Hearing the difference is not the matter.
Integrated sound uses the CPU to process the sound. Most sound cards use their own DSP (digital signal processor) to do that.
Getting a sound card will free up the space in your CPU that you were going to use to process the sound. Now with a processor like he's getting, you probably won't notice a speed difference. But down the line as games get more demanding you might need that extra space in the CPU.
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