sound card?

Bsrz

Bsrz

Rising Star
ok I have my pc build allmost sorted however Im woundering if I will need an upgraded sound card or will the standerd 7.1 surround sound do?
I want awesome sound quality from the logitech z906 speakers as well as my headset, when playing games and listening to music. any advice would be appreciated thanks.
 
Toxophilix

Toxophilix

Bright Spark
Why not try the onboard sound and then get a dedicated card if you decide it's needed? Easy upgrade to fit yourself.
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
To get the full benefit of high end speakers or headphones a sound card is the way to go.
I have the Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium,a lot better than onboard,but I have a few problems with it and wouldn't recommend it to be honest.
 
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tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
I have a sound card :) awesome :)

erm, is yourt sound system via optical cable? (spdif?) cause if it is, then you may as well get a half decent card that gives you Dolby Digital 5.1 in games!

A quick google of the logitech speakers suggests it is digital, so I'd strongly suggest you go for a PCI-E sound card, (would sit above your top 680)
-Asus DX OR better, I have this, works a treat and only 50 quid!
-Creative recon 3d or better.

Also what CPU cooler are you going for? If you look at my new pics, you can see my asus dx and how it just fits under my cpu cooler.
 
Bsrz

Bsrz

Rising Star
Hi tom the cpu cooler im going for is the super quiet 22dba tripple copper heat pipe intel cpu cooler as I do not trust water cooling :) not on a £2300 system anyway!
and you raise a good point over the connectivity of the speakers, if I can use optical i will :) so maybe i will get the creative recon 3d professional or champion :D
 
Bsrz

Bsrz

Rising Star
I guess it will just take some time working out which sound card is for me any comments on the cpu cooler? will it be sufficient for my extreme build? i7 quad core 2 gtx 680s 4gb etc
 
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niklad

Active member
i'm adding a creative soundblaster zx card to my 1 month old system tonight (have been waiting for it for a month, and didn't wake up when royal mail tried to deliver on saturday!!)
The new Z,ZX and ZXR cards from creative are supposed to be very good, and are not bugged by crappy drivers (as creatives past reputation is famous for) so may be worth a punt. I'll let you know what i think of it after i've installed it.
(the z card oem is retailing at £56 at the moment, a steal!)
 
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niklad

Active member
I've installed the card and currently have mixed feelings. The sound is fine and is "different" to the on board sounds on my sabertooth z77 board, not entirely sure if its better for music at this point. The sound for games is certainly much better. I do have to say that the onboard sound nowadays is very good. My old computer had an Audigy 2 ZS platinum pro soundcard which was excellent and i would say the ZX is as good.

What I would say is it is probably worth getting the Soundblaster Z (if you dont need the external audio module.....only good if u put headphones into your pc a lot and like to be able to change the vol of the headphones using that dial) as you can get the OEM card for about £50 which is a steal.

Still i think i need to play around with the equaliser settings etc for music before i judge the card. Certainly if you have digital speakers they are better.
 
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