According to MSI, coil whine is NORMAL, and NOT a defect.

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Stuka87

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Between this and their under-powered motherboards, I think I'd stay away from MSI.

Posted from a machine running an MSI motherboard :\

I have never had any issues with MSI motherboards. And my CPU is drawing close to 155W at full load. Its rock solid stable.