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Club3D 280X Coil Whine? Trade it in for 770?

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  • 280x
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May 16, 2014 2:23:38 PM

Hello,

recently I have purchased a Club3D RoyalQueen 280X. Sadly enough it had coilwhining. I traded it in for another Club3D RoyalQueen 280X, but the coilwhine on this graphic card is even worse.

Should I go for a GTX 770 or just another brand AMD card, because this sound is horrifying! Is there anything that I can do to fix it? Can it be a PSU problem maybe, like a bad brand or not enough watt? Here is my build:

CPU: AMD FX 8320
GPU: Radeon Club3D 280X
MOBO: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0
HDD: Samsung 1TB
SSD: Crucial M500 240GB
PSU: Corsair CX600M
Case: Cooler Master Elite 310

Thanks, and any advice is welcome!

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May 16, 2014 3:00:58 PM

It's not unheard of for a PSU to cause coil whine, and the CX series is one of the lowest quality PSU's that Corsair makes. I don't have enough confidence to recommend you to upgrade your PSU though.

Either way, the GTX 770 would be a small upgrade. You would gain a few features, like Shadowplay, but also lose Mantle (but I don't know if the 8320 even needs mantle?).
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May 16, 2014 3:04:12 PM

The 8320 takes less advantage of Mantle than the 6300 and APUs. So I'd say it's worth it, but try to pinpoint where the coil whine is exactly coming from. My current system had really bad coil whine under load when I was playing BF4 (Corsair AX860) but after about a week of use the coil whine went away.
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May 16, 2014 3:08:34 PM

Bought the PSU a few weeks ago and cant trade it in anymore, so I would have to buy a new one in that case. I wouldn't choose a 770 because it's a better graphic card, just really need to get rid of this coilwhine. I just can't enjoy gaming while hearing that annoying sound.
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May 16, 2014 3:18:56 PM

How would I pinpoint where the coil whine is coming from?
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