GPU - Coil Whine

[tiggar47]

Hello LTT Forum members,

 

I'm in process of buying second hand XFX MERC 6700XT for a REALLY affordable price, the card is still under warranty, bought in April.

 

It has audible coil whine, as I know it's safe but the price is 35-40% below the current pricing.

 

Is it worth buying it despite the flaw?

 

Thanks!

[RONOTHAN##]

Take that 35-40% cut and use it to invest in noise cancelling headphones if you care. It doesn't affect performance or anything, it might just be minorly annoying. If you have a silence focused case or good noise isolating headphones, you won't notice it. 

 

Plus, it could be that the guy who you're buying from just doesn't have a great PSU. Mediocre PSUs with high power draw GPUs can cause them to whine in my experience, so if you've got a good PSU, you might get lucky and not have the card whine with your system. 

 

For 35-40% below market value, I wouldn't think twice about it. You're getting a hell of a deal considering the times we're in

[tiggar47]

1 hour ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Take that 35-40% cut and use it to invest in noise cancelling headphones if you care. It doesn't affect performance or anything, it might just be minorly annoying. If you have a silence focused case or good noise isolating headphones, you won't notice it. 

 

Plus, it could be that the guy who you're buying from just doesn't have a great PSU. Mediocre PSUs with high power draw GPUs can cause them to whine in my experience, so if you've got a good PSU, you might get lucky and not have the card whine with your system. 

 

For 35-40% below market value, I wouldn't think twice about it. You're getting a hell of a deal considering the times we're in

Thanks for the tip, I just sent the request to buy the GPU, should have it next Friday/Saturday. I've got corsair HS60 Haptic, pretty sound absorbant.

 

But once I get my hands on the card I'll see if I have those kind of coil whines, I'll try to improve on it via software if anything.