Static, crackles, pops and dragging audio in Windows 7 64bit

<'sHey guys
I`ve just installed Windows 64 bit and im facing static, crackles, dragging audio, while im listening to music , or even watching a movie(in window mode) and at the same time im browsing the?internet, scrolling?up and?down. etc facebook page.
The think is , its not the sound card(i have X-FI Elite PRO)?because , i`ve tried also the onboard and still the same problem. I`ve seen this problem to many forums but no answers that are fixing the problem.
The sound is terrible.
Anyway , please help.
Thank you
?CPU :?Intel Core 2 Extreme quad-core QX9650 @ 3.0GHz
MOBO : ASUS MAXIMUS EXTREME
RAM : 4GB DDR3 @ 333 MHZ
HDD : RAID 0
SOUND CARD : X-FI ELITE PRO and SupremeFX II Audio Card
GFX CARD: NVIDIA GTX 580
PSU : 000 WATT
WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 64BIT

Hi,
Are you using a software that's called "AI Suit"? (Asus own overclock tool). If this is the case disable it or if that does not work, then uninstall the software and see if it hel
ps.
Otherwise clear cmos (see the instruction in your motherboard's manual) and load the default settings for the bios for the time-being, boot into Windows and see/hear if there is still popping/crackling sound. Also try to update the motherboard with the newest the bios, maybe it will help.
Hope this works for you,
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