Finish touch - Need speakers

[RoamDog]

Would like to get some decent speakers for my daughter's rig. Definitely do not need recording studio quality but also want something better than the cheapo-generics that I use. I think she would like a 5.1 set-up. Would like to stay under $100 if possible, but am flexible if there is an amazing deal on something that is just a tiny bit more $$ than that.
Can you recommend a set of speakers that provides good bang for the buck?
Primary use will be music.
She will also use them for some limited gaming.
And it is possible that she will watch a movie or two (but this would be infrequent).

System that they will be used with:
1. Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
2a. CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2.4GHz Socket 939 89W Single-Core Processor Model ADA3800DAA4BW - OEM
2b. Heatsink/fan for the CPU: Cooler Master HyperTX2
3. Memory: OCZ Platinum 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K - Retail
4a. Video card: Asus ATI Radeon HD3850 515MB 2DVI/HDCP PCI_Express
4b. Video card heatsink/fan: (just whatever the stock fan on the card is)
5. Primary hard drive: 2X Seagate ST3160023A-RK 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - Retail
6. Additional hard drive(s): Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3400633AS-RK 400GB SATA
7. Primary optical drive: NEC ND-3520A
8. Additional optical drive(s): MadDog MD-16XDVD9
9. Power supply: Antec 400W that comes with the case
10. Case: Antec SX1040BII
11. Monitor(s): Dell UltraSharp 2001FP LCD Monitor
12. Operating System: XP today (Vista tomorrow)
13. Mouse/keyboard: generic


Optional stuff
1. Memory-card reader: N/A
2. Video-capture card and/or TV-tuner card: N/A
3. Audio card: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2ZS
4. Speakers: ???
5. External hard drive: N/A
6. USB flash drive: N/A
7. Headphones: None
8. Printer: N/A
9. Scanner: N/A
10. Graphics tablet: None
11. Uninterruptible Power Supply and/or surge supressor: N/A
12. Additional IDE controller: Rosewill RC-200 PCI IDE (ATA) Silicon Image RAID (0/1/0+1/JBOD) Host Controller Card

 

[Synomenon]

If primary use is for listening to music, you'd be better off with a 2.1 set. Klipsch makes some good ones, but not sure on their price. The Logitech Z2300 is good too.

 

[PurdueRy]

5.1 for $100? I cannot recommend any set for that price.

 

[TC91]

you should be able to grab a logitech x-540 5.1 system for around 70cad / usd if you really want a 5.1 set. i have not used the x-540's so i cannot comment on them personally.

 

[CKent]

I have a 5.1 Gigaworks set (the good ones, back when they were rebadged Cambridge). If I could go back I'd get a quality 2.1 set, probably Klipsch Pro-Media Ultras. I think surround sound is ridiculously overrated, and I game and watch movies quite a bit using the 5.1 set. YMMV.