PC whine while playing certain games

[Rozalynn]

Whenever I go to play certain games (mainly Doom Eternal) my pc starts making an odd whining noise, that changes based on what's happening in game. At first I thought it was a hard drive issue, but after taking all my hard drives out and just using my ssd, the whine is still there. Now I think it could be my gpu, but it doesn't happen in all games, so I'm not sure why Doom Eternal would cause an issue like this, and not other titles. Here is a recording of my pc while playing. (For context, my computer is nearly silent in all other games.)

 

Specs:

Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Plus

Intel i7-8700K (stock speeds)

MSI RX 5700

2x8GB Corsair Vengance 3200MHz

Intel 660p SSD

Corsair CX650 (power supply)

 

pc whine.mp3

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 minutes ago, Rozalynn said:

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You sir got a case of coil whine on your hands.

 

[Rozalynn]

7 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

You sir got a case of coil whine on your hands.

 

Thanks for the quick response! I forgot that was even a problem, I guess Doom Eternal is now just gonna be on my no-play list until I change cards.

[Zedbird]

Coil whine is an unfortunate normality with GPUs. It usual happens at high FPS. Is it a new card? If so run a looping benchmark like heaven all night. New cards need to be broken in and this usually quiets the whine. My 2070 super had bad coil whine when new, but it has all but disappeared.

 

Also you can cap you framerate to the mhz of your monitor. So if you have a 144mhz monitor cap your framerate to 144 considering you won't see anything above that anyway.

[Rozalynn]

21 minutes ago, Zedbird said:

Coil whine is an unfortunate normality with GPUs. It usual happens at high FPS. Is it a new card? If so run a looping benchmark like heaven all night. New cards need to be broken in and this usually quiets the whine. My 2070 super had bad coil whine when new, but it has all but disappeared.

 

Also you can cap you framerate to the mhz of your monitor. So if you have a 144mhz monitor cap your framerate to 144 considering you won't see anything above that anyway.

Relatively new, had it for a few months. I hope capping frames helps reduce it, I've yet to test it. Thanks!