GPU Coil Whine - GPU or PSU's Fault? How to fix it?

[@AncientGameplays]

In order to hear the coil whine noises I advise you watching this video with an Headset. Hope this helps in some way :D

[@RicardoSantos-dp9fp]

Lets go! Another great video! Bora!

[@DJ_Dopamine]

The low pass filter KZbin uses might not help either. Knocks out everything above 15.75KHz !

[@ragingmonk6080]

EVGA GOLD is a bandage for this.

[@korosoid]

Corsair CX550M + RX 570 GIGABAIT = coil whine. 3:32 ИƎZYЯ

[@patr8357]

I have the exact same logitech white speakers :D

[@Qwache]

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!

[@Qwache]

I use the bequiet straightpower11 750w

[@AncientGameplays]

Great to know :D

[@OptLab]

Thanks for your comment. Which version and brand of the 6700XT is it ?

[@theunexpectedua]

​@@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 KZbin about that.

[@OptLab]

Thanks, appreciated.@@theunexpectedua

[@ArturOleszczuk1991]

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

[@AncientGameplays]

Exactly, hence why I showed it in the video :D

[@AncientGameplays]

@@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

[@legart4507]

What if there is 3x8 pins?)

[@AncientGameplays]

@@legart4507 There are GPUs with 3 or 4 PCIe cables also :D

[@ArturOleszczuk1991]

@@legart4507 Get psu that supports 3 cables

[@alouisschafer7212]

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

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@brovid-19]

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.

[@alouisschafer7212]

@@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.

[@pallabdas477]

@@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.

[@lynnmckenney1987]

@@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!

[@TheUncleshady]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

Coil whine appears when the GPU gets loaded, it has to do with power consumption also :D

[@alouisschafer7212]

Absolutely 100% By locking the fps to 60 for example you reduce the load on the graphics card.

[@alsmith1775]

This worked for me on a sapphire fury oc+ edition

[@IItsIgor]

Sure sure, but what if you crypto mine?

[@alouisschafer7212]

@@IItsIgor underclocking and undervolting SHOULD bring the noise down.

[@JayMaverick]

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.

[@_pew_pew_]

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 )

[@Who-710]

@@_pew_pew_only happens to my 1070 when playing certain games like War Thunder, but for example not on rust

[@_pew_pew_]

@@Who-710 same thing I can’t run ets2 anymore but forza horizon 4 in 4K isn’t a problem 😂

[@Toulkun]

Happens on my Asus Dual RTX 3060 TI, high coil whine on First Descendant and The Hunter but no coil whine on Undecember. Hmm.

[@JamieR]

@@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.

[@StRosen]

The fact that you have freakin cactus inside your pc is absolutely poggers LMAO

[@AncientGameplays]

Hehehehe

[@marcinnaprawski2141]

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 ;)

[@AncientGameplays]

Damn, that0s a lot of text xD

[@HJCars]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

Great to hear! Enjoy!

[@Coroner88]

do you mean you had one of the cables in the wrong place?

[@HJCars]

@@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

[@HJCars]

@@AncientGameplays thanks :)

[@nickytorious]

Hey, having the same psu here and same problem. Do you remember if you plugged to upper ones or to lower?

[@AMDRyzenEnthusiastGroup]

I'm glad to see your channel continuing to grow. Well deserved. Great work, Fabio.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks a lot for the words!

[@bam_boostick]

4:35 no coil whine but I'm pretty sure your GPU just barked

[@AncientGameplays]

😂😂😂🤌

[@ImJ949]

Thanks bro , not disappeared but reduced the noise a lot

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

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.

[@makoulinos8]

A few days ago I completed my new gaming building setup with Ryzen 7 5800x, Asus Rog strix X570 e-gaming, G-Skill Trident Neo, Samsung 980 Pro. The only parts I transferred from my previous setup are Graphics Card Msi GTX 1660Ti and PSU Corsair 750 Semi Modular. In my previous building I had coil whine and I replaced GPU with GTX 1660ti and the coil whine stop. Everything was perfect. Now with new setup and I have coil whine when I move the mouse and I cannot understand how. Same PSU and GPU in 2 different buildings. One with coil whine another not.. Pfff I'm so confused...

[@blueeyednick]

Bruuuu u actually included me in the video lol thanks!

[@AncientGameplays]

You were there haha

[@mdmcd6273]

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!

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks for watching 💪💪

[@igoresque]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

Bo perceptible coil whine anyway. Good psu here

[@wrzborg]

dis guy has some of the best hardware videos on youtube.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks!

[@Jay-dx7fy]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks for watching!

[@541_CoyotePower]

My 6900xt is doing coil whine it's not even a month old..

[@damonjames8088]

@@541_CoyotePowermine isn’t even a day old :/

[@541_CoyotePower]

@@damonjames8088 I'd Rma it bro, I returned mine

[@-average]

Just found this vid as I was dealing with this problem just now, so here's some info from my side for anyone interested: Got the MSI MPG A850GF a while back and the AORUS RX 6800 XT MASTER recently, and ran it with only 1 daisy chained PCI-E until now. The coil whine was really noticeable, even through headphones with thick foam. Of course, increasing the FPS cap beyond the monitor's refresh rate (144) increases the coil whine, i.e. the higher the FPS the noisier the whine. Since the PSU is multi-rail, I found info from other people that state it's better to use two separate PCI-E cables instead of a single daisy chained one. The only scenario where you are forced to use a single PCI-E cable is if you have a single-rail PSU. After adding another PCI-E cable and doing some heavy testing, the temps are a bit lower while the power draw remains the same, though I've also changed to the "Balanced" power plan. However, I now reach a bit lower GPU clock speed (~55mhz), but it feels more consistent and stable in game. I'll probably test this even further with power limit and/or undervolting, which will be interesting.

[@fermatt8840]

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.

[@Bertomante]

Purchased from the AMD store? Because i bought a 6700xt and has the same problem and i would send back too

[@canberrano1widowmaker]

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...

[@DTunezOfficial]

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?

[@AncientGameplays]

That model is old from what i know. Undervolt your 3090 also

[@DTunezOfficial]

@@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

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@DTunezOfficial]

@@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?

[@Ali-sx7cn]

What i don't get is why does my coil whining sound completely go away when playing games wither its high framerate or solid 60fps idk ????

[@fml223]

Its nice to see different content once and a while 👍👍

[@AncientGameplays]

Great :D

[@Djare915]

Yeah...That real benchmark environment does it too!:)

[@MetalCat999]

I bought a new Electric Water Heater, when its on, my pc starts making coil Whine noises. Its driving me mad trying to figure out how to repair it.

[@AncientGameplays]

Wait, what?

[@sagniknandi3781]

Wow your setup always looks so clean

[@AncientGameplays]

You think? Haha, thanks+

[@batouranger2553]

Its worth a try. A PSU can produce terrible coil whine. Ive used an old PSU from 2013 with more than enough wattage for my new mid range gpu. Despite this, anything above 60 fps caused major coil whine. So Ive change the PSU for a newer one with same wattage, solved the problem nearly completly.

[@mrmrgaming]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

When the power draw is too high, coil whine is almost impossible to avoid

[@mrmrgaming]

@@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"

[@ferrino4145]

I just changed my ok-ish psu for corsair rmx. It didnt completely eliminated coil whine but it made it reasonably quieter.

[@AncientGameplays]

Exactly, that's the point :D

[@ahmadodeh8361]

wierd, I changed too from a thermaltake 700w (which was quiet) to the a corsair rmx 1000w and the problem still there with the GPU (3080), and now the PSU does the same whining (even that I replaced it twice , still the same)

[@alexanderkurdyukov8096]

@@ahmadodeh8361 I changed from cheap 7 y.o. chieftec(which was silent) to fractal design ion gold and it started whining (3070ti)

[@thedreamisreall]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thats due to super high fps numbers

[@StrongArmEntertainment]

This just popped up in my recommended. Crazy how much you have grown(channel and hair). Lol.

[@AncientGameplays]

I know, times moves on and I like to be a bit better at every new video I make haha

[@cra2sh]

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

[@AncientGameplays]

hahah, solved it seems xD

[@EXOTICSTRIX17]

When we hear this sound, is there a problem with the graphics card?? or no

[@AncientGameplays]

I explain in the video

[@scomcomputersltd.]

Ancient Gameplays forever the best ! Thanks the video !

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks for watching!

[@IAmStillNotMatthew]

I have a 6700XT from Asrock and a Chieftec PSU, figured I'd get something a bit cheaper than a 650 Corsair PSU. The coil whine sometimes reminds me of some of the hydraulics at work. Insane how loud it can be.

[@pallviangural1366]

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

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@Djuntas]

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.

[@Jerome...]

Well, might be time to change that 15 years old PSU.

[@geo8889]

Just copped a new Corsair RM 1000x (gold rated) for my new rig. At the moment am using my old 1080ti, and a new ryzen 9 5950x. Coil whine is really getting on my nerves. I hear the rough location and it's very annoying/potent. Am going to go on the assumption my 1080ti's the issue, has been opened a few times and is very old tbh. Am going to upgrade to a 3080 most likely tomorrow! Hopefully that fixes the whine.

[@AncientGameplays]

Higher end cards with a huge amount of power draw usually coil whine, not much to do aboht ir sadly

[@geo8889]

@@AncientGameplays appreciate your reply! Tried this on both the 1080ti and the 3080, not sure if you'd class the 1080ti as a higher power card but in my old system it was dead quiet. Going to see If I can swap around power supplies etc!

[@AncientGameplays]

@@geo8889 Yeap, the 1080ti of my friend has lots of coil whine as well.

[@geo8889]

@@AncientGameplays I see! I'll see what I can do, fiddle around with it etc etc.... Thanks for your help!

[@NeedyChris]

Very informative video mate! Can I just ask what program you are using to measure frames and GPU/CPU stats?

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks, its MSI afterburner

[@NeedyChris]

@@AncientGameplays thank you!

[@darronandrews777]

Love your videos. Glad I found this one as near the end you mentioned about the evga 750 watt gold ....I have evga 750 watt BQ bronze 80+ and was OK with 5800x and rx6600 8gb but just got a gigabyte rx 6800 16gb card and looks prestine condition even tho I got it from Facebook marketplace for £450 . ...I stuck my ear to it and it's more of a loud buzz sound than a whine but sometimes it goes away after a few minutes. It seems to be more the power supply than gpu as can't hear anything from the gpu. Keep up the good work and thx ❤😊 ps. Someone's comment here reminded me .....I too I'm using two via cables and not a pigtail

[@AncientGameplays]

Great I could help 💪💪

[@penguinsushi8442]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@penguinsushi8442]

@@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.

[@AncientGameplays]

@@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...

[@penguinsushi8442]

@@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.

[@klevzor]

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?

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@klevzor]

@@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

[@orlandonss]

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 ;).

[@AncientGameplays]

Ora essa, obrigado por ver. Um abraço

[@zamfielis]

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?

[@AncientGameplays]

Now that's odd. Hard ro know actually

[@jobbejsk]

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...

[@AncientGameplays]

Most people don't understand how important a good PSU is. And wattage alone means absolutely nothing...

[@jobbejsk]

@@AncientGameplays So true, my PC has never been more stable than now.

[@Bogdan00]

@@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?

[@gyula4293]

@@AncientGameplays what type of PSU should we look for ? Gold rated ?

[@ДаниилБахман]

You are lucky) maybe I should try Corsair

[@iancurrie8844]

The motherboard plays a role, too. I have an RTX2700 and a nice seasonic power supply with NO perceptible coil while. I replaced the motherboard and now it whines incessantly. The motherboard provides power regulation, too.

[@AncientGameplays]

The motherboard has to be bad for that to happen, I mean have bad power phases

[@iancurrie8844]

@@AncientGameplays Thanks for the response. I'm surprised by that! It's an MSI B660m-a "pro" which is renowned for having good power delivery. Maybe I should look into an RMA. The sytem functions 100% otherwise. I should ad that I've since replaced that RTX 2070 with an RX 7900 XTX and the coil whine has stopped!

[@NinO12752]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@NinO12752]

@@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. ;)

[@hardstylboy]

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?

[@TerraWare]

I'm not sure that I've ever experienced any coil whine. I'm running a Corsair RM 750x, a Ryzen 7 3700X and an Asus ROG Strix LC 6800 XT and have overclocked the card and stress tested it at it's max power draw of 330W with a full PC load of 550W.

[@AncientGameplays]

Maybe because you have a really good PSU

[@TerraWare]

@@AncientGameplays Have heard quite a bit about coil whine but didn't know what it sounded until this video. It sounds like walking by a big step down transformer.

[@goddy3685]

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 :)

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks for watching and for the comment

[@luisandresmedina1902]

I have a corsair Rm 1000x PSU and Rx 7900xt GPU and whenever i'm playing Cyberpunk, RDR2 and even now GOW Ragnarok and I get pretty bad coilwhine at 144+ fps, but in other titles I haven't notice coilwhines, this could mean that any of those 2 components is defective ? 🤔 my pc is not even 1 year old since I did the assemble

[@AncientGameplays]

no, not defective, coil whine is just electrical sound. your components, like your GPU should have better capacitors, but that's all, you're fine

[@PhoticSneezeOne]

Just a quick question Fabio: Are you satisfied with the new AMD chipset drivers? Would you recommend installing them? Thanks

[@AncientGameplays]

Yeap, you should install them :D

[@sassuki]

It might be the capacitors. The Corsair RM series have 100% japanese caps certified for 105°C. The Aerocool Strike-X on the other hand does not seem to have any special kind of caps.

[@AncientGameplays]

Yeah, the filters :D

[@PhoticSneezeOne]

Amazing content... aaaand first ;)

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks haha

[@Silent-1983]

its not a mix, sometimes a video card has it or psu , in my case only my gpu has it, but yes can happened to have both psu and gpu, coil whine refers to an undesirable noise emitted by an electronic component vibrating as power runs through an electrical cable.

[@claritoresdiano1021]

You're right. We can reduce the vibrations ~ Use a separate power pin cable. ~ Try dampening your case or moving the case direction. ~ Putting thermal pads over inductors coils/chokes and pressing them with heatsink, water block, or something else.

[@AncientGameplays]

Yeah ofc, what i meant is that the final result (coil whine noise) is a mix of both since a good PSU will filter the ressonance A LOT and in most cases completely eliminating it

[@zxz9041]

Rm1000x, gf3 1000w atx 3.0 which is better for rtx 4000

[@AncientGameplays]

A good and new psu. 1000w is absolutely not needed

[@zxz9041]

@@AncientGameplays which are better, rm1000e 210aud, gf3 1000w 289aud

[@zxz9041]

rm1000e 210 ,rm 1000x 259

[@AncientGameplays]

@@zxz9041 get a good 850w and call it a day, like the rm850x

[@victorm.5167]

Is a good idea open a gpu to isolate the capacitors with non conductive material like silicone to reduce noise?

[@AncientGameplays]

That would be bad for temps most likely

[@Cheonbu]

After watching the video twice im still kinda confused. First of all ive only ever had this issue with my 2 amd cards. But also it doesnt matter if i use a evga bronze powersupply or a asus platium it happens either way. Could it also potentially be a driver issue?

[@AncientGameplays]

No, coil whine is electrical vibrance. It means teh models you bought aren't that great usually. Lower tier capacitors were used most likely

[@YC305]

I just ordered a new PSU because the one I have now makes an annoying high pitch sound. Hopefully the Graphics card won’t be as bad.

[@AncientGameplays]

Hope it gets better!

[@BakeNLikeJake]

So is this normal and will it affect my performance ?

[@AncientGameplays]

Watch the video

[@chockzx9684]

I never had this problem with an 300watts PSU that i used in my PC for 6years , it was quiter as if im nt gaming, and it powered a GTX 1070 n i7 4790, even a rx 6600xt just fyn before upgrading PSU,weird for a 300watts PSU i know. Ive upgraded to an 600watts 80+ and now when gaming the new psu makes a lot of noise especially when the GPU is at 99% utilization.

[@mdmosharrafmossain007]

Hi there, I have Aorus Master 6800xt type c(dedicated pcie cable from psu). PSU Corsair rm 850. My GPU only coil wins on high fps games like Valorant and CS2. But on most games that stay under 100fps it doesn't coil wine. What is the issue? Can you please help?

[@mustafairaq6586]

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?

[@AncientGameplays]

Yeah yeah

[@nonespike]

I thought I have coil whine with my powercolor red devil 6800xt. But it was my psu (be quiet straight power 850w) which made the noise. After I replaced it with one from corsair it is all super silent. I stick my old be quiet psu in a friend's pc with an rtx 3080 and there it makes no noise. So it seems that it is really sometimes the combination of psu and gpu.

[@AncientGameplays]

Like i said, its a mix of GPU/PSU :D

[@julienmoysens]

Matthias would you mind sharing what Corsair PSU you got ? I have the same gpu and PSU right now (be quiet) and the noise drives me crazy :)

[@nonespike]

​@@julienmoysens Sure! I bought the Corsair AX850. It is a rather expensive power supply and of course no guarantee that it will work.With this combination, it's been working for me for about 4 months now. Good luck to you!

[@julienmoysens]

@@nonespike thank you for this ! I already managed to reduce the coil whine thanks to the tips of @Ancient Gameplays by having two separate cables. I might though buy aew PSU. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@koofyman7249]

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

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@svxnger]

Recently got a new motherboad and cpu, but plugged in my PSU and GPU from my old system and for the first time in my life i got to experience coil whine

[@AncientGameplays]

Yeah, the PSU can't handle it

[@gordon-ale4463]

I got a 2070 Super a few years ago, and since then all open framerate games have been making my pc SCREAM. Literally. There was one game though, that went OVER this, called Racedriver's Grid (2008). In the main menu of the game where I got like 4000fps the pc made a HELLISH SOUND and restarted!!! I just ordered a brand new and pricy psu along with some other parts.

[@AncientGameplays]

You did well

[@gordon-ale4463]

@@AncientGameplays Hopefully I will get this up and running tomorrow. Will let you all know how it gets.

[@Gamer-mm4kz]

@@gordon-ale4463 👋

[@gordon-ale4463]

It was my psu in the end

[@DutchGuy_Limburg]

Got a 10 years old Corsair Gaming GS800 (CMPSU-800G) Having a little Coil Whine on my rx 6800 when Gaming, on Benchmark´s it´s going crazy Spec´s Wise only one 12 Rail?? Psu has 4x 6+2 cables, i did try a combination of the cables with the same result´s. What Psu would you recomend for my system? 3600XT (maybe upgrade to 5800x or 5900x) B550 Tomahawk 32GB G.Skill 3600@ 3800 AMD RX 6800 2 x m.2 SSD and a couple of Fan´s. Custom Watercooling will be added later. i think my PSU had it best years.... Greeetz.....

[@claritoresdiano1021]

Open Linus techtips forums PSU tier list on your browser.

[@AncientGameplays]

Old PSU like time. You may want to get a new gold one. The corsair like mine are pretty good

[@DutchGuy_Limburg]

@@AncientGameplays Should i go for single rail or multi rail? 750Watt would be enough?

[@AncientGameplays]

@@DutchGuy_Limburg always multi rail, and get at least 750w gold or if possible platinium. Don't cheap out since it will last you another 10 years haha

[@DutchGuy_Limburg]

@@AncientGameplays thx....

[@NikoQerry]

Im experiencing this myself, I purchased an rx 7900 xt and the be quiet pure power 12m 850w, and Im getting pretty bad coil whine.

[@TheLaZyGaMer_Official]

A question is coil whine harmful for my GPU ?

[@AncientGameplays]

Nope

[@st4849]

MSI 4060 ti 16Gig here: Huge "modem type noise" during simple Unity game, but no noise at all under FurMark which is the most brutal stress test you can do to your card. How is this possible please? The card hits 70'C during FurMark and regulates its temperature afterwards by spinning the fans at high speed. So it definitely does get stress tested.

[@muhammedal-absi1021]

HI I have the same sound excatly . gpu : Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB psu : cooler master bronze v2 650 - 230 V idle gpu power 9-15 whatts idle gpu voltage 0.7 - 0.8 gpu power while gaming 1230 - 140 whatts gpu voltage while gaming 1.0 - 1.1 volt so it looks every thing normal but I still have the whine sound I could not put two cable, any another advice ?

[@KingSteven77]

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.

[@darshanhiremath8008]

My Strix RX570 had coil whine, After i undervolted it to 990mv there is no coil whine!

[@AncientGameplays]

Yeap, less power going through = less noise. But an rx 570 should never have coil whine, indicating it is a very low end model or the psu id quite bad

[@darshanhiremath8008]

@@AncientGameplays Mine is rog strix rx 570 tho! And psu is Corsair vs 550

[@jamesnicol9810]

Woke up this morning to use my pc and when on heavy load I how have the same. It sounds like a 56k internet speed depending on GPU demand. Really believe it's the PSU

[@AncientGameplays]

If it wasnt doing that before jt is most likely the psu yesh

[@gordthor5351]

I bought a new Corsair RM650 80+ Gold PSU and it has an annoying coil whine even when the PC is off. I haven't added the GPU yet. It sounds like I have crickets in my case and it's annoying AF. In my other build I used a Thermaltake 850W 80+Gold and it is dead quiet. Both have smart fan. I'm into electronics and I know that quality products do not have audible coil whine. Cheap components and/or poor design causes coil whine.

[@AncientGameplays]

Not thats odd actually. Still doing it?

[@Iridiumcosmos]

May have to upgrade my PSU to a Corsair RM850x. Currently have a ROG Strix 750W 80+ gold which has no issues (power delivery wise) but my 6700 do be screeching when I’m playing titles like Forza Horizon 5.

[@AncientGameplays]

That has nothing to do with the PSU most likely, but the mode instead and the non.XT version bring low end coolers and low end capacitors usually

[@billseme]

I have a 6800xt paired with a Corsair AX 760 platinum, the card had crazy coil whine since day one. A lot of people suggested to try some 24/7 stress tests in order to eliminate it but did not work. The extreme coil whine occured when i overclocked it at 2700mhz with an undervolt of 1000mV. At 2700Hz my card is consuming 280-300Watt.. After that i turned into Silent Bios but still i had coil whine as well but this time less. So what i did to decrease it to about 50% was: 1) Undervolt it at arround 1000mV 2) Core clock between 2400Hz 3) Enabled vertical sync so my card is not working at 100% so i have 144 fps for a 144hz Monitor (so the power draw is lower ) PS: When i had the same PSU paired with a GTX 1080 ti Aorus Xtreme 11G i had 0 coil whine. This 6800xt is whining like crazy since day one and i see a lot of people have the same problem with 6000 series.

[@AncientGameplays]

1) Undervolting = less voltage = less power draw 2) Core clock decrease = Less power draw 3) Less power draw again Basically that board from the brand you got (GPU PCB) isn't that great, and when you exceed a certain amount of power draw, the capacitors and VRMs go crazy

[@OptLab]

Try 120hz. Amd cards power consumption gets insane at 144Hz for some reasons Also, try using with a singler monitor. Come back to me if you make the test, I'm curious.

[@mariomaestro7142]

I have corsair rm750x and msi rtx 3070 gaming z trio , i put 2 cables but it didnt help , still have coil whine on high fps and little bit quiet on 60fps

[@AncientGameplays]

It is what it is. It is quiet at 60fps because it consumes less power

[@mariomaestro7142]

@@AncientGameplays is it possible to go away or to get quiter after some time?

[@dylanwolff741]

I'm running a 750w Corsair Gold with a 6600xt and getting some coil whine depending on what I'm playing. I'm using the 6+2 cable that came with the PSU but going to try buying a nicer 8 pin cable and see how that works. My GPU only has the one 8 pin port so using 2 cables isn't an option for me.

[@AncientGameplays]

Hey man, dont do that, just get a new psu or undervolt your gpu

[@OptLab]

what brand is your 6600xt ?

[@dylanwolff741]

@@OptLab XFX Speedster QICK 308 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT with 8GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2

[@Apparition_Unknown]

Will a crappy power supply also cause pc crash on Nvidia rtx4070

[@Durkhead]

So some electricity is getting to the fan motors essentially turning the fans into speakers

[@b3nny534]

Dealing with coil whine on xfx merc 319 6800xt had corsair rm750x bought a rm1000x have 2 cables running, I also have cablemod extentions, going to try without extensions

[@AncientGameplays]

Try without extensions yeah, also, the XFX models aren't usually that great, and you can also undervolt your GPU a bit

[@ryanmilbrod2386]

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

[@AncientGameplays]

Coil whine is "normal". From what i heard that is quite normal in the ps5

[@enislindeman502]

Wonderful video. Thank you. I have coil whine problem unfortunately. It looks like coming from GPU. I tried different GPU, coil whine still happening. The biggest problem is coil whine sound coming from my speakers. Do you know anything about it? It s very strange. My mobo and CPU is new. I have no problem with my old build. I ordered PSU. Because it s almost 6 age old. I need really help. Mobo can cause it but sound coming from GPU. Not from VRM section. So i eliminate mobo. Under load coil whine go crazy. Especially high FPS and high watt usage trigger it. Thanks for the video again.

[@Dark.Shingo]

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.

[@AncientGameplays]

There are options to optimize the software and some tutorials online if you want to see

[@_BlueCollarGamer]

can i really get a copy of windows 10 PRO for under 20 bucks?

[@AncientGameplays]

You can

[@rinner1432]

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?

[@AncientGameplays]

What did you just add? Thats right...

[@rinner1432]

@@AncientGameplays it’s weird, it was just doing it for awhile and now it randomly stopped Edit: nvm it came back again

[@AlwaysHawken]

I recently bought a PC from someone and the coil whine during most games is absolutely insane. Hopefully it is the psu because if so that would be a much easier fix than a new gpu. The PSU is from what I can tell, not very good. I don't even think it has a rating on it. It just says the wattage. But the whine is so loud that when in use you could probably hear it from outside the room with the door closed.

[@AncientGameplays]

Damn...what gpu?

[@AlwaysHawken]

@@AncientGameplays gigabyte GeForce 1080 ti aorus water force

[@AncientGameplays]

@@AlwaysHawken those cards do have some coil whine, but it shouldn't be THAT loud

[@AlwaysHawken]

@@AncientGameplays That's what I'm thinking. The PSU isn't a very good one but I don't know enough about computers to know if it would be affected that much by it. The PSU is a cooler master 750W real power pro.

[@AlwaysHawken]

The part about hearing it through the door may have been a slight exaggeration of the noise but if my door is open, while playing most games it's loud enough to hear a good 20 feet away

[@Iamfoxbrown]

Acompanhando a dica em 2022 ! Thk U for explanation!

[@AncientGameplays]

Um abraço!

[@Storlans]

Either i always had coil whine and cant hear it anymore or i never had it xD

[@Stargazerxx]

What the ...., my gpu does have coil whine with my main 165hz monitor and has 0 problem when game is tossed on 2nd 75hz monitor :) Changing hz an disabling G-sync changes nothing

[@reinoldi1097]

I have a good bequiet psu And 2 cable Still the tuf 6800xt whines loud sometimes 😑 Same bequiet with the msi 2070 super AbsolutyNo whine 🤷

[@matthewmcguire8772]

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?

[@Neeraj-_-_-6969]

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

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@AncientGameplays]

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

[@Neeraj-_-_-6969]

@@AncientGameplays thanks bro

[@Neeraj-_-_-6969]

@@AncientGameplays btw what ram speed do you recommend?

[@AncientGameplays]

@@Neeraj-_-_-6969 depends, i would tell you to get patriot viper 4400mhz cl19 haha

[@Clayman302]

Im gonna try a different PSU. Mine is an 8 year old cx750 i got a little whine with my 980ti but now I have a 6800XT its VERY loud. I don’t hear it coming from the GPU just the PSU.

[@AncientGameplays]

Yeah, the watts dont matter much as from 10 years ago to now, psus evolved tu support differe t power requirements

[@filipeg165]

I got a Corsair RM850x and a Asus 3070 Dual OC with HORRIBLE coil whine. I could even hear it with headphones on... I contacted Asus about it and they told me to RMA it. I'm waiting on the resolution of this problem now. Weird thing is, the coil whine didn't start happening after 1 month of use. I hope this gets fixed.

[@AncientGameplays]

Those Asus cards are the low end coolers and pcbs so it may just be defective and with cheaper vrms and capacitors

[@diablosv36]

Got my 6800. had horrible hissing, whining noises when playing most games, I initially blamed the videocard as it wasn't an issue on my old 1060, but then I actually went to listen where it was coming from and noticed instantly it was coming from the powersupply. The powersupply was pretty old and only 650 watt. The 6800 also draws more power. So got a gold 850 Watt from Gigabyte which claims to have quality components from Japan. Anyway with the new PSU in place I no longer hear anything at all coming from the case when gaming.

[@AncientGameplays]

Glad you fixed it :D

[@wilsonrojas-d1j]

I have a 850 gold power supply and I have this issue, I will try with 2 cables instead of 1