Jiberish001
I chose evga for several reasons, and to be honest I took the potential quality for granted. Even though quality was not one of those reasons, I thought it was going to be a welcomed bonus. I didn't see anyone talking about this until I came to these forums.

I still want to continue with evga, but an RMA is my only option right now, and I'm worried that I would get an even louder and possibly slower card.

I regret calling this a "whine." Others were using that word and I followed along. I think that has given people the wrong idea. If I were the first to describe this I would probably have used buzz or buzzing. But even then it needs to be said that this is only closer to a buzz than a whine. It's like when a hum of a motor begins to get higher in frequency to the point of being called a buzz instead of a hum. But it's not a hard buzz. It's a soft type of buzz. A soft buzzing that's lower in tone than a coil whine, but louder.

I've seen a few people on here that did an RMA only to get another with the same issue. If only I could see more people talking about replacements that faired better then I'd be more willing to spend the time and money to do the same. :(

Jiberish001
I've inspected under the shroud two times thoroughly, when I was disconnecting and reconnecting the pump. Everything is in perfect condition.

It's not the type of buzz from an object being hit rapidly. This is why I say it is a soft buzz and not a hard buzz. The fridge sound analogy is close too, but it's not that bad. It's a similar type of sound like a fridge condenser, but quieter and softer.

The vrm fan is great. It's an actual evga fan and super quiet and efficient. The asetek pump is just bad. I personally believe that this particular pump is one of their cheapest, and that the noise is probably due to the size of the pump's fan being too small.

Jiberish001
Admittedly "cheap" is subjective. I'm not saying it's so bad that it's flawed to the point of potential failure, or that it cannot do its job properly. The pump still seems to do a good job of circulating the water well enough, and my temps are really good under load. I just think that asetek used the smallest pump fan that they could get away with while maintaining functional quality, which in turn makes the audible quality not very good. Fans with smaller fins need to spin faster to move the same amount of water that a larger fan would move. A smaller and faster spinning fan will be more audible (with a higher frequency) than a larger slower fan. This cannot tell me how well the functional quality will hold out over time. A larger slower fan could potentially break down sooner if the build quality is bad. So just to be clear on this, the pump is doing well in its job. It's just not good sound quality wise.

ikeike
1 year on and people are still debating this. I dunno whats worst the EVGA fan boys trying to call it "coil whine" or EVGA themselves for not mentioning a word about this and acknowledging the problem. I was one of the unfortunate people that bought the 2080ti Hybrid (coming from a 980ti hybrid which was fully quiet), 1 month on i refunded it and went with the air cooled version, that's how bad the noise was. If anyone is thinking of buying the hybrid, don't, it is LOUDER than a fridge, the 1/999999999 ppl who are saying they have silent pumps have probably very low frequency sensitivity. 

ikeike
Video please. I need to see it to believe it. People have RMA’d up to 3 times and still had the same issue. I am yet to see a video of an evga hybrid STOCK which is silent. If you are lucky then you are one in a zillion lucky, I doubt the people with quieter ones exceed the ones with the stock pump noise, that’s just the way it’s designed, they do not see it as a flow, that’s the point. So i would say you are the one with the faulty pump as yours is abnormal.