Coil whine on new GTX 1660 Super

Savvy666 · 4 Dec 2020 at 22:59

Hi everyone,

This week I built a new system with a GTX 1660-Super, which has been running perfectly up until today where I replaced the CPU fan, and now the GPU has developed a rather large amount of coil buzz, the buzz gets worse when the RAM is set to it's full 3600mhz, and obviously less when down to 2666mhz.

I'm wondering whether it's worth returning the GPU, or perhaps returning the PSU (Corsair RMx Series RMx650), as the system itself is supposed to be as quiet as possible; unsure as to which of the two components could be causing the issues.

Many thanks,
Sav

mickyflinn · 4 Dec 2020 at 23:32

Havde you Tried a different power cable to the gpu ?

Did this happen straight after you changed the cpu cooler ?

azazl187 · 4 Dec 2020 at 23:41

My last two GPUs had coil whine. It goes after a few months when the electronics settle in as such

Savvy666 · 4 Dec 2020 at 23:52

@mickyflinn I've not tried a new power cable, I'll attempt that tomorrow, and yes, it occurred first benchmark upon replacing the CPU cooler!

@azazl187 I really do hope that's the case, I'd like to keep the GPU at least until 3070s become available once again.