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PSU Causing Coil Whine?

BestFriendSean
By BestFriendSean
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I have a fractal design integra 650 watt 80+ bronze psu, and when I had a gtx 650 in my PC, I had no coil whine. I upgraded to a gtx 770 several months ago, and I am plagued with extremely loud coil whine that changes in pitch when I move in games. I put one of my friend's gtx 660s in my PC to test something, and when I started a game, The same sound came from the 660. My friend said he wasn't sure if his 660 made that noise before, but I'm not sure that it is a coincidence. Is it the psu that is causing the whine, or another component? I'm aware that these things have natural coil whine, but to have the same exact grating/whining noise when ever I play games is making me want to replace the gpu or the psu...Or im crazy.

 

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Yes it is possible that the PSU is causing coil whine from your GPU.

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PSU replacement is your best move. I'd recommend the coolermaster v750 (my psu), only slight bias

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ENTIRELY possible that its the PSU. Maybe test your card in your friends rig?

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