
Thanks for the video dude. Just curious but why no CMOS battery on test rig? Is that intentional or has someone stolen it or something?
Testing = Lots of tests (mostly in overclocking), so that way i do a CMOS clear way faster xD
@@AncientGameplays Ah cool
good eye
Interesting video. As an added tip, if you're suffering from excessive coil whine, try a different driver version. My GTX 1070Ti had an insanely annoying coil whine at LOW loads, which appeared after a driver update. Rolled back the driver and super silent again.
Have been playing multiple games on ultra on 1070TI everything was running great and smoothly, out of nowhere today on euro truck 2 I launch it my gpu start to coil whine ( even tho days before playing ets 2 didn’t cause any coil whine) so do you think it’s a problem from the game ? Or my gpu or psu ( cuz my rgb gets f*cked on the gpu )
@@_pew_pew_only happens to my 1070 when playing certain games like War Thunder, but for example not on rust
@@Who-oe7jm same thing I can’t run ets2 anymore but forza horizon 4 in 4K isn’t a problem 😂
Happens on my Asus Dual RTX 3060 TI, high coil whine on First Descendant and The Hunter but no coil whine on Undecember. Hmm.
@@Toulkun It's because different games load the system with different wattage. Which causes the components to vibrate at different frequencies, causing sound. It can be fixed, but it will void warranty. You can try to change settings for the system in terms of power delivery to various parts, also CPU has frequency shifting, a nd disabling power saving can also help. It sucks, I know. Got a brand new rig and both the motherboard cpu backplate / VRMs and PSU has this static noise garble coil whine, and my ears are fine tuned due to audio / music production work. You can RMA, but it will likely be there on the new product. Need to invest into high quality parts to have less likelyhood of it.
this was my first time seeing a video of you. very informativ, don´t get me wrong but in my opinion the video could have been at least 5 min shorter with more compact information, less shwing of time compression and stuff. Very informativ but a bit chewy, if you know what I mean. Keep on your good work :)
Thanks for watching and for the comment
I have this problem after 2 days my 7800xt from asus start make noise. Try every thinks but don’t help :( maybe change to another brand, what do you think.
Hey i recently upgrade from 3060 to 3070ti and psu 600 to 750w and the psu brand was aurocool and gpu rog strix can i know how to reduce it?because if i put on full sceen i can hear the coil whine but when i put to fullscreen borderless the coil whine is gone or should i just lock the fps? Also my cpu is r5 3600
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I got my rx 6800 and I had 2 cables plugged in, but one of them was under a different part of my psu's modular plug in for pci-e. My psu is the seasonic focus-gx 850 gold, which isn't a bad psu at all. My coil whine is basically gone.
Great to hear! Enjoy!
do you mean you had one of the cables in the wrong place?
@@Coroner88 no, I had it in pci-e which is strange. After putting both the cables in the same pci-e section (of 3 possible parts) I was able to get rid of coil whine. I plugged my cpu power into a different section on it's own as well. It remedied the problem. I didn't have it plugged into the wrong section no, I was also just getting normal power consumption of over 180W
@@AncientGameplays thanks :)
Hey, having the same psu here and same problem. Do you remember if you plugged to upper ones or to lower?
dis guy has some of the best hardware videos on youtube.
Thanks!
I've just built a PC 3weeks ago. I have new MSI psu 1000w pci 5.0 atx 3.0 and rtx 3080 ti vision. It started to coil whine after 1 or 2 days and I'm not sure how to check it if its psu or gpu. any advice ?
Im having a coil while too but unsure where its coming from. Even when my pc is in sleep mode, i could hear it so i assumed its coming from my PSU? Correct me if im wrong, thanks
Ancient Gameplays forever the best ! Thanks the video !
Thanks for watching!
I only get slight coil whine while in the Cyberpunk character menu, before I realized what it was I was like wtf is that buzzing sound lol.
Thats due to super high fps numbers
Hi, I have RX 6700 XT and Corsair RM850
SOMETIMES when my pc is vertically, my card sounds weird, kindalike coilwhine. I move it a bit and stops.
When i lay down my pc, it doesnt make any sound.
¿What could it be?
Now that's odd. Hard ro know actually
I’m not sure what is wrong with mine, but I just added cable extensions and now my pc is making this weird buzzing sound, can you help me?
What did you just add? Thats right...
@@AncientGameplays it’s weird, it was just doing it for awhile and now it randomly stopped
Edit: nvm it came back again
Informação super útil, estou com problemas de coil whine, pensava que era da gpu porque ela fazia um barulho estranho toda vez que entrava nos jogos, foi então que comecei a ouvir um barulho da fonte de alimentação quando a gpu não trabalhava, acabei por encontrar o teu vídeo e descobri na fonte do problema do meu coil whine, realmente não é a gpu e sim a fonte de alimentação. Existem muitos canais que relatam coil whine, mas não dizem necessariamente que o problema pode ser da fonte de alimentação, por isto fico muito grato ;).
Ora essa, obrigado por ver. Um abraço
Holy shit I just started getting coil whine like 2 days ago, and just found out what it's called today. Then I get a notification from you about this same topic. Is this the twilight zone??
Well, hope this helps in some way haha
@@AncientGameplays thanks. Will coil while cause damage to my psu or gpu??
@@maestro9615 It will not, it’s just the sound of an electrical current passing through a power-regulating component.
@@ping-pong-man7236 oh ok, thanks!
Google is watching you (and listening).
do i need to buy extra cables to connect 2 cables to the gpu? i currently have one connected, when i get home i try 2 but idk if i have 2
If the psu is good it has at least 2 of them
@@AncientGameplays my rtx 3060 Ti has only one pci slot, how can i connect 2 cables?
Should 5700xt owners keep updating to latest gpu drivers? Do you think that we are getting anything when it comes to performance gain? I'm on 20.11.2
Just in some scenarios maybe, but not overall
Amazing content... aaaand first ;)
Thanks haha
Small update on this regard from my testing, at the moment no matter the GPU (AMD or NVidia) it's a lottery, first you have to determine which component is the coil whine starter. My GPU is a EVGA 3080 XC3, and I started with a straight power 11 (yes a little on the short side) I changed to a Seasonic TX, PX 750, BeQuiet Dark Power 12 750(2021 model) and a Corsair RM750X. And from my experience my card is almost silent. In my ranking SS and Corsair are on the silent side with almost no to no coil whine. BeQuiet was the worst but there seems to be with the first charge of PSU, because there are a lot of complaints about whining and screaming under load.
Oh and btw, 80+ rating didn't matter between the titanium and gold rating, because there was no difference in noise whatsoever. If not for the retarded cheap a.. fan (bearing noise...) in those PSU I would've stuck with them, but now it's a Corsair PSU Gold instead of a plat. But for now the result matters, even tho I wished there wasn't this aweful testing and checking involved. I rate this 2/10 user friendly.
Yeap, one thing is the efficiency and another one is the parts used in the PSU (caps for example). Corsair rm series have 100% japonese caps which are way better than the usual ones, and the filters are also better, hence the results
@@AncientGameplays indeed, fun fact a lot of them are claiming for Japanese 100% caps, but I feel like the QC on some PSU are lacking. Maybe some real world testing would get them closer to the point where they might figure faulty parts. I mean a test 30 or rx6000 and some load is not that much to ask for. But nonetheless after a lot of money spent in transit I can say I'm happy with the result. Maybe not 100% gone but at a point where I would say it's fine. And I'm very sensible for this kind of stuff. ;)
straight power 11 750 w have also 12900k 3060 asus 16 gb asus prime z690 have also suffer from coil whine very much under pain killer black and 3d mark 03/06 my psu is the problem?
My PSU makes coil whine. However its got the eco switch so when the fan is off it makes no sound. I guess that means it is my fan on the psu that has the issue. Is there anything I can do to fix that? Its not insanely loud cause it only comes on when I game and I use headphones anyway.
COil when won't damage anything, it is basically static caused by the components, they only way is to change those components or reduce the power load
I have the RM650x model and XFX 5700 XT Thicc 3 Ultra. I can sometimes hear some coil whine while scrolling through a webpage and almost never in game. On very rare few occasions I might hear it. I checked the PSU box and it seems like there are only daisy chain PCIE connectors. I could use separate cables, but it might ruin the aesthetic look. I'm open to hear other opinions on this. Should I forget about the aesthetics and use separate cables for my GPU or keep using one daisy chain cable as I were already?
Hey man, 650X for a 5700XT system is not that much at all...i would look into a better PSU
The fact that you have freakin cactus inside your pc is absolutely poggers LMAO
Hehehehe
I had coil whine on my 3070, eventually it disappeared. Something that I changed, was not using the Y connecting from the PSU.
Just ended the video now, and it was your solution ehehe
hahah, solved it seems xD
wait isnt coil whine a rattling? my psu makes sounds like its fan is brushing against metal when the load gets high and if seen the fan spin without that so i know its nothing physical touching it
i have AEROCOOL 650W psu 80bronze plus and RTX 3060 PNY and when i run games with unlimited fps i hear it more from the psu and it annoyns me am ii going to be fine ? should i return ? or ignore it
I switched from an old PSU/powersupply to a new Corsair 750W PSU (didn't switch the GPU at all), now I get insane amounts of coil whine even with integrated graphics!
The PSU is a more important starting point for eliminating coil whine, along with testing with integrated graphics before thinking its your GPU.
It is usually a mix of both. Or you have a defective PSU, or you need a little "burn out phase". No psu would coil whine with a low wattage
@@AncientGameplays My PSU might be defective, although I only got it three months ago, so it probably needs burning-in. The previous PSU I had was a 450W one.
@@penguinsushi8442 Unless it is a really bad PSU (with bad components) it should never whine with such low power draw...the filters must be really bad...
@@AncientGameplays Sorry, forgot to mention that most of the noise only happens when there is a high GPU load, my GPU didnt give that much coil whine with my previous PSU, which is whats throwing me off. I have a GIGABYTE GTX 1050 Ti (4GB) btw.
I can confirm this "fix". I have recently upgrade from 1060 aero to 3060 TI OC and was horrified by the loud coil whine of my new 3060 TI. So much so that I got a "be quite silent base 802" case to try and keep the noise level down a bit. It worked, but coil whine was still very noticeable even when gaming with loud sound. My pc has an older Fractal Design 1000W PSU, and it was making too much noise and I wanted to change it out for a while. So I bought a new RM650 PSU and installed it in my PC.
I was pleasantly surprised how much the fan noise of my pc had gotten from changing the PSU, but even more surprised when running my first game.
The coil whine is GONE..... Like so quiet now that I have to run a stress test, open the case and put my ear right next to the card to hear any coil whine at all. And even then it's mostly overshadowed by the fan noise. I was blown away and can now enjoy gaming with no distracting noise from the PC :D
A good PSU can really make a difference...
Most people don't understand how important a good PSU is. And wattage alone means absolutely nothing...
@@AncientGameplays So true, my PC has never been more stable than now.
@@jobbejsk Wow, so RM650 solved all your coil whine issues. I am willing to buy the same PSU to keep my 6700XT coil whine at low levels. Is your 3060Ti coil whine free even at high voltages?
@@AncientGameplays what type of PSU should we look for ? Gold rated ?
You are lucky) maybe I should try Corsair
i have a brand new fighter 6700xt and i have coil. My PSU is a RM 750 Gold corsair. I used two separate cables but there is coil. Should I return this gpu for a new replacement?
Hello, I have coil whine in my computer, I am using rtx 4070 super msi oc 2x, psu a850gf 850watt, it is too low to be heard on the desktop, but it is loud in the game, I do not know how to get rid of this sound, I have read many forums and I use the psu with an ATX 2.0 converter cable. Could this be a reason? If I buy an ATX.3.0 psu, my processor is 750 watts. i714700kf do you think this will solve the problem? I don't ask you about this because the graphics card is chamfered and I cannot replace it. If you write me seriously, it will help a lot.
I have either really bad luck with 4090s or PSUs lol Had 5 RTX 4090s, and all with the same buzz. I have tested everything and swapped everything, but I keep feeling it's a PSU thing; this is the list of PSUs I tried.
EVGA P6 1000w
Be Quiet 1200w
Asus Thor 1000w
Corsair HXi 1500w
No change. I even thought certain parts might do it, as the P6 and Corsair ones were made by Seasonic, and yet the other two are not, so that connection is gone.
When the power draw is too high, coil whine is almost impossible to avoid
@@AncientGameplays If everyone's card behaved the same, it would make sense, but I have owners telling me their cards are the same and the odd one saying, "My cards almost silent"
Will coil whine cause my gpu to be damaged over time?
Nah, not that I know of
My pc is screaming ( I think it's the psu) when playing games but i only have integrated gpu. so its possible that coil whine is in psu alone? if that's the case is there any solution to this. thank you.
Yeah, most likely psu
I recently went from 850w to 1000w (both corsair) and all of a sudden im experiencing a lot more coil whine. Would expect the other way around since the new psu is more powerful?
The new PSU may still need a little bit more "burn" to be silent, or maybe the filter of the new PSU is just not as good, because having "more watts" alone means exactly nothing (some inner components might still be worse than in the past versions). But wait a bit more and see
@@AncientGameplays Okay, thanks for responding! So you think it might get better over time? I went from a Corsair RM850x to a Corsair RM1000x shift
So i have a coil whine on my power supply, its not a fan but is this PSU whineing dangerus, can it kill components. I have rx590 and argus 720w supply .
It is not dangerous at all, just annoying
Any opinion about the Corsair TX 750M?
What software are you using to measure the consumption of the gpu?
Msi afterburner
@@AncientGameplays thanks u
I use a single fan 2060 super with a 400w power supply, should i upgrade my power supply to stop the coil whine?
You should upgrade your PSU anyway....400W is just too low...never cheap out on a PSU, get a good one and it will last you years and years
Can you tell me the frequency and voltage of your Ryzen 5600x? Next week I'm going to have one and I want a starting point for guidance. Thank you!
Use curve optimizer
@@AncientGameplays And did you do offset? or only activated pbo and the curve?
I use Corsair RM850x 80 PLUS Gold with my 5700xt red devil and coil whine is pretty bad. Will try to power gpu with 2 cables instead of 1 as you advised, just wondering would undervoltage your gpu helps with this too?
it having gold efficiency doesn't automatically mean it is "good", just that is is more efficient
I know this isn’t a pc but I got a ps5 with coil whine and can only hear it if I stick my ear to the console so you think I should wait until the summer to replace it
Coil whine is "normal". From what i heard that is quite normal in the ps5
So i take it if you only have one 8 pin on gpu thats not split it means get a different psu ?
So the gpu or the psu coil whine not that risky we can use the pc safe still with no worries from the coil whine ,right Fabio?
Yeah yeah
I recently built a computer with all new parts and a used gpu. I am unsure whether it is my GPU or the PSU. I am using a Thermaltake Smart Series 500W 80+ Certified and a Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING OC 8G. The noise is very loud and audible. You can even hear it from outside the case and and it is annoying. The noise is so loud that I can't tell where its coming from. I don't have another machine or psu to test it. I need help and tips.
I have simillar thing with PSU, GPU seems quite, PSU make different noise than your in the video its still like electrical vibrating just like bee and its so quite i cant hear it normally only if i get very close to the PSU i hearing it, its like this from when i bought it so 1 year or so and i didnt had issues in performance or any other type of issue like unstability or whatever, i guess it gonna be fine to stay with it ?
It is fine, just annoying
Does the psu give you coil whine without the GPU connected on the test build?
iy shouldn't. neither in desktop
hi my gpu is 3080 12gb strix with 750w msi gold+ , as first everything runs perfectly fine then after 2 weeks i tried OC and benchmarking it with time spy extreme then it start to coil whine, itried to swap my old 3060ti i hear mild coil whine then i swap it again with 3080 its more noticable note that while im OC my gpud draws 400w+ , i swap my cord from 2x8 pcie, with 3x8... do i need to get new psu?
Is a good idea open a gpu to isolate the capacitors with non conductive material like silicone to reduce noise?
That would be bad for temps most likely
I have a ryzen 9 7950x and 6800xt red dragon and i was using 850watt corsair shift and it is working with no noise whatsoever. I just bought a 1200 hx corsair and hooked it up and it was making a really loud coil sound. Sounded like a dial up connection. I then put the 1200x in my other pc and its quite. That pc is a ryzen 7 5800x with a 3060 geforce. Can it be my motherboard?
when I play very demanding video games an "electric" sound starts on the psu
Is it coil whine?
Yeap
Hey Fabio,
maybe you can help me out before I turn to more drastic measures.
I have a relatively new build that consists of a R5 5600X, Asus Tuf Gaming 3060TI and a be quiet Straight Power 11 Platinum 650W.
When the GPU is under high load or at high FPS, I have coil whine that I can hear through my closed case about 1m away (I do have a front mesh case).
Now since the PSU is rather new to the market and the GPU only uses 1 x 8pin connector, I'm kind of lost on what I should do now.
Do you have any tips for me?
Hey hey, its basically resonance, the gpu just doesnt have high quality caps, and although the psu is "new", cant filter all that. It is what it is...
Well...fuck :(
I might buy a different PSU just to try it out and if it doesn't help I'll just send it back.
Hey, I have a bequiet psu and an Asus ROG 2070, and read that the psu might actually be causing the problem, because of the frequencies that it operates at, from what I read, this was only caused by psu's made by seasonic (bequiet, corsair, antec and xfx). I'm thinking about buying an evga psu to fix it, tell me how it goes
hey,
i was actually waiting for a good price for the seasonic prime tx. it has really good reviews and seemingly low ripple.
im not sure if evga is just better compared to all the others.
will the pc with the same specs as yours(rx 6800 and ryzen 5600x)
give me the same performance as your 25 games benchmark video
please tell me i am worried because the performance of this card is different on all channels
pls reply
If you have a decent ram kit...yeah ofc. Also, you NEED to have SAM activated, that alone gives a nice boost in most games
Good benchmark channel have around the same results (not those with made up results ofc). You can also use my OC/UV settings for more juice. Watch my vega 56 vs 5700xt vs 6800 video. I have all results there
@@AncientGameplays thanks bro
@@AncientGameplays btw what ram speed do you recommend?
@@ArtisticPlightGaming depends, i would tell you to get patriot viper 4400mhz cl19 haha
so i have a 6900xt and 5600x. whenever i start assassins creed odyssey or origins, i hear the coil whine beep 6 times very loud and then pc shuts down.. My psu is an xpg 650w gold. (i can run pretty much any other game). Only happens with assassins creed. Would you recomend changing PSU?
Yeap, you're pushing the psu a bit there I believe. Also, it may be a cpu or ram instability
@@AncientGameplays thanks for your reply! I’ll let you know my results. If it doesn’t work with psu I’ll change the ram. Grazie mille
I just built my pc today and it started making the coil whine noise, I have a Corsair rm1000x and a Amd 6950xt and I don’t know much about how to fix it 😅, any help?
My PSU make whistling noise a high pitch whistle like train braking kinda sound when i run games and i thought it's coil whining cause i saw someone talking about it but everything was fine until about 2 days ago my pc start to do a reboot whenever i run a game like ETS2 but not when i run a less needy game like construction simulator 2015 but still my psu make the whistling noise and the game start to stutter and every time the stuttering happens the whistling mutes in sync with it and i don't know if the stutter happens because of the psu or the game stutter because of something else and the whistling stop cause the game freezes for brief second, maybe someone can advice me and tell me if is it possible the psu could effect game performance? and do i need to replace it?
Sorry about my English and my little knowledge of computers
I'm having this issue right now i had an old Bequiet 730W and on my new RTX 4080 there was a significant coil whine. I upgraded to be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W 80 Plus Gold and the whine got reduced heavily but it's still there it comes only from PSU. GPU is silent. should i try another PSU? I was thinking about trying MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 next.?
im using a cooler master 550w 80+ gold psu and my graphic card ( sapphire rx 580 8gb ) started this whining thing which is kinda annoying, it happens only in gaming. the whining sound isnt that loud but still noticeable. any clues or tips for this problem beside undervolting?
Not really, it has to do with the card components and ofc, with the psu
@@AncientGameplays well okay thanks
What fps monitoring tool do you use?
Msi afterburner
Good info. You remind me a bit of Peter Sagan :) I sadly got a lot of coil whine even after undervolt in MSI on my 4070ti tuf oc.
Running out of ideas here. Had 1070 paired with seasonic focus plus 750w gold, had zero coil whine, now i got xfx 6800 xt, got medium coil whine and random restarts while playing vermintide 2 and witcher 3 on ultra. Could it be the psu at fault or the gpu??
Hey, or you have a defective PSU or you have a cpu and ram instability showing up now since your gpu is now much faster.
Damn, it can even be as simple as a need of a clean driver installation...
I got a red devil 6800xt and a rm 750 I know powercolor recommends 850. Is that my problem ?
Should I go 750watt for future proof even with a 3070? Or 3080? For e.g seasonic gx focus 750w gold...Is it gonna have coil whine problems with my new gpu u believe?
A psu is always a food investement
@@AncientGameplaysDo you think giving 200€ for a white psu like rog 850 gold is worth the money?Seasonic is building them but is it worth spending 200 bucks on a white looking good psu for only 850w and gold certification or should I go with seasonic9(black) 750w gold at 140€ idk im kinda confused.Another question I wanted to ask you is that beside the fact I know you are mostly an amd fanboy,I had ryzen 5 2600 and I decided to change to intel (i7 10700k for the sake of money rather than going to an amd 5600x which would cost a bit more with less cores and threads)so I picked the vfm value this time...Do you think It was a good option for 330€ (i got the marvel's version) real price in greece is 315€ for the regular one...I'm telling you that cuz the new intel gen4 pci is coming (i7 11700k) but i wasnt willing to spend more than ~300 to a cpu for what I do, I think it's more than enough...I hope they are not costing like 350 cuz that would be really unlucky....Anyway glad to see a response from you and tell me your thoughts...You will surely help me!
@@padazop gold certification itself doesn't matter much. But yeah, any PSU over €140 should do it...it will literally last you years and years...
@@AncientGameplays do you think 10700k (i7) was a good choice 2021? for 300bucks? compared to 5600x 350+ and less cores/threads?
what cable model are you using? send a name or link. thx
Where exactly?
Thanks for the help bro .
Acompanhando a dica em 2022 ! Thk U for explanation!
Um abraço!
Thank you for the great video! I have just built a brand new PC, EXCEPT for the GPU (of course, they are hard to find). So I am using a brand new Corsair RM850x PSU, with a very old GTX 970 GPU. I am getting coil whine at all times. When I move my mouse, type on my keyboard, in game, etc. I unfortunately do not have another GPU to test on, and I cannot get integrated graphics to work on my motherboard so I can't test the PC without the GPU either :/
Is it likely the old GPU is at fault here?
This is good video and people deserve to try if they connected two pcie 8pin connectors with one power cable with a splitter or with two separator cables. I remember I heard very loud coil whine with my 2080 Ti when its two pcie 8pin connectors were connected with only one power cable with a splitter...
What's the name of the song playing during the Patreon outro?
This just popped up in my recommended. Crazy how much you have grown(channel and hair). Lol.
I know, times moves on and I like to be a bit better at every new video I make haha
I have a corsair HX1000 Platinum with a Sapphire Nitro+ Vega64 and when playing games it screams coil whine. So bad PSU or?
I'd say it's probably the vega
~ Use a separate power pin cable.
~ Try dampening your case
~ Putting thermal pads over inductors coils and pressing them with Heatsink, Waterblock, or something else
Being 1000w doesn't mean much sadly and older psus suffer more (even more on high loads), but considering the insane power draw of vega 64 i assume coil whine is "normal"