I am betting the answer is going to be "Shouldn't be a problem", but I thought I would ask anyway for those in the know where technical problems go.
So I got a new PC a couple months ago, it's a Dell XPS 8700 i7 4th Generation PC with 8 GB's ram, I upgraded it to 16GB's ram.
Anyway, It come with a Nvidia Video card, Geforce GT 720. The PC itself comes with what sounds like some pretty good Intel Graphics built in without the Nvidia card, or all I really need.
First off, I use a Toneport KB37 to record with 1 instrument at a time, I had a problem with static and pops and clicks and realized that my problem "I thought" was using an extra long USB cable "One that did not come with my KB37, and in fact it was like 10 feet longer" so I figured there was a voltage drop because the KB37 is powered via the USB port, I thought that fixed the problem, seemed to at the time, but now every now and then I am still having the problem of a frying sound with my audio. So I disabled the Nvidia Sound drivers, and the onboard sound drivers and anything but my KB37 sound drivers.
What I am wondering is, since I don't play games on my PC, I am starting to wonder if this NVidia Video card that come with my system is taxing my system more than it is helping it for audio recording?
I have this problem recording "1 TRACK ALONE" and nothing else. It's not all the time, just some of the time. I thought it might be an electric problem EMF's or something like that so I got a power strip bar that is supposed to be industrial and block it, but that didn't seem to help.
Hardware for PC's is not my area, Software I can do, but I have been wondering if this might possibly be the case?
I hope I explained what's going on correctly, just thought I would ask. I really hate to start removing things from my PC just to find out if something might be the possible source of my problems.
Reason I am asking is, I am wondering if anyone else has thought of Video cards taxing the system when they aren't really needed and such things. I hope I explained this right..
Thanks for any replies.