Hi all,

I finished building my new gaming computer recently and facing serious audio (popping, crackling, stuttering) issues as soon I start a game. These issues are appearing in both, the onboard sound device and the dedicated gameDAC from Steelseries. At least the gameDAC and its headset are fine when used on another computer.

These issues are most present when a certain load is on the computer like gaming. Watching youtube videos does not show issues.

The whole last week I tried many (unsuccessful) fixing attemps, thats why I'm reaching out for help.

A short list of the important things done so far:

- uninstall devices, update drivers, bios, chipset, etc.

- power plan set to high performance mode

- All connections/wires checked and hardware repositioned

- uninstalled all software related to audio, just re-installed Steelseries Engine for my DAC and headset

- deactivated wifi and onboard sound in bios

- Windows, drivers, nvidia software all on their latest version

I was running latencymon while gaming, as these issues are very present then. The results can be found via this link:

Log File:
latencymon.txt - Google Drive

CPU:
LM_cpu.JPG - Google Drive

Driver:
LM_drivers.JPG - Google Drive

Process:
LM_processes.JPG - Google Drive

My computer:

- Windows 10 Pro 64bit 1903 (18362.449)
- AMD Ryzen 3900x
- ASUS ROG 2080 ti
- ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (wifi)
- Seasonic Focus Plus Platinum (750W)
- 2x Samsung Evo Plus M.2
- 2x 16gb G.skill Tridenz Z Neo (@3600mhz, 16-16-16-36)

Thank you in advance for any provided help.