{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "dataset_id": "rog-astral-rtx-5080-oc-coil-whine-owner-observation-2026-08-13",
  "title": "ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC owner coil-whine observation",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "published": "2026-10-03",
  "observation_type": "owner_observation",
  "license": {
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "spdx_id": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "consent_confirmed": true,
    "attribution": "TechFuelHQ — ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC owner coil-whine observation (CC BY 4.0). https://techfuelhq.com/data/gpu/rog-astral-rtx-5080-oc-2026-06-09/"
  },
  "source": {
    "type": "owner_report",
    "issue_url": "https://github.com/iBlessi/coil-whine-db/issues/1",
    "issue_number": 1,
    "submitted_at": "2026-08-13T09:16:33Z",
    "author_role": "owner_of_reported_unit"
  },
  "subject": {
    "component_type": "gpu",
    "brand": "ASUS",
    "model": "ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC",
    "exact_sku": null,
    "purchase_year": 2026,
    "unit_relation": "Same owned physical unit as the TechFuelHQ ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC bench dataset"
  },
  "observation": {
    "severity": 1,
    "severity_scale": "0-4 anchored subjective ordinal",
    "severity_anchor": "audible with an ear at the case",
    "load_context": "menu-uncapped-fps",
    "listener_position": "ear at the case panel",
    "location": "St. Louis County, Missouri, United States",
    "psu_used": "EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 GT",
    "fps_cap_tested": true,
    "fps_cap_changes_it": true,
    "fps_cap_response": "Any frame cap removed the faint electronic whine.",
    "reported_idle_state": "silent",
    "reported_gaming_state": "silent",
    "reported_notes": "Quiet card overall: silent in gaming and idle. A faint electronic whine appears only in uncapped game menus where FPS runs away; any frame cap removes it. Judged with ear at the case panel, St. Louis County MO. Same unit as the TechFuelHQ Astral 5080 bench dataset."
  },
  "method_limits": [
    "This is a subjective owner listening observation, not an acoustic measurement.",
    "The source report provides no audio recording, sound-pressure-level reading, microphone distance, or noise-floor reading.",
    "The source report does not name an exact card SKU, game, or frame rate.",
    "This single-unit observation does not estimate prevalence for the model or for other units."
  ],
  "community_dataset_relation": "This export republishes the same owner report recorded as issue 1 in the separate TechFuelHQ Community Coil Whine Census. It is not a second census report."
}