Asus P4PE and onboard SoundMAX

[NoVo]

I have a P4PE deluxe on its way to my door. My question to all of you P4PE users is:

Should I use the onboard SoundMax or use my Audigy (1 not 2) card? If there really is not a big difference in the two, I would prefer to not use my Audigy card.

I'm drooling about not using any add-in PCI cards (NIC and Sound).

Just want to hear some opinions on whether or not to use the P4PE's onboard sound.

Thanks in advance.

 

[NoVo]

Bump.....Are there no P4PE users out there?

Thanks

 

[KrazyIvan]

I am looking at ordering the P4PE too...

Did you get the one with 1394 and Gigabit LAN

or did you save some $$$ and leave one or both of the options out?

Where did you buy from? Did you get RAM and CPU and Case as well?

 

[KrazyIvan]

Oops... to answer your Q.

I've read many places online that unless your an audiophile the onboard sound is fine for games and mp3s etc.

 

[NoVo]

Originally posted by: KrazyIvan

I am looking at ordering the P4PE too...

Did you get the one with 1394 and Gigabit LAN

or did you save some $$$ and leave one or both of the options out?

Where did you buy from? Did you get RAM and CPU and Case as well?

Yep...I got the full-featured deluxe P4PE (Gigabit LAN, Firewire...ect).

I bought from micropc.com (I've had nothing but good experience with them). Also, I live near Pittsburgh, PA and their store is in Cleveland, OH. So, I get 1-day ground service because I am so close. Don't have to wait a week, as in the case with Newegg or Googlegear.

I paid $150.00. You must enter their website from pricewatch.com in order to receive that price.

I also bought 2 sticks of 512mb Corsair XMS DDR3500 (plan on upgrading my MB again when the Granite Bay or Springdale boards arrive and show good stability). I would have waited another two weeks to get a GB board, but I'd rather go with something that is proven fast and stable. The P4PE or any 845PE boards are proven to be both fast and stable.

I contemplated going down the 850E / RDRAM, but decided to just buy high-quality ram and wait for a good dual channel DDR board.