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Yes I must admit that the spike only having affected the audio is sorta odd but not out of the question.
Now I know I am going over old ground again but what is indicated in the Device Manager for the Realtek?
Now as for the GPU's i don't know much about them to be honest I was just thinking one heavy duty job as opposed to two lighter ones and so free up the space for the sound card. I know you can spend a fair bit of money on graphic cards and it really is a toss up between an expensive GPU or an expensive motherboard.
But just see what is in the DM for now.