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Sound card suggestion?

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dimsumXP

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I haven't been paying much to hardware for the past couple years and starting to put together a new rig. I purchased the ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus 755, and I was wondering...

1) should I consider using a soundcard to replace it's onboard sound and

2) what's the cheapest card I can get that will still be better than what the motherboard comes with?

Thanks!

 
Yoyoyahowsdajello (I hate typing your name 😀), is that card a significant improvement over onboard sound? I have a Gigabyte DS3 rev 3.3 which has Realtek 888 or Azalia, something like that. Is the onboard I have bad, or will I not be able to tell the difference between onboard and dedicated if I use cheap Logitech x 230's?
 
Unless you have issues with the onboard, I would say don't bother upgrading the card with x-230s as the output device.
 
I have some Creative/Cambridge DTT2000 5.1 speakers I got a long time ago.

So what's the verdict? Don't jack with onboard sound?
 
You can if you want to, but if you're serious about increasing your sound quality, getting a good pair of speakers or headphones would be a bigger improvement.
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
You can if you want to, but if you're serious about increasing your sound quality, getting a good pair of speakers or headphones would be a bigger improvement.
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I wholly concur. 🙂
 
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