pcnthuziast
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Every pc I've built in the last decade has the same issue to varying degrees and I have spent years trying to figure it out. Audio pops, clicks and stutters. There are 3 common denominators. All were running windows, the same anti virus (tried a clean install with no av and same issues) and same house so same outlets and electricity. I have done every bit of troubleshooting you can imagine and everything came up empty. Like dpc latency for example, my pc isn't perfect, but these issues can happen any time, even when the dpc latency is below 100 on latencymon which should be ideal in general. All my machines could always pass any stability test like memtest or prime 24 hour runs error free. I'm finally starting to consider external causes, like the electricity in my house. Can dirty or unstable power cause or at least be part of the cause for something like this? If so, what hardware do you suggest?
UPS?
Iso transformer?
Power conditioner?
AVR?
UPS?
Iso transformer?
Power conditioner?
AVR?