What is the whine coil or electrical noise: all the information
Table of contents:
Every day technology advances, improvements are made to electronic devices and new terms. One of the terms that has been sounding quite a bit for a couple of years is Coil Whine.
Index of contents
We recommend reading the following articles:
- Our PC Gaming Settings. Better graphics cards. Better power sources.
What is Coil Whine?
As its name suggests, sound is produced when a variable current passes through the coils of any high-consumption electronic device. It is a high-pitched hum, which sometimes becomes more intense at certain load levels. The main causes of this noise are usually the power supply and the graphics card. Sometimes it is even the combination of both that generates an especially strong resonance. And it is that for many users it becomes irritating most of the time and worrisome in other cases.
The graphics processing unit (GPU) is in charge of processing all the graphics you see on the screen and therefore a good graphics card to play is essential. If we manage to have a good processor - graphics card balance, we will have a perfect team to work and play, but I don't want to deviate from the main topic.
Reasons why your Coil Whine graphics card has
There are several reasons why this hum or Coil Whine is heard: a bad assembly, a graphic that is not properly connected to the power supply, or an incompatibility with the motherboard and / or the power supply. But don't worry, this sound can come out of graphics cards, televisions, power supplies, etc…
And it is that every electronic device emits a minimum vibration that if we get closer we will hear it as a sound, it has never happened to you that you have passed under an electric tower and or a light box in an urbanization and you hear the humming sound so annoying, right ?.
- Integrated with 4GB memory, 128-bit GDDR5 Supports displays up to 8K at 60Hz Video input: DisplayPort, DVI-D, HDMI OC mode frequency: 1455 MHz Boost and 1341 MHz Base
In the consumer electronics when the electrical noise is heard from afar, all concerns begin. Even, in several forums where the topic is debated, we find users who complain about the unbearable noise of the GPU or of already being used to the sound that they do not even perceive (it does not happen to us…) since we listen to it for leagues.
Do I have to process a guarantee?
Yes and no The whine coil is not a sign that something is wrong, that is, it is not dangerous for our components, just annoying. If the noise is not particularly loud or does not bother us too much it can simply be safely ignored. In addition, all graphics card models have this annoying noise to a lesser or greater degree. It shows in many of them playing or testing high performance benchmarks (Heaven is one of them). One of the graphics series most affected by this symptom has been the Nvidia GTX 970/980, showing considerable electrical noise in the reference and custom models of various assemblers.
Some cases that we know of, such as the Gigabyte assembler, have processed it without any problem, which is usual in the most extreme cases. Although we should also know that the manufacturer is not legally obliged to replace a graphic if it works correctly, for reasons of electrical noise.
The radeon r9 fury x also features the nasty whine coil
Amd Radeon R9 Fury X, problems, Coil Whine, noise in the liquid cooling system, shock coils of dubious quality.
Intel xe, the new intel gpu would have electrical efficiency problems
In 2020 it was promised that we would have the first Intel Xe-based graphics cards. The company would have development problems.
Can something happen to your tv, router or pc during an electrical storm?
We analyze the risks and protection measures of household electronic devices against an electrical storm.
