Most of us who build our own PCs have at some point experienced this: you install a new graphics card, fire up your favorite game that now runs faster, and you're greeted by this weird buzzing noise. That's called "coil whine," and while it's most prevalent in graphics cards, it can also affect power supplies, AIO cooler pumps, and many other electronics. Buying pricier gear is no guarantee it won't be affected, too, which is probably why Lowell K. Wood IV (aka iBlessi) of TechFuelHQ created a community-powered database of coil-whining parts.
Anyone can submit a report to the database using this simple form here, or submit a pull request in the database repository if they're feeling fancy. The form covers the aforementioned product categories and lets the user pick out the precise brand, product version, SKU, and year. The coil whine is graded from 0 for "silent" to 4 for "audible at idle", a category that I personally would rename to "toss out the window." Reporters also get to pick out whether the issue happens at idle, load, in a game menu with uncapped framerate, or running Furmark.
