Sound distortion every 20 sec on Satellite C

When listening to audio both with and without headphones, every 20 seconds or so the sound output becomes distorted for several seconds and in some cases this sound distortion also causes the computer display to freeze completely.
My PC is a Toshiba Satellite series C running Windows 7.
Any suggestions please?

>every 20 seconds or so the sound output becomes distorted for several seconds and in some cases this sound distortion also causes the computer display to freeze completely.
This looks a little bit like system freeze.
In such case some processes which are running in the system background load the CPU and this cause short system freeze.
Possibly you have installed a lot of different applications and therefore its mostly impossible to say what software could be the troublemaker at the other hand it would be interesting to know if you ever try to reinstall the system and to clean the HDD.
A new OS installation might be the key.

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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 MB
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Manufacturer:                                  Apple Inc.
Output Channels:                             2
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Transport:                                        Built-in
Yeti Stereo Microphone:
Default Input Device:                      Yes
Default Output Device:                    Yes
Input Channels:                               2
Manufacturer:                                 Blue Microphones
Output Channels:                            2
Current SampleRate:                      48000
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