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The issue on this thread turned out to be the USB headset and not something with the PC hardware or Windows.
Pops and crackles, or either one by itself, is a common complaint. If you scan through the many posts here you will see you are not alone. Problem is, there is no "one fix" for the problem. The DPC latency tester on both of my new systems consistently runs under 100usec. One is a Gigabyte Z77X UD5H with an i7 3770 CPU that I use in my recording studio system and the other is an ASRock Z77 Professional motherboard and an i5 3550 CPU. Both have RealTek integrated sound for PC audio applications (I don't use the RealTek when the PC is used for my recording studio) and I don't have the pops/crackles problem.