Hi guys,
I have a problem with my 2.5 year old EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Black Edition gpu card.
I removed it from my previous corsair 900d build last aug and installed it into my new corsair 1000D super build but i have awful coil whine and loud hissing noise when i fire up a game or benchmark tool.
While it was my 900d build it was quite as a mouse at max settings on any game, even valley benchmark at max everything looping for a couple of hours had no whine or hissing.
But now in my new Amd 5900x plus rog x570 board it whines none stop, the hissing is so loud and annoying.
i am still running my Corsair ax1200i p/supply and cables.
 
Any ideas guys, or should i rma it.
My son has the same card bought at the same time and he has no issues
 
My build
Corsair 1000D
AMD 5900X Cpu
Corsair 64gb ddr4 vengeance ram
Asus rog crossfire formula x570 board
Corsair AX1200i p/supply
Evga 2080 super black edition Gpu on a Linkup Gen 4 pci express riser cable (running on gen 3)
21 Corsair LL fans
 
Gpu sounds the same if it is in the main m/board slot or connected via the riser cable.
 

by your post, it seems the MB is the variable that causes the GPU whine issue ... not the GPU or PSU
 
Are you using the same wall outlet/UPS/surge strip - when testing the different MBs ?
 
Did you set the PCIe slolts in BIOS to "Auto" or PCIe 3.0 ?  try changing & see if it makes any difference

for clarity:
 
many newer MB with PCIe 4.0 (or better), need the PCIe slots set to 3.0 manually, in BIOS, known to cause other issues with older 3.0 PCIe GPUs if left in Auto
 
(abbreviated your first post)

stargatesg1
 
While it was my 900d build it was quite as a mouse at max settings on any game, even valley benchmark at max everything looping for a couple of hours had no whine or hissing.
But now in my new Amd 5900x plus rog x570 board it whines none stop, the hissing is so loud and annoying.
i am still running my Corsair ax1200i p/supply and cables.
 

 
 
Again, if the card works without whine in your old CPU & MB ... and the new CPU & MB causes whine ... there is no guarantee that RMA of GPU is going to fix the issue. 
 
We do not know what the issue is, we do know it is directly tied to your new CPU & MB combination - as you used the same PSU in both rigs
 
What about the Nvidia driver ?  did you use the same driver? have you tested other Nvidia drivers?
 
Did your previous rig have a bottleneck, caused by your old CPU & MB ? 
 
Are your FPS higher in the games you play with the new CPU & MB cobo? 
 
Have you tried frame limiting settings?
 
Any reports on the games boards, of others having issues with these games & whine ?

stargatesg1
 
At the time of writing this, my son is in his room on destiny 2 on his identicle 2080 card plus same ram and Asus X570 board running Amd 3900x cpu and a Corsair 1000w p/supply.
My card sounds the same in his rig but his is quite in mine.

 
Well that is very important information for your RMA .... swapping GPUs & the whine always follows the GPU
 
RMA time