• Reviews around coil whine (1.00 of 5)

    MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC)

    • I've tried four 1080's so far, and I even tried a RX 480.(EVGA FTW had most coil whine - returned)(MSI ARMOR still had an annoying coil whine
    • I have no coil whine
    • I've tried four 1080's so far, and I even tried a RX 480.(EVGA FTW had most coil whine - returned)(MSI ARMOR still had an annoying coil whine
    • you have poor airflow over the backplate).Cons: Have to hope you don't get a card with bad coil whine
    • returned)(ASUS STRIX gets kinda hot and a bit noisier, but had lowest coil whine of the bunch - until I picked up a GAMING X)(the XFX RX
    • Hardware is good with no coil whining and fairly good thermal management with a blower set up.
    • If burning in a card actually has great effect at silencing a card, then I can't say I'm not happy to pick a card that already starts out with faint coil whine noise
    • Now I understand why people complain on a coil whine, toxic fumes, manufacturer support etc. etc
    • just runs really hot and noisy - if there's a bit of coil whine, then it's drowned out by the blower fan)--I ended up going for the MSI GAMING X, and this one has much more pleasing coil whine characteristics
    • Both cards had a lot of coil whine, and have done this on two different power supplies
    • Has some coil whine, gets better after a week of usage
    • I guess there's a few effects produced that can be heard as coil whine
    • Expect a coil whine when the usage increases!
    • They haven't made many revisions to the product yet, so coil whine is going to happen.
    • The NZXT Kraken G12 paired with a Corsair H75 allow me to push this card as hard as I please, and I've yet to see a temp higher than 60 celcius
    • The NZXT Kraken G12 paired with a Corsair H75 allow me to push this card as hard as I please, and I've yet to see a temp higher than 60 celcius