Onboard mobo sound or dedicated sound card?

grimreaper

grimreaper

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Been using a Creative X-Fi Sound Blaster Extreme Music sound card for about a few months.
Then I bought evga's 780i motherboard.
I decided to remove the sound card, and use the onboard SPDIF to my Pioneer 7.1 receiver via optical digital cable and I'm amazed.

So...what would you use and why?
 

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    custom of course...
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    Intel Quad Q9650 3.00GHz
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    EVGA 790i Ultra 3-way SLi
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    OCZ NVIDIA SLI Ready 8GB DDR3 1800MHz @1.9V
    Graphics card(s)
    BFG GeForce 280 GTX OC EditionX2 SLi'd
    Sound Card
    SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro Series
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    Samsung 52" 1080P LCD HDTV (LN52B550)
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    1920X1080
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    2XWestern Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black Hard Drive - 1TB
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    ThermalTake ToughPower 1200watt W0113RU
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    Logitech cordless Y-RAJ56A piece of ****
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    D-Link DGL-4500 Extreme N wireless router ...siiick:) 2XSamsung SH-S223Q/BEBN SATA LightScribe 1XLG GGW-H20L super-multi Blu-Ray burner Belkin UPS F6C1500TWRK Pioneer 7.1 Channel HDMI Receiver (VSX-9130TXV-K)
grimreaper said:
Been using a Creative X-Fi Sound Blaster Extreme Music sound card for about a few months.
Then I bought evga's 780i motherboard.
I decided to remove the sound card, and use the onboard SPDIF to my Pioneer 7.1 receiver via optical digital cable and I'm amazed.

So...what would you use and why?
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Hey Grimreaper!

Sounds like you have a killer setup for sound. (I won't say what I'm using ;)).

If it were me and the onboard sound system is working great, then I'd stay with the onboard system. If you change your mind in the future, you can always add the external back in.

Best of luck with your new mobo :party:
 

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System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q6600 Quad Core 2.4 Ghz
    Motherboard
    Dell 0TP406
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    4 X 1 GB DDR2 Kingston 800 Mhz
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    Nvidia 8800 GT 512 MB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    3360x1050
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    320 GB Internal Main 500 GB USB External 160 GB USB External 2TB USB External
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    DSL 3MB
hey, thanx 4 the response.
i think i will leave it this way until Creative makes a product that has optical output built in, which doesn't cost so much.
I'm pretty sure Creative has something like this, but you're looking @ a few bucks.:)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    custom of course...
    CPU
    Intel Quad Q9650 3.00GHz
    Motherboard
    EVGA 790i Ultra 3-way SLi
    Memory
    OCZ NVIDIA SLI Ready 8GB DDR3 1800MHz @1.9V
    Graphics card(s)
    BFG GeForce 280 GTX OC EditionX2 SLi'd
    Sound Card
    SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 52" 1080P LCD HDTV (LN52B550)
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    2XWestern Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black Hard Drive - 1TB
    PSU
    ThermalTake ToughPower 1200watt W0113RU
    Case
    Thermaltake Armor 6000BWS
    Cooling
    ThermalTake MaxOrb CL-P0369
    Mouse
    Logitech G7 Laser Cordless mouse black - niiice:)
    Keyboard
    Logitech cordless Y-RAJ56A piece of ****
    Internet Speed
    10 Mb/sec DL - 1 Mb/sec UL
    Other Info
    D-Link DGL-4500 Extreme N wireless router ...siiick:) 2XSamsung SH-S223Q/BEBN SATA LightScribe 1XLG GGW-H20L super-multi Blu-Ray burner Belkin UPS F6C1500TWRK Pioneer 7.1 Channel HDMI Receiver (VSX-9130TXV-K)
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