CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER 7.1 AUDIGY SE vs onboard Audio

[targaryen]

Hey guys,

I got a small problem with the sound on my system. I'm currently using the onboard audio of the Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP.
When I have my headphones on(I use them around 90% of the time) I can hear a constant buzzing sound. I used to have them connected on the front IO ports, but when I moved it to the rear IO the buzzing was reduced to almost not there. ALMOST though. It's a little annoying.
I was wondering, is it normal, is it fixable? If I use a cheapish sound card(CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER 7.1 AUDIGY SE) will I get rid of the buzzing? I know I will not get better sound quality with a card like this, I just want the buzzing to go away.
Oh, my headphones work just fine on my ps3, no buzzing at all, in case you're wondering.

Thanks guys. Can't wait to read your thoughts.

 

[ohim]

Try to remove the cable that sends audio to the front of your case and see if that cable was the reason to pick up interferences from components inside your case.

I personally use an Creative X-Fi Audio Extreme PCI express sound card, and on my new system when used in the PCI-E 1x slot above my GTX 760 i was getting a buzzing sound that changed in intensity depending on what i was doing, after that i moved the sound card in a slot below the video card and the buzzing sound disappeared.

If the thing with the cable doesn`t help, you could try moving the video card in another slot, but i doubt that will be of any help. You could try getting a dedicated sound card but i wouldn`t recommend the Creative ones... driver support is rubbish, go for some Asus Xonar cards instead.