audio crackling

Ever since I built my new pc with I've been having pops in all my audio ports including when sound is coming out my monitor. I can't quite figure out how to fix. It will happen randomly when listening to various audio sources and essentially. I did recieve a faulty 7950x from amazon which caused...

Hi Guys, Just put together a new build/major upgrade and I'm suffering from audio popping/crackling/scratching from the on-board sound (toss up whether to post here or the mobo forum...). It can be made very apparent by messing around with the Windows volume slider. Specs: Asus ROG Strix...