Add in cards with full feature mobo

[eaadams]

I have an audigy, is it worth puting in the P4B533-V as the mobo allready has sound? lighted cpu load?
What about NIC, seems the internal nic has all these weird intell items runing in the backround.

 

[Wolfsraider]

this is debatable i suggest you listen at a local shop as everybodys ears are different

my opinion is i hate built in sound but thats biased from an older system and in gaming the audigy rocks

as for the nic i like my intel pro but i really can't tell a difference over built in as i have both

if the intel stuff running in the background bothers you then by all means change it

hope this helps
mike

 

[TheCorm]

If you have the free slots and don't have any immediate plans for them then I say go with the expansion cards, particular where the soundcard is concered. On the network card side it's up to you really, for the systems I build for home/business networks I use onboard lan 99% of the time and find it just as fast.