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Any 5.1 PCI soundcards that don't use the MIC plug?

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Staz

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I have a new 5.1 speaker system, but also use a mic quite often. Problem is every 5.1 sound card I have seen uses the mic port as one of the speaker plug-ins. I need a 5.1 sound card, under $60, that has the 3 speaker plugs, plus the mic plug. Any recommendations?

I know I posted this already in the peripherals forum, but after doing so, realized this probably belongs here instead.
 
I always thought that the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy cards had separate jacks for the microphone and the outputs. My Audigy 2 ZS does, but I thought the other Audigy cards did as well.
 
my audigy 2 platinum has the mic plug in front so it doesnt use it for speakers it actually has several input plugs i love it
 
Problem is those are very expensive cards. The most I could afford is get the Audigy 2 Value edition, does it have seperate jacks too?
 
There are quite a few on newegg. Go to this 6 Channel . Most of the ones with 5 or more jacks on the back strap have separate input jacks for both mic and line. And most are well under $60. including the Creative SB Live!.
My last few mobos have had at least 5 jacks plus SpDIF out and sometimes SpDIF in.

.bh.
 
Problem is my 5.1 speakers need to plug in 3 jacks, one for front speakers, one for rear speakers, and one for the sub/center speaker. That's 3 input jacks besides my mic one. While many cards have 5 jacks, some of those 5 jacks have other uses, leaving only 2 input jacks, thus the mic input is transformed into the 3rd jack for 5.1 speakers. This I can't have as I need 3 jacks PLUS the mic.

While my Nforce2 board does have seperate Rear and Sub jacks, they don't appear to be working correclty. Will have to fiddle with them, but was wondering if there were any 5.1 sound cards out there that had dedicated front, rear, and sub/center inputs as well as a mic jack.
 
I went ahead and got this 7.1 card from Chaintech. It was inexpensive and looks like it has the ports I need. Thanks for everyone's help.
 
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