Hello all, small rant
I am experiencing moderate to severe coil whine on all the gpus I've tested in my build.
Sapphire R9 270X -> moderate to severe coil whine
RX 6700XT Pulse -> moderate coil whine, reduced by 70% by covering the chokes in liquid rubber YET THE COIL WHINE IS STILL THERE
RX 6800XT Reddevil -> current gpu, severe coil whine
I had a beQuiet! Straight Power 11 650W gold which I swapped with a Seasonic Focus GX-850 gold, no difference in gpu coil whine.
I've also tried using a neighbor's power outlet, same result.
Undervolting makes 0 difference on the 6700xt and a small difference on the 6800xt.
Only reducing clock speed by huge amounts gets rid of the coil whine.
I absolutely do not tolerate coil whine since I already have tinitus. I don't need more of it xd.
I can't put the pc in another room linus style since that would mean expensive optical cables and drilling holes in the wall.
I can still return the 6800xt.
Should I just keep buying and returning gpus until I get a lucky card with no coil whine or should I try upgrading my PSU again?
Is the percentage of cards with coil whine that high?
Edit fun fact: my 6700xt whines at ~5khz (and harmonic at ~11khz) and the 6800xt at ~12khz (using osu! pause menu)
6800xt:
6700xt:
You can see by the colour of the spectogram that the 6800xt is worse in intensity.
I am experiencing moderate to severe coil whine on all the gpus I've tested in my build.
Sapphire R9 270X -> moderate to severe coil whine
RX 6700XT Pulse -> moderate coil whine, reduced by 70% by covering the chokes in liquid rubber YET THE COIL WHINE IS STILL THERE
RX 6800XT Reddevil -> current gpu, severe coil whine
I had a beQuiet! Straight Power 11 650W gold which I swapped with a Seasonic Focus GX-850 gold, no difference in gpu coil whine.
I've also tried using a neighbor's power outlet, same result.
Undervolting makes 0 difference on the 6700xt and a small difference on the 6800xt.
Only reducing clock speed by huge amounts gets rid of the coil whine.
I absolutely do not tolerate coil whine since I already have tinitus. I don't need more of it xd.
I can't put the pc in another room linus style since that would mean expensive optical cables and drilling holes in the wall.
I can still return the 6800xt.
Should I just keep buying and returning gpus until I get a lucky card with no coil whine or should I try upgrading my PSU again?
Is the percentage of cards with coil whine that high?
Edit fun fact: my 6700xt whines at ~5khz (and harmonic at ~11khz) and the 6800xt at ~12khz (using osu! pause menu)
6800xt:
6700xt:
You can see by the colour of the spectogram that the 6800xt is worse in intensity.
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