GTX 970 coil whine fixes

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I just got a EVGA GTX 970 SSC and it has a bit of coil whine. It's not horrible and I hear many 970's have it so I'm reluctant to RMA it and get something worse.

I read online that running the card at full load for 24-48 hours can fix it. I am currently doing that.

In case that doesn't work I read that changing the voltage of the card might help. I read that overclocking the card doesn't void the warranty until you change the voltage. I wanted to know if there was any way the manufacturer could find out that I increased the voltage?

Also this is somewhat unrelated but I thought I'd ask while I was here. My latest overclock does fine on Crysis 3, Watchdogs, Shadow of Mordor, Witcher 3, Metro Last Light, Dragon Age Inquisition, Heaven Benchmark, and Valley Benchmark. The majority of the time it is at full GPU load% during these tasks. When I run Furmark it usually crashes though. Is this something to worry about?

I appreciate your help.
 
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10tacle


Seems like +25mV is what a lot of people are comfortable with in an aggressive overclock. And yes, I have that exact same PSU but no coil noise from either GPU (that CX750M was given to me, and I've been watching it closely...I would never have bought one). So we have the same GPU and PSU, and I don't have the noise on either of my cards. Head scratch....:??:

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IMO Channel Well, the OEM core PSU maker for the RM series, is inferior to EVGA's Super Flower OEM core maker for their G2 series. But if you can swap it out for the difference in price under warranty, go for it. I've never had to test Corsair's customer service like that in anything of theirs I've owned (memory, SSDs, or PSUs).

 
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thing is with all that suggested above like replace the psu you may do all that and still be just the same when you could of put the psu money in to a real 900 card like the 980 anyway ?? [you get what you pay for and sometimes less] .. spend another 100 or so bucks on another psu ?? don't that make the step up look a bit better over all ??

my favorite so called fix was the old ''you got to down clock them and all '' ??? really then why did I invest in a performance card so I have to down clock things to make it work right ??

not to say you can get it from any card but with all that controversy and issues that all ways surrounded the 970 your chances just jump up quite a bit ..

if you look at this picture and see the stuff used on the coil [white glob stuff] that what it used for in a psu .. now if you can find some of that and put a spot of it on the inductors in your gpu it may dampen thing down ?? just don't know where you could order it or what its called

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Antec/EDG650/images/in_thermistor.jpg

 
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Well besides the fact that it's apparently not the GPU, a good factory binned overclocked 970 GPU can be overclocked to stock 980 performance anyway (like our EVGA cards). And 99% of users are not having problems with the 3.5GB direct access VRAM "limitation", so not sure what you mean by a "real" 900 series card. I don't find spending 55% more on a card for just 10% better performance (stock for stock performance) a good deal. Apparently many others do not as well, which is why the 970 is still the #1 card for Steam users at the moment.

 
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ya , I guess ?? I see all that in the 100's of 970 thread all around .. lol .. all he has to do is go spending $$ and see how it all works out.. may work great may be in the same boat ?? that's life with a 970

good luck

''Yes, over 8 cards and 2 manufacturers. Nothing I can do to clear it up. Swapped motherboards, PSUs, clean power inverter, and all new wires.''
 
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I think the "glue" is called caulk.
 
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[I said glob of not glue ] lol...

ya, to me looks like something that can be promising to use seeing it what its for in a psu so why not in the gpu ?? really don't know ? I try to look and weed things out ahead of my buys so never found need to try it ...

thing is evga takes coil whine as a rma and will approve them . I guess that's up to the end user on how to go about that wile under full evga warrantee ?? I'd let them deal with it first hand before I did something that may kill any warrantee chances and be 100% out in the cold , but that's just me
 
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Yea its definitely the PSU. Corsair won't let me upgrade though. I have to pay to ship mine back and they'll send me a new one. They have my credit card on file so they will send the new one immediately. If i ship the old one back and it gets there within 10 business days then they don't charge my credit card. The warranty also does not increase, it is still 3 years from the original's purchase date. They said if the new one messes up they'll pay for all the shipping.

It's good to hear that 10tacle's system works so the new PSU should work but I'll keep you updated.

I appreciate all the help.
 
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What does that have to do with his PSU coil whine?
 
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I see that issue as well at some forums on this too.. thing is cant say if the psu is at fault or is the gpu at fault dragging each other down the coil whine road of thing?

you see guys replacing things and still no matter what they still get the whine with a 970

like this guy I posted above
''''Yes, over 8 cards and 2 manufacturers. Nothing I can do to clear it up. Swapped motherboards, PSUs, clean power inverter, and all new wires.'' ''

did his psu whine before the 970 was added or start after it was ??

I see more of after the 970 was installed then they find this out ??
 
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You're saying that the GPU is causing the PSU coil whine? I don't think so. Is the PSU causing GPU coil whine? Possibly if it has poor ripple. But if he hears the noise coming from the PSU, then I would certainly think it is the PSU. I realize you think it's the GPU because of other people's experiences, but if he actually hears the noise coming from the PSU, I think I'd replace the PSU. But it's up to the OP to find where the noise comes from.
 
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think what you want heres the bottom line

all this crap is well known from first release with the 970 and all issues with it that's been over a year plenty of threads - reviews - articles -what have you on it bbut yet you go ahead and buy one thinking your immune to it

so now here you are . you put your self in this predicament the risk was extra high you would be and you did it anyway .. as said you rma the car and hope you spend on parts like a new psu and hope or you drag all that around and just be stuck with it ..

knowing and seeing all that's out there on the 970 should tell you buyer beware and luck of the draw is more important then ever and you rolled the dice and got snake eyes .. nothing here should be a surprise in any way

sorry , but good luck
 
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Are you talking to me? I own an R9 390.
 
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