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JohnJSal · 12-14-2007, 11:50 PM

I've been doing all kinds of research on other components but I've completely neglected the sound card so far. Can someone give me some advice on what kinds of things I need to look at when choosing one? For example, which are the best brands, what the different amount of "channels" mean, if I should get PCI or PCIe, etc. I'm clueless.

I'll mainly use it for playing music and games, but even still, I only plan to get a couple of small speakers (probably not even a subwoofer, just left and right). I don't need this to be a big production or anything, but I at least want something that will be good if I choose to expand later with fancier speakers.

Here's my initial find: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102017

Thanks.

12-14-2007, 11:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
JohnJSal Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hoboken, NJ Age: 28 Posts: 527	How do you choose a sound card? I've been doing all kinds of research on other components but I've completely neglected the sound card so far. Can someone give me some advice on what kinds of things I need to look at when choosing one? For example, which are the best brands, what the different amount of "channels" mean, if I should get PCI or PCIe, etc. I'm clueless. I'll mainly use it for playing music and games, but even still, I only plan to get a couple of small speakers (probably not even a subwoofer, just left and right). I don't need this to be a big production or anything, but I at least want something that will be good if I choose to expand later with fancier speakers. Here's my initial find: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102017 Thanks. Last edited by JohnJSal; 12-14-2007 at 11:55 PM.