GPU making a high pitch buzz when under load

[KieranFretwell]

Earlier today my PC has started making a high pitch buzzing sound whenever i open a game, it sounds like it is coming from the GPU which would make sense. It still does it after restarting and i want to know what could be the cause of this and can i fix it? Here is an audio clip of the sound, when you can hear the buzz that is when i have opened a game and when you cant hear it that is when i have tabbed out. http://picosong.com/VUQ5/

[Raudi_]

Earlier today my PC has started making a high pitch buzzing sound whenever i open a game, it sounds like it is coming from the GPU which would make sense. It still does it after restarting and i want to know what could be the cause of this and can i fix it? Here is an audio clip of the sound, when you can hear the buzz that is when i have opened a game and when you cant hear it that is when i have tabbed out. http://picosong.com/VUQ5/

Its called coil whine, it can be any part in your system that uses inductors.

[Comessy]

Coil whine 

[ShadyHost]

sounds like it might be coil whine. Nothing you can really do about that. 

 

I could be wrong, I had a 7870 make some weird sounds before catching on fire. I'll find the post I had about that on here in a sec. 

 

Edit: Here is the thread 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/152863-r9-270x-just-caught-on-fire-video/

[KieranFretwell]

Its called coil whine, it can be any part in your system that uses inductors.

 

 

Coil whine 

 

 

sounds like it might be coil whine. Nothing you can really do about that. 

 

I could be wrong, I had a 7870 make some weird sounds before catching on fire. I'll find the post I had about that on here in a sec. 

Oh yeah, i forgot about coil whine.. I have had my GPU for over a year now and i thought it might have had something to do with it having pop spilled onto it a few months back. I take it there is no way to even make it quieter? 

[KieranFretwell]

It's going to drive me mad.. 

[DeViLzzz]

It's going to drive me mad.. 

Well how often are you going to run a GPU under full load?  I would say not to often so it won't drive you mad.

[KieranFretwell]

Well how often are you going to run a GPU under full load?  I would say not to often so it won't drive you mad.

It's not when its on full load, its whenever i open a game. 

[TheDev]

coil whine, I have it on my gpu when it's at 30% load or sometimes when I'm loading a game