I recently purchased the SC15 when it was on sale I'm liking everything so far, except for the audible coil whine coming from somewhere underneath the right side shift/enter key.  Depending on the game/stress, it can go from quite audible screeching to chirping and is loud enough to be heard over the fans at medium speed. I'm trying to get an idea on whether I should ask for an exchange or just deal with it.  The coil whine is present at stock settings, no OC.  Customer service explained they do not process RMA's/exchange requests for coil whine, but since I am still within the 30 days for return I am still able to back out if necessary.  Any input in greatly appreciated.

May I ask if and how your issues were resolved? What other types of issues did you experience with your system besides coil whine? Thanks for replying btw!

I have pretty intense coil whine on my SC17 1080 model, which I would RMA for, but I live in Brazil and is not practical.   Disabling C states in BIOS did take care of my coil whine, so I am fine with that, a little less battery life, but I don't care much for that with a desktop replacement.  Temps are a couple degrees higher only on idling, during load it is the same with C states on or off, it affects mostly idle temps and also battery life.....if you can live with that.