crackling during playback but not after rendering

Cubase
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I am using Cubase Elements 10.5. I am getting a crackling sound during playback but when I render the track as an MP3 it is not there. Any ideas?
Brand new Scarlett interface and all brand new cables. No grounding issues either. Appreciate any ideas. Thanks.

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I would assume it is latency problems… try the new .12 update… if not you might need to dive deeper in your computer setup

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10.5.12? Don’t see a link on the site.

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Ahhh…never mind, found it. Thanks!

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I installed the update but it did not make a difference. Any other thoughts? I have 8GB Ram. Do I need more? AMD A6 APU with Radeon graphics. 3.60 GHZ. On board sound card.

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Looks like the Scarlett 18i20 needs more RAM than I have. Going to upgrade that and see what happens.

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Here is the solution. You can ask Cubase to alert you of processor overload. Turns out mine is too old for this application so the solution is a new computer. Ram will not help