Issue of GTX defective possible 660

Hi all.

Two years ago, I bought this alienware X-51, specs are:

Intel Core i5-3450 3.10 GHz
8 GB RAM
64 bit
Model: Andromeda-R5
NVIDIA GTX 660

My first two months were going smoothly, he ran quickly without any problem, warm up time after boots were a little slow, but I could bear it.
2 months later, a problem with my sound had appeared from nowhere, whenever I play modern games they seem to make a noise "Crackle/jumping' through my TV. I am a technical help and I went to Realtek instead of Nvidia drivers. and it fixed my problem. While trying to solve this problem, I decided to upgrade my card to the latest drivers. Shortly after, another problem came in. This issue has been much worse, on each game/program, including Internet Explorer the computer freezes and to make it worse, a humming noise which seems itself adjusted up to whatever program made a noise. I tried the following...

Reinstalled drivers
Roll back for older drivers
Reduction in clock speeds
C: Disk Cleanup
Clean my PC of dust (which worked for about 1 month and 2 weeks)
Change USB ports
Change of the HDMI connectors
Many others I can't even remember

I'm left with two options:

(1) try to remove the Nvidia 3D and HD Audio Driver display driver.
(2) swap my GTX 660 for a GTX 960

The problem is that I don't want to take the risk of £150 for a possible solution that might not work.

So my main question. Replace my card for a better work?

Any help would be appreciated

Thank you very much
Jason

(BTW, my card was ran out of warranty)

I fixed my problem by replacing my old 660 GTX with a 960...

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