Does anyone have any idea what this is? I’m struggling to pin point it but it’s not any of the fans as I’ve stopped them 1 by 1. It’s constant when my pc is in higher load but still there under lower load just faint. It’s a brand new pc
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frosty meadow
heavy timber
Does anyone have any idea what this is? I’m struggling to pin point it but it’s ...
Could be GPU coil whine I'm not sure tbh
frosty meadow
is that normal on a new gpu?
golden temple
Could be coil whine, sounds a little like an impellar on an AIO too
Yes, coil whine is "normal" and not something you can RMA either... IT may eventually quieten down (if it is coil whine)
heavy timber
^ It is quite annoying just have to get lucky in the silicon lottery 😦
golden temple
If it is coil whine you can mitigate/test by capping the FPS in most games or going a bit further by underclocking your GPU (I wouldn't though unless you know what you're doing! Messing up will void the warranty I'm sure)
wild fulcrum
Sounds like a fan hitting a wire too me - more than whine
heavy timber
^ check that too
Although he did say he stopped every fan 1 by 1
Look under the GPU see if a wire is hitting the GPU fans maybe (unlikely ik)
frosty meadow
yeah I've checked all the fans, no wires hitting under the GPU either. It does quieten down a little bit when I reduce the FPS
mental yewBOT
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frosty meadow
Could be coil whine, sounds a little like an impellar on an AIO too
I'd really like to eliminate it if possible it's very annoying 
- if it's coil whine I'll just have to suck it up but how would I test to see if it's an impellar on AIO?
golden temple
It would be a matter of gaining control over the pump speed and manually increasing it, under the supposition that the pump speed increases under load and makes the noise. If you can manually ramp the RPM's and you hear the noise then it is the impeller. It may just have air in the pump
Not sure what (if anything) you are using (outside of the bios) to manage fan/pump curves, but generally speaking the pump should be on CPU_1 header. The first step (and really everyone should have this) is download the manual(s) for your motherboard and check what the headers are and what is plugged into them
frosty meadow
I downloaded iCUE and set the pump to extreme, it only went up by about 500rpm to just under 3000. The noise didn't increase at all so I guess it's coil whine, the pump itself got slightly louder but not the noise in question
I can hear the noise slightly now just in idle, GPU fans aren't even spinning atm, or is coil whine nothing to do with the fans?
heavy timber
I can hear the noise slightly now just in idle, GPU fans aren't even spinning at...
The fans don't cause the whine the GPU running at high frequencies does
heavy timber
Thats why it's quieter when idle and gets louder under load
frosty meadow
yeah that makes sense
heavy timber
It's unfortunate, definitely annoying just have to get lucky to not have the issue really 😦
golden temple
It may abate after prolonged use as it wears in
frosty meadow
