4 ms·How is the coil whine? I hear "Dell XPS" these days and all I can think of is coil whine...by aorth 9y agoHow is the coil whine? I hear "Dell XPS" these days and all I can think of is coil whine...pvdebbe 9y agoHeh. My Dell, not XPS but something-something whines in such a manner it sounds like it had an HDD trashing inside. I got fooled quite many times before gotting used to it.bhouston 9y agoI did not notice this and I tend to be a fairly heavy user.