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The 1500 is a USB headset, so it has it's own soundcard built in, so buying a soundcard will not make any difference.

Do you have a laptop or someone else's computer you can plug your headset into to try. Good way of ruling out if it is a headset or a pc/settings problem.

Have you muted the mic and line in options under your headset playback options? My 1500 always used to hiss and buzz because Windows liked to turn these setting back on every so often randomly. Go Sound Options > Playback devices > 1500 Properties > Levels > mute the mic and line in options...

Less mainstream option available with 3K screen, desktop cpu and 970m for pretty reasonable price: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/octane-15/

Let us know how it performs, seems very reasonably priced if it has good build quality and well designed cooling.