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Everything about this setup is amazing to me. The desk, the office, the high-dpi screen, the fanless nature: awesome. I wonder though is there any risk of coil whine?



There always is, though with desktops you can hand-pick the PSU and mainboard (and graphics card if using a dedicated one) to not have the whiny kind of inductors. Or you can add ambient noise, or listen to music :)


is there any research that says something like a platinum or gold rated PSU will always or most of the time not have any coil whine? same for high-end or quality capped motherboards? or is it a fundamental thing in all electronics and we just don't hear it over the fans and other ambient noise?




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