Moonman1969
I feel like its just something you have to live with at this point sadly. My FE 2060 whined, and the two evga 3070s ive had have also whined. Changed my PSU last year since it was getting old and it made zero difference. Even my motherboard VRMs whine like crazy when my cpu boosts. Seems to be unavoidable these days with these high frequencies.

rjohnson11
What country are you located in? If you are in North America try plugging your PC into another power outlet that is not on the same circuit as the one you use now. A surge suppressor with filtering might also help, but it's not guaranteed. 
 
If you feel it is definitely bad coil whine with the GPU contact EVGA tech support and see if they believe an RMA is needed. 

Moonman1969

frankd3
I'm an old guy and have had several pc's, built 4 of them, with different brands of gpu's (mostly EVGA) and I have never heard coil whine.
Currently have 2 - 3090 Ti's that I have installed separately, no sli.
 
Could it be because I have always used a quality surge suppressor with filtering?
If so that would be the number one recommendation for people suffering from it.

what kind of surge suppressor do you have? any particular recommendations?

BizSAR
As I mentioned in the other thread (glad you started a new one), my 3090Ti FTW3 Ultra doesn't whine, it SCREAMS once it warms up above ~60C.
It's powered by a new (maybe 20 hours in) EVGA Supernova 1300 P+ PSU.
I'm connected to a CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD sinewave UPS. Connecting directly to the wall makes no difference.
I tried an RMA, but the refurb card I got was just as bad, if not worse. 
At this point, I'm resigned to dealing with it as-is since it supposedly doesn't hurt the performance or longevity of the card.
I have heard reports of the whine/SCREAM possibly lessening over time with card use, but for now I and anyone within 20-30 feet of me at a LAN will just have to deal with it, I guess.
The card is connected to the PSU with the PerFE 12-pin to 2-8-pin power cable. I guess I could try the 12-pin to 3-8-pin power cable...anyone of you with the whine try a different power cable?

darli328
I posted a previous thread more geared towards PSU requirements for the EVGA 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra (24G-P5-4985-KR) and it ended up morphing into coil whine since I'm experiencing that with a brand new card from day one.  In an effort to get more eyes/feedback on coil whine specifically I figured I'd try a new thread.  But, if this is too much of a duplicate post please feel free to delete it.
 
Setup 
EVGA 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra 
EVGA supernova G3 1000W
EVGA Z390 FTW
9900K
NH-D15
2 M.2 drives 
Some SATA SSDs, case fans, keyboard/mouse, etc
 
I’m getting some very noticeable coil whine in pretty much every game I’ve tried from my GPU. Even when capping the frame rate, it’s still there. But, the pitch does change.
For example, even if I cap the warzone frames in menu to 30 FPS the coil whine is there and will change pitch as I increase the frame rate cap. Basically the same in game too.  
My previous card was an EVGA 3080 and had almost zero coil whine with the same setup listed above.
In my limited research I've read that basically GPU coil whine is caused (or can be caused) by the PSU (and other components in the system).
 
Basically I'm curious if anyone who has experience GPU coil has changed their PSUs with success in eliminating or reducing it?  And, what PSU did you go with?  What GPU did you have?  
I'm looking at an EVGA P2 1200W, P3 1200W, EVGA P+ 1300, or a Seasonic PX 1300 as my next PSU to try.  But, am open to any ideas at this point.
I could wait for a newer PSU with the 12VHPWR connector if anyone smarter than me thinks that would help reduce or get rid of the coil whine.

BizSAR
As I mentioned in the other thread (glad you started a new one), my 3090Ti FTW3 Ultra doesn't whine, it SCREAMS once it warms up above ~60C.
It's powered by a new (maybe 20 hours in) EVGA Supernova 1300 P+ PSU.
I'm connected to a CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD sinewave UPS. Connecting directly to the wall makes no difference.
I tried an RMA, but the refurb card I got was just as bad, if not worse. 
At this point, I'm resigned to dealing with it as-is since it supposedly doesn't hurt the performance or longevity of the card.
I have heard reports of the whine/SCREAM possibly lessening over time with card use, but for now I and anyone within 20-30 feet of me at a LAN will just have to deal with it, I guess.
The card is connected to the PSU with the PerFE 12-pin to 2-8-pin power cable. I guess I could try the 12-pin to 3-8-pin power cable...anyone of you with the whine try a different power cable?

jdec112016w
Not a lot of people know this but, as HeavyHemi suggested, over time of use there is actually a break in time for GPUs, (like other electronic components), its internal workings. I even had a TV do that years ago, made a buzzing noise that went away after use. A PSU can do the same thing. It is possible the more you use it the coil whine may lessen and go away completely. It has to do with the applied resins/parts they put on the GPU in the first place. Over time the components heat up, cool down, repeatedly, then somewhat set. It may be why your 2nd one is actually worse, it is new again, you were used to the coil whine of the 1st one you returned, after you used it for a while. I not sure about maxing your new GPU out though, as in "breaking in the GPU with a good thermal soak at full load for an hour or so", I would suggest normal high end use, overstressing it can damage it, lessen its life span. Yes, so called "dirty power" can affect any electronic device. But that does not seem to be your problem. Heavy-duty protections, including OVP (Over Voltage Protection), UVP (Under Voltage Protection), OCP (Over Current Protection), OPP (Over Power Protection), SCP (Short Circuit Protection), and OTP (Over Temperature Protection), my PSUs specs kind of make a UPS irrelevant under normal working electricity conditions, except for the backup power. But you only have a 1000 watt PSU, correct. How old is it your PSU? And you are getting coil whine noise but otherwise the GPU with your monitor is working OK? Frame wise, loss etc.? I will be back on here tomorrow, OK. I am in Indiana USA.

darli328

jdec112016w
Not a lot of people know this but, as HeavyHemi suggested, over time of use there is actually a break in time for GPUs, (like other electronic components), its internal workings. I even had a TV do that years ago, made a buzzing noise that went away after use. A PSU can do the same thing. It is possible the more you use it the coil whine may lessen and go away completely. It has to do with the applied resins/parts they put on the GPU in the first place. Over time the components heat up, cool down, repeatedly, then somewhat set. It may be why your 2nd one is actually worse, it is new again, you were used to the coil whine of the 1st one you returned, after you used it for a while. I not sure about maxing your new GPU out though, as in "breaking in the GPU with a good thermal soak at full load for an hour or so", I would suggest normal high end use, overstressing it can damage it, lessen its life span. Yes, so called "dirty power" can affect any electronic device. But that does not seem to be your problem. Heavy-duty protections, including OVP (Over Voltage Protection), UVP (Under Voltage Protection), OCP (Over Current Protection), OPP (Over Power Protection), SCP (Short Circuit Protection), and OTP (Over Temperature Protection), my PSUs specs kind of make a UPS irrelevant under normal working electricity conditions, except for the backup power. But you only have a 1000 watt PSU, correct. How old is it your PSU? And you are getting coil whine noise but otherwise the GPU with your monitor is working OK? Frame wise, loss etc.? I will be back on here tomorrow, OK. I am in Indiana USA.

I have an EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G3, 80 Plus Gold 1000W.
Originally purchased in November of 2018.
However, I RMAed it in January of this year due to the fan making a clicking sound,
EVGA customer services was great, and sent me another PSU.
Same model EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G3, 80 Plus Gold 1000W
Same part number Part Number: 220-G3-1000-X1
Just different serial number, so my guess is it’s a new PSU. I’ve had it installed since January of this year.

Frame rate and my monitor.
I haven’t noticed anything other than performance improvements over my previous 3080. Everything seems to be working fine, other than the coil whine. My 3090 ti is even a little cooler temp wise than my 3080. My guess is due to the larger cooler.
And, to be clear I had basically zero coil whine with my 3080 with all the same parts (PSU, motherboard, monitor, etc).
I’ve had the 3090 ti installed for less than a week.

Regarding the break in, any suggestions? Maybe I missed something earlier but I’ve tried time spy and port royal stress tests but those only take 20 minutes to so. My guess is I need something that heats up the card for hours?

darli328

BizSAR
As I mentioned in the other thread (glad you started a new one), my 3090Ti FTW3 Ultra doesn't whine, it SCREAMS once it warms up above ~60C.
It's powered by a new (maybe 20 hours in) EVGA Supernova 1300 P+ PSU.
I'm connected to a CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD sinewave UPS. Connecting directly to the wall makes no difference.
I tried an RMA, but the refurb card I got was just as bad, if not worse. 
At this point, I'm resigned to dealing with it as-is since it supposedly doesn't hurt the performance or longevity of the card.
I have heard reports of the whine/SCREAM possibly lessening over time with card use, but for now I and anyone within 20-30 feet of me at a LAN will just have to deal with it, I guess.
The card is connected to the PSU with the PerFE 12-pin to 2-8-pin power cable. I guess I could try the 12-pin to 3-8-pin power cable...anyone of you with the whine try a different power cable?

I just tried the PerFE 12 pin to 2 - 8 pin cable and still have the same coil whine.
I’m going to switch back to the 3 - 8 pin adapter and try burning/breaking it in with Kombustor next. After that I guess I’ll try a new PSU.

BizSAR
Thanks for the updates, darli328. Following this with interest.