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Thanks for the inputs. I'm suspecting the sound quality difference would not be significant between Sound Storm and Turtle Beach. I'm not sure about Audigy 2 ZS. I keep hearing a lot of good things about it.

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I'm using Logitech Z560 THX (4.1 system), which means 6.1 or 7.1 support is useless. I'm sure a card that supports 6.1 or 7.1 would be fine with 4.1 system. I don't watch any movies with my PC so that wouldn't be an issue. Besides, I wouldn't mind having 6.1 or 7.1 function for later speaker...

Santa Cruz is $43 and SB Audigy 2 ZS is $91 at Newegg. Considering the "bang for the buck", which card would be better?

I have a Asus nforce2 mobo with onboard Sound Storm and thinking about getting a separate sound card. Would I notice much improvement in both music and game sound by going to TurtleBeach Santa Cruz or Sound Blaster Audigy LS or Audigy 2 ZS? I don't think my onboard sound supports EAX. Do...

Can you get Asus A7N8X Delux (PCB 1.03) and Athlon XP Barton 2500 running at 400MHz bus (stable)? Asus website says that only PCB 2.0 supports 400MHz bus with dual channel PC3200. Also, Tom's Hardware Guide mention something similar to that. I do have 2X256MB Corsair XMS PC3200 memory chips.