So I got the new skylake 6700k, 980 ti by Gigabyte, PSU, RAM, and liquid cooling.
I've gone through many Z170 boards:
2 matx Gigabyte boards
Asus VIII Gene
Returned ALL hardware, got ALL new hardware (cept GPU, that works 100% fine on previous build no issues)
Got the Asus VIII Hero
Got the Gigabyte Gaming 7
new ram again which works great
new psu again (will test it with a PSU tester soon, but should be good)
All have static audio issues.
The Gigabyte boards have it constant under CPU or HDD/CD Usage, unless you turn off the EIST/C State power savings in BIOS, but still get it a little. 5.1 speakers work 100%, but using ANY headphones, I get the constant static and extra static under CPU/HDD usage, or moving the mouse. Even uninstalling the audio drivers, headphones give off this hissing/beeping interference noise. Yes I've eliminated interference, plus my previous build works 100% fine with the speakers/headphones in the same exact spot, even used the 980 TI and worked great. The front audio port gives off extra static, where as the motherboard back panel port gives it off minor, but it's still there. I've moved wires, and made sure everything is plugged, no avail. I used the OC software to OC to ANYTHING reasonable, then the static popping wouldn't be there much, it was so minor.
Then The two Asus boards both were fine with headsets, but the 5.1 speakers gave a static pop for the first second any audio played. So whenever an audio channel "opens" it would introduce it with a static pop. Headphones worked fine though.
How weird is this? I've tried so many bios settings, so many windows settings, using the boards without the GPU, switching ram slots, using one/two sticks, moving cables, different ports/speakers, testing elsewhere, using my previous build PSU (works 100%) on the new components
No matter which board I get, there's audio issues, and in different ways. I've tried different BIOS's, different drivers, the latest drivers, etc etc etc
FEW other people seem to be having this issue among a couple boards.
Can anyone clear this up? Who has any of these new Z170 boards, and has used 5.1 surround as well as headphones without an issue? I'm pretty sure I've tried it all... My next step is to try to use the MSI Z170 board.
I've gone through many Z170 boards:
2 matx Gigabyte boards
Asus VIII Gene
Returned ALL hardware, got ALL new hardware (cept GPU, that works 100% fine on previous build no issues)
Got the Asus VIII Hero
Got the Gigabyte Gaming 7
new ram again which works great
new psu again (will test it with a PSU tester soon, but should be good)
All have static audio issues.
The Gigabyte boards have it constant under CPU or HDD/CD Usage, unless you turn off the EIST/C State power savings in BIOS, but still get it a little. 5.1 speakers work 100%, but using ANY headphones, I get the constant static and extra static under CPU/HDD usage, or moving the mouse. Even uninstalling the audio drivers, headphones give off this hissing/beeping interference noise. Yes I've eliminated interference, plus my previous build works 100% fine with the speakers/headphones in the same exact spot, even used the 980 TI and worked great. The front audio port gives off extra static, where as the motherboard back panel port gives it off minor, but it's still there. I've moved wires, and made sure everything is plugged, no avail. I used the OC software to OC to ANYTHING reasonable, then the static popping wouldn't be there much, it was so minor.
Then The two Asus boards both were fine with headsets, but the 5.1 speakers gave a static pop for the first second any audio played. So whenever an audio channel "opens" it would introduce it with a static pop. Headphones worked fine though.
How weird is this? I've tried so many bios settings, so many windows settings, using the boards without the GPU, switching ram slots, using one/two sticks, moving cables, different ports/speakers, testing elsewhere, using my previous build PSU (works 100%) on the new components
No matter which board I get, there's audio issues, and in different ways. I've tried different BIOS's, different drivers, the latest drivers, etc etc etc
FEW other people seem to be having this issue among a couple boards.
Can anyone clear this up? Who has any of these new Z170 boards, and has used 5.1 surround as well as headphones without an issue? I'm pretty sure I've tried it all... My next step is to try to use the MSI Z170 board.