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Will getting a dedicated sound card help me remove the "coil whine" what i hear in my headphones when playing on high fps's?

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You can get a external one to avoid electrical interference completely.`

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no, you just need to cap out the fps in the software

It could be his motherboard causing electrical interference, that may help but it will be a issue in competitive games.

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no, you just need to cap out the fps in the software

When i cap it at 145 it still coil whines. I need the 144 fps for my monitor.

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Internal sound cards are mostly a waste of money, get something external like a DAC/AMP combo or only a DAC if you have headphones that are easy to drive.

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get an external one, they are better and they can amplify ur noice

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Internal sound cards are mostly a waste of money, get something external like a DAC/AMP combo or only a DAC if you have headphones that are easy to drive.

I got Kingstons HyperX's

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Internal sound cards are mostly a waste of money, get something external like a DAC/AMP combo or only a DAC if you have headphones that are easy to drive.

an internal sound card is a DAC

they are the exact same thing

and most sound cards have a built in amp as well

 

you dont need a sound card to be external

having a sound card in a PCIe slot already removes the EMI from the motherboard

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an internal sound card is a DAC

they are the exact same thing

and most sound cards have a built in amp as well

 

you dont need a sound card to be external

having a sound card in a PCIe slot already removes the EMI from the motherboard

That is true, but an internal sound card does not always remove all noise. 

Also, drivers can be a huge problem with them and they are known to be buggy/crashy. 

So I'd rather go with something external. 

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I got Kingstons HyperX's

Just a DAC would be fine then. 

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are you using front or rear audio?

Tried both they both coil whine but i mostly use the front.

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That is true, but an internal sound card does not always remove all noise. 

Also, drivers can be a huge problem with them and they are known to be buggy/crashy. 

So I'd rather go with something external. 

it removes almost all EMI

unless you are using studio quality audio equipment there will be no difference from an external DAC

a good quality sound card that wasnt made 5 years ago will have perfectly fine divers

 

never had any issues with my xonar DG and it removed all audible EMI my onboard sound had

of course the front panel audio still has emi since it passes behind the motherboard though

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it removes almost all EMI

unless you are using studio quality audio equipment there will be no difference from an external DAC

a good quality sound card that wasnt made 5 years ago will have perfectly fine divers

 

never had any issues with my xonar DG and it removed all audible EMI my onboard sound had

of course the front panel audio still has emi since it passes behind the motherboard though

It depends on the sound card of course, my Xonar DG is causing bluescreens and all kinds of weird stuff. 

Something external is plug and play and in addition doesn't block airflow to the GPU. 

Also, it 100% eliminates all EMI whereas an internal sound card maybe doesn't. 

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It depends on the sound card of course, my Xonar DG is causing bluescreens and all kinds of weird stuff. 

Something external is plug and play and in addition doesn't block airflow to the GPU. 

Also, it 100% eliminates all EMI whereas an internal sound card maybe doesn't. 

unless you use a digital connection to your receiver or speakers you will never remove 100% of EMI

or XLR, that also works

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Have you tried different headphones as well?

Only ones with usb those doesn't do it. Because usb.

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Only ones with usb those doesn't do it. Because usb.

 

Yeah, because the DAC is external with USB. You obviously need something, so set a budget.

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Yeah, because the DAC is external with USB. You obviously need something, so set a budget.

Budget would be something like 30-40€

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