{"video_id":"HP73edpQwgc","title":"Coil Whine Explanation & Demonstration Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2013-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":167,"segments":[{"start_s":7.24,"end_s":13.48,"text":"now coil wine is something that I've complained about and talked about a lot","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.88,"end_s":18.8,"text":"on lineus Tech tips in general but I don't think I've ever actually","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.52,"end_s":21.519,"text":"demonstrated what it is so this is a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.8,"end_s":26.88,"text":"graphics card this is a 7970 reference card and my observation with the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.359,"end_s":30.32,"text":"reference cards for 7970 has been that there's a fair amount of coil wine so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":28.64,"end_s":36.399,"text":"I've had a lot of people kind of well suck it up Princess um so I but I think","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":33.92,"end_s":39.84,"text":"I should leave it to individual users to decide if it's something that will","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":37.96,"end_s":43.52,"text":"bother them or not bear in mind guys this card is on a test bench it's not","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":41.879,"end_s":49.079,"text":"installed in a case right now so the case will help to reduce some of this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":46.039,"end_s":51.039,"text":"noise and it's particularly offensive if","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":49.079,"end_s":55.16,"text":"you do have a high sensitivity to high-pitch noises whereas if you don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":53.359,"end_s":59.12,"text":"have that sensitivity then coil wine is a lot less bothersome once you have it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":57.879,"end_s":65.64,"text":"there's really not a lot you can do about it some combinations of power supplies can help um that's that's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":64.04,"end_s":70.159,"text":"pretty much it like some power supplies will react worse with the power delivery","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":68.439,"end_s":74.08,"text":"system on a particular video card and cause it to wind more or less um but","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":72.64,"end_s":79.08,"text":"that's pretty much all there is to it so what I'm going to do is I'm going to position the graphics card itself uh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":77.6,"end_s":84.64,"text":"about as far away from the microphone as my voice is now so I'm going to turn my mic","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":82.28,"end_s":89.2,"text":"around very ghetto solution for doing that okay sorry about that guys so I'm","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":87.04,"end_s":93.84,"text":"going to position the mic right there and I'm going going to launch a game in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":91.759,"end_s":100.479,"text":"this case it's not a particularly demand demanding game this is Halo","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":96.88,"end_s":101.64,"text":"1 see there you go there's some Halo 1","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":100.479,"end_s":107.079,"text":"and I'm going to let you guys listen to the noise and you all can decide what","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":103.52,"end_s":107.079,"text":"you think of it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":120.64,"end_s":127.28,"text":"so this is why I don't like coil wine it's particularly bothersome in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":124.64,"end_s":131.28,"text":"applications where it fine-tunes its whininess to whatever you're doing so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":128.92,"end_s":131.28,"text":"check this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":139.8,"end_s":145.959,"text":"out so you can see it actually corresponds to my movement so there you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":144.239,"end_s":150.319,"text":"go guys that's coil wine that's what it sounds like there's not a whole lot you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":147.36,"end_s":155.239,"text":"can do about it unless it's really really bad uh you usually won't get an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":152.599,"end_s":158.319,"text":"RMA for it so um just try and find a card that you know doesn't really whine","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":157.12,"end_s":165.4,"text":"if you think that that kind of thing will bother you thanks for checking out this episode of lus tech tips and don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":161.92,"end_s":165.4,"text":"forget to subscribe","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"now coil wine is something that I've complained about and talked about a lot on lineus Tech tips in general but I don't think I've ever actually demonstrated what it is so this is a graphics card this is a 7970 reference card and my observation with the reference cards for 7970 has been that there's a fair amount of coil wine so I've had a lot of people kind of well suck it up Princess um so I but I think I should leave it to individual users to decide if it's something that will bother them or not bear in mind guys this card is on a test bench it's not installed in a case right now so the case will help to reduce some of this noise and it's particularly offensive if you do have a high sensitivity to high-pitch noises whereas if you don't have that sensitivity then coil wine is a lot less bothersome once you have it there's really not a lot you can do about it some combinations of power supplies can help um that's that's pretty much it like some power supplies will react worse with the power delivery system on a particular video card and cause it to wind more or less um but that's pretty much all there is to it so what I'm going to do is I'm going to position the graphics card itself uh about as far away from the microphone as my voice is now so I'm going to turn my mic around very ghetto solution for doing that okay sorry about that guys so I'm going to position the mic right there and I'm going going to launch a game in this case it's not a particularly demand demanding game this is Halo 1 see there you go there's some Halo 1 and I'm going to let you guys listen to the noise and you all can decide what you think of it so this is why I don't like coil wine it's particularly bothersome in applications where it fine-tunes its whininess to whatever you're doing so check this out so you can see it actually corresponds to my movement so there you go guys that's coil wine that's what it sounds like there's not a whole lot you can do about it unless it's really really bad uh you usually won't get an RMA for it so um just try and find a card that you know doesn't really whine if you think that that kind of thing will bother you thanks for checking out this episode of lus tech tips and don't forget to subscribe"}