Yeah you need 2 8pins, so 2 6+2's should be good.

Hi Adger, I've had the graphics card for almost 2 weeks now, I think I have 28 days to return it to Ebuyer. I had originaly a 1080 ftw on order from Amazon but they still haven't had it in stock yet and I'd been waiting almost 2 months so I got fed up and ordered a 1070 ftw from ebuyer instead. I had been hoping Amazon would get the 1080 ftw sent out to me soon and perhaps  it would have had less coil whine but no luck yet and I'm running out of time to return the 1070 to Ebuyer. I'm not sure about returning it as I'm worried I might get a card with worse coil whine and/ or other issues (Everything is pretty much fine except for the electric buzzing and coil whine) People on here say they get coil whine but they don't say if this still happens with vsync on capped at 60fps, I wouldnt mind if I had coil whine with vsync off since I always play games with it enabled on my 60hz hdtv.

If you do get a 1070 ftw let us know how it goes :) hopefully you get a card that isn't too bad.

dasa43
my 1070sc only has coil whine at high fps
gets rather loud when overclocked for benchmarking
but at stock clocks with 60fps cap i dont hear it
may be a problem if i had a 144hz monitor

I honestly couldn't tell you whether I have coil whine with my 1080 SC or not. The machine itself is watercooled, and the fans are quiet enough, but some work computers on the other side of the room make enough background noise that I've simply never noticed. Which means for me, whether I have it or not, it's irrelevant. I also always have either headphones or loud speakers on when gaming, so even if it did produce coil whine that could be heard over the fans, I'd still never hear it.

I do believe people who say it can be a problem with some machines, but it's not a problem I've ever experienced, with any of my computers or video cards, ever. 

To the OP: enjoy your new card!

DarkStarchild
 
Hi J0NOX, That's not good to hear. Amazon have just dispatched my 1080 ftw (its arriving in a day or 2 and I will compare it with my 1070 ftw. The EVGA super nova G2 850w is the power supply that I have. My coil whine problems started when I brought and installed that power supply (changed from OCZ ModXstream) < Note that PSU does not have 2x 8pin graphics card plug recquired for 1070 / 1080 FTW. 

If you do get the EVGA super nova G2 850w PSU Please keep in contact and let me know how it goes with the coil whine/ electric buzzing as I'm starting to believe my PSU is making the noise worse. Sure the 10 series nvidia cards have some noise issues but maybe that PSU is making it worse. 

Yea my normal desktop is fine also. The noise happens when gaming at 60fps for me too (even the slightest load)

Oh, so you have the EVGA supernova G2 850 PSU and still have the coil whine buzzing?...I'm feeling doubtful a new PSU will help me now.
 
I'm going to be taking my computer down to my local computer shop tomorrow and gonna throw some things in and out to see if it makes a difference to the coil whine.
Prob try putting the 1080 into one of the owners machines and see if the coil whine is still present. If all else fails and the whine is still there, ill prob be looking at getting a replacement.
 
All in all, the luck of the draw seems to play a big part with these 1080's.
 
I'll keep you posted once I know more.

My 1070 sc has coil whine, only with vsync off though, with vsync on it seems to not whine much at all. It's more like a buzzing noise not really a high pitched whine type noise. Have a EVGA G2 750w psu that I literally just got not long ago. Seems it's really 50/50 like others have said. Have tried burning it in with valley benchmark for about 7 or 8 hours, didn't really make a difference. I'm probably just going to keep it though, there is no advanced rma option in Canada, only an option to pay full price for another and then get your money back...don't have that cash :S. Good luck. 

 
I've never had any coil whine on any of my cards, or PSU's. I've had several.

DeathSOA
My 1070 sc has coil whine, only with vsync off though, with vsync on it seems to not whine much at all. It's more like a buzzing noise not really a high pitched whine type noise. Have a EVGA G2 750w psu that I literally just got not long ago. Seems it's really 50/50 like others have said. Have tried burning it in with valley benchmark for about 7 or 8 hours, didn't really make a difference. I'm probably just going to keep it though, there is no advanced rma option in Canada, only an option to pay full price for another and then get your money back...don't have that cash :S. Good luck. 

Hi DeathSOA, Yea my 1070 FTW with Vsync on 60fps is more like a buzzing/ electric razor sound (sound gets louder when I equip a sword in Elder scrolls Oblivion or use a skill in Battleborn games or just move around looking at different objects in the game - Same with Witcher 3)

With vsync off the sound is closer to a whine and the buzzing is there but louder.

DarkStarchild

Tweaked
Just got my 1080 SC, and so far, no coil whine. Very happy so far.

Do you get a electric buzzing sound (like an electric razor) coming from where the two pcie cables connect on the graphics card? I'd be happy with my 1070 FTW if I didn't get that sound. Mine wont't go away even with vsync on.

No noise whatsoever as far as I can tell. But then again my car has very thick doors and gold in the nose very well.

MagicBee
I just ordered my EVGA 1070 SC via Ebay (on 10% discount). Will test this upon arrival and update here if there's any whine.
 

Ok, would be great to hear back from you. See if you get the noise with or without vsync (at 60fps) enabled. Also if it makes a electric buzzing sound, like an electric razor near where the pcie connections go on the graphics card.

I'm trying to find out if some of these noises is normal for the 10 series Nvidia cards.

Thanks

Greetings
My last evga card was gforce 8600 I believe. The card I upgraded from was an MSI GTX 570 twin frozr iii. So now I have a glorious evga gtx 1070 FTW with...coil whine. It only comes up during benchmarks and maybe some gaming. Most of it is dulled by my ATX case. 
I contacted support and they say maybe it's your PSU, Motherboard, try it on a different PC. Ok...should I have a whole spare build for testing? lol 
My PSU is a brand new EVGA 650w Supernova P2 (platinum!), I bought an adapter for my older 600w Seasonic PSU just to test it on another PSU and the card still made buzzing noise.
I don't have motherboard for further testing.
 

Heard buzzing when firing up division without vsync on only hear it if i tilt my head certain way and its just to low volume to be annoyance, never noticed it before i think probably cos its gotten a lot colder now then usually, think if heard same buzzing in the past on my gtx 480 but it never bothered me.

Tried listening very closely to my 1080 FTW under several different conditions (case panel off, gaming, benchmarks, idle) and don't hear any coil whine.  None at all.
 
I do have a very good PSU though, a SeaSonic XP2 860 watt Platinum.
 
But maybe I just got lucky.

Hi all OP here.. i said id update and here i am.
Put the FTW in bout 5 hrs ago,ive done plenty of benchmark tests (Firestrike,Valley and Heaven Benchmark 4.0) and im very impressed.
Coil whine yes i do have it but..its very,very slight,i only have it in GPU intensive stuff benchmarks, GTA V,Witcher 3 etc ..and im only on a Corsair TX650 PSU.
Boosted to 1987Mhz without touching anything. after a slight OC +40 on the core clock and +45 on the memory clock ,and a custom fan profile it boosts to 2025 and 4050 on the mem.
I haven,t even touched the power limit. Eats games for breakfast runs everything beautifully on my U2715H Dell 2k ultrasharp. I7 4790K cpu
Anyway to cut a long story short im very very happy with this card..it oozes class. The packaging,the folder that comes with it with your bits and bobs in ..everything just looks so good.
This is my 1st EVGA card..it wont be my last, im seriously looking at upgrading my warranty already!! just to stay with this company. A few Pics of benchmarks if thats ok.

 
 
 
 
Ive received so much helpful advice on my questions from forum members and also EVGA staff. For that i thank you all.
EVGA you,ve a customer for life..
All the very best
Adger
 

hapkiman
Tried listening very closely to my 1080 FTW under several different conditions (case panel off, gaming, benchmarks, idle) and don't hear any coil whine.  None at all.
 
I do have a very good PSU though, a SeaSonic XP2 860 watt Platinum.
 
But maybe I just got lucky.

Well, I've got a 1080 FTW and it started "whining" this evening. Two things happened this night though. First I bought and installed a new monitor - ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q, running at 165 Hz. I played some games after that and I don't think there was any coil whine then, but then my SeaSonic XP2 860W Platinum just died out of the blue. The PC shut down and did not show any sign of life. Luckily I still had my old Corsair CX750W (a really cheap bronze grade one), so I put the old back in and the PC powered up without a problem. However, now when I get into a game and it starts running over 80+ frames, the coil whine begins and it gets progressively worse, the worst being at 165 fps. So the cause is either running games at fps above 60 (my old monitor was 60 hz v-sync on), or the lower quality PSU, or both. Can't really tell right now. I will wait for my replacement PSU and see what happens then. The coil whine is really annoying at 165 fps though and that is sad because I want to utilize my new monitor to its full potential.

Adger
Hi all OP here.. i said id update and here i am.
Put the FTW in bout 5 hrs ago,ive done plenty of benchmark tests (Firestrike,Valley and Heaven Benchmark 4.0) and im very impressed.
Coil whine yes i do have it but..its very,very slight,i only have it in GPU intensive stuff benchmarks, GTA V,Witcher 3 etc ..and im only on a Corsair TX650 PSU.
Boosted to 1987Mhz without touching anything. after a slight OC +40 on the core clock and +45 on the memory clock ,and a custom fan profile it boosts to 2025 and 4050 on the mem.
I haven,t even touched the power limit. Eats games for breakfast runs everything beautifully on my U2715H Dell 2k ultrasharp. I7 4790K cpu
Anyway to cut a long story short im very very happy with this card..it oozes class. The packaging,the folder that comes with it with your bits and bobs in ..everything just looks so good.
This is my 1st EVGA card..it wont be my last, im seriously looking at upgrading my warranty already!! just to stay with this company. A few Pics of benchmarks if thats ok.
 
 
 
Ive received so much helpful advice on my questions from forum members and also EVGA staff. For that i thank you all.
EVGA you,ve a customer for life..
All the very best
Adger
 

 

Woot another EVGA customer for life.
 
Glad to see your sorted out  Adger
 
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