Hi guy's, Just had a question I've had 4 g1 gaming gtx 980s in the past few years all had coil whine at 50+ fps even heard one of them when scrolling on the Internet. My PSU is the Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 - 850W Power Supply with 80 PLUS Silver. I have had this Psu since 2012ish. Could it be this power supply that is affecting it? I have heard coil whine from the power cord at the back of it also. Should I get the EVGA 850w supernova. Would this change of psu maybe decrease the coil whine from my card's or any psu that may decrease the coil whine. I recently baught a new 980. I have replaced it once already and it has the same coil whine as the one I currently have. So may it be the Psu? I just hate RMAing them again and again, so maybe it might be my Psu instead. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated thanks. It's this card http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16814125696
Look at my PSU, and I still get coil whine @ high FPS with a 7970... I'm not entirely sure really, but I don't think the PSU your problem. I'll wait for others to reply regarding this issue though.
The PSU isn't causing it on the GPU. Coil whine is perfectly normal. I agree it is annoying and my last 3 cards had it but only at extremely high fps. Luckily my 980ti doesn't have it. If it bothers you that much then RMA but the chances of getting another one that also has coil whine is pretty high.