Audio popping issue

[Maeklos]

So why are there reports of i7 having those issues? Or even consoles? Would be nice if you could elaborate why you are certain that it is 100% an issue with the FX series.

Ryzen, too. There's a whole slew of chipsets that are having issues. If I had to guess, I'd say it's down to these chipsets being very common in North America, fairly common in the EU, and not common in Japan, hence why they weren't among the hardware sets tested.