Question coil is a very annoying sound that people make these days.
Question coil is a very annoying sound that people make these days.
I recently tried out a desktop I made myself. I tested three different RTX 3070 GPUs and three different power supplies. Also, I built two special computers (one got an RTX 3070, the other a GTX 1650). They all had terrible noise from the graphics cards when they were playing games. Every single one used a GTX 980. My old build with an i7 and a 3060 was so quiet you could barely hear it. I thought more powerful things must be louder. Now, I have to lower my CPU voltages or cap the game's FPS below 150 just to stop that noise. It feels like buying a Ferrari but driving only at 60 mph. This is really frustrating and sad for me. Is PC gaming actually going away? What did you experience with your builds? Thanks so much!
I have built my own desktop and tested three different 9070XT graphics cards. I also checked two power supplies: one used in a pre-built PC that had a 9070xt, and another in a machine with a 5070ti. Both of these setups created loud coil whine on the GPU. To understand what's happening, we need to know all the specs for each system. Like this: CPU, cooler, motherboard, RAM, SSD or HDD, GPU, PSU, case, operating system, monitor. Also tell me how old your power supply is besides its make and model. Please share the BIOS version of your motherboard right now. Is PC gaming dying? No, it's not. What have your experiences been? I fixed a few systems where coil whine was already there. The most recent one had coil whine when running CoD Warzone. Other games did not cause any problems with coil whine. Just for information, coil whine will happen in almost every part of a PC that has power delivery areas and lacks good components or if the part doesn't like the load, which causes it to have problems. This happened with EVGA RTX 3000 series cards when Amazon's New World came out, and some Asus boards back about ten years ago. The later ones were fixed by updating the BIOS.
Okay thanks. I'll post my current specs when I have time, but honestly? It's so common now that it doesn't even matter anymore. Mind you, I used four different GPUs (3x 9070xt and 1x 5070 ti) with three different motherboards, four power supplies, various memories, NVMe drives, cases, fans, and everything was upgraded from BIOS to chipset to Windows. That's a lot of changes and parts yet I still have coil whine. I think all these things are getting more expensive. Also, using cheaper parts has made quality control worse. I'm not sure how to fix it or which components would avoid this problem. I feel like it is just the new normal at this point.
Does anything exist out here where you never hear buzzing noises from wires?
It doesn't really look like that, and some of them are much worse than others.
A person who knows what they're doing could start a business selling coils made of after-market epoxy or silicone resin. These coils stop vibration and eliminate the humming noise that crickets make when walking on grass. If you wind them tighter at first, it will also help keep them from shaking like cricket legs.