Please help, very simple question: is coil whine dangerous/a serious problem?

Kevin Weinberg

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I love my MSI GTX 980 TI. But I have very loud coil whine.

This is NOT a problem as far as noise is concerned, because 99.9999% of the time I'm using my headset when the card is in action and I don't even hear it anyway. So I'm COMPLETELY unconcerned with the sound of it: I'll never hear it.

It was only by chance I heard it this time and realized that, at some point since June, when I got it, the card makes a hiss-like noise when it's in action. Almost like a tea pot blowing off steam lol.

Is this harmful to the card? Do I NEED to RMA it? Or if the sound doesn't bother me, am I okay?