Need help with noise in Home Studio setup please

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Hello, I'm setting up a home studio. I have two laptop's: Sony VAIO and HP. The Sony is the newest, but when I try to record generates a lot of hiss. I bought an Interface Scarlett 2i4 and and Microphone TLM 103. All cables are high quality. The problem is, when I record in both computers, there are noise (more than normal).
I would like to know what is generating the noise. I'm really interested in work with the Sony one, but I was reading about that recording noise is a general problem as result of its thin size. Is there any way to avoid it?

I record in Sony Vegas, Sound Forge band Adobe Audition.
Additionally, I'm going to connect an Avalon VT 737 SP and a couple of studio monitor.

May be the interface is the problem, and I should buy another, but before go to return it to the store I would like to know what could be a good solution to fix this problem please?
 
I am going to take a stab at this, you may want to wait for others to give a better answer, but with few details, my hunch would be your gain is pretty high. First mistake I made when starting out is working about the input source being "strong" enough. Make sure you have a good signal, try reducing your gain and see if that doesn't clear up the hiss.
 
Actually, I replaced the drivers and now the noise isn't there anymore but appreciate the advice and help!
 
Be sure to watch your buffer settings, Presonus seems to like buffer rates lower than 512 and even 512 could cause problems depending on the load, so if you are hearing noises, you might try increasing the buffer size.
 
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