How to rip console game music with my laptop

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It's been a while since I posted here but I have a question. Ever since I got my usb sound card to use with my laptop everything has been great except that recently I've noticed something. Before I start to recording and select the line in option, there is already noise interference. Yes, I do use the noise reduction to remove the noise but you can still slightly hear it if you listen closely. I've uploaded a wav file so you can hear the noise interference I'm experiencing while recording and I also uploaded a track in which you can still hear a light hiss in the background. You really can't notice the light hiss in songs that have a lot of instruments playing but in a fairly quiet song like the one I provided you can hear it. I'm a real audiofile when it comes to my own rips so I was just wondering if maybe my sound card is the one to blame for the interference being transferred from my laptop to the recording. Another thing is that the interference gets worse if say I start to browse some folders in my laptop or anything that requires my laptop to do something. Maybe getting the Sound Blaster Audigy NX 2 will solve the problem for my laptop? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

That's exactly what happens when I use my microphone on my laptop. The one that's built into it, that is. I haven't tried plugging one in the port yet. The line-in doesn't make any processor noises, but if you want to know what I do to remove all noise, it's this:

Unplug the power cord (This creates massive noise when plugged in)

Minimize your recording program while recording is in process (As someone mentioned before, if your processor is overloaded, you'll be hit with lag. The realtime visual waveform writing seems to be the culprit)

Record direct from source (Well, this actually isn't a laptop-only problem, but thought I'd mention it anyway. Cutting out the middleman is a good idea since receivers/amps/whatever tend to create a small amount of noise.)

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And I also believe laptop recording can be done- you just need a laptop with a reliable constant power source which doesn't get too hot, and that has a 2-2.5 + GHz processor/512+ MB RAM (and a good sound card too of course).

Yup. My specs actually fall a little below what you recommend there, and my rips turn out just fine (I don't care to game on my laptop).

EDIT: Whoa, just reread the topic and noticed that you are using an external sound card! Well, not that that's bad, but it can create a whole new load of variables. Questions: How is it powered? Through it's own power supply, or through the computer? Also, which type of USB is it? 2.0, I'd hope. From what I've read, transfer speed doesn't seem to be an issue though.

(One more thing: Have you tried searching and updating the drivers for the soundcard built into your PC yet? Which also reminds me, do you remember to disable your built in soundcard while using the external one? Y'know, to avoid device conflicts or other undesired effects.)

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, muting it just means the sound wont come out of the speakers, doesn't stop it from processing or anything like that. Computers are fairly fickle things, so maybe going under your device manager and disabling your on-board sound card will help out. Or not.

Based on what you've said earlier, it sounds like your computer just is prone to creating a lot of noise. I mean, you have an external sound card, and there's still noise, right? Noise that sounds like computer processing. I still don't exactly understand how a line-in recording could be interfered in that manner (a microphone, I get), but it sounds like something is bleeding from your computer into the line going to your sound card.

You have tried unplugging your power source when recording, right?

There's nowhere I can't reach.