great sound card with headset stereo/5.1 vs onboard sound card with headset great 5.1/7.1 headphone

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arvinzd

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Recommend me something plz..
I thought like asus xonar|gaming headphone vs onboard|great 5.1/7.1 gaming headphone
Maybe an entry level asus xonar,
My budget for these are below $100 maybe a little more like $120
And the headphone should be wireless,except the cable won't strangle me when i turn around 360º.
For gaming
 
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Most boards have pretty good on-board sound. I use a 10 year old Creative Labs 7.1 speaker system with my on-board sound that's fantastic. They don't sell the speaker system any longer. Everything seems to be 5.1 any more. Does your motherboard offer surround sound? If so, I'd just go with the 5.1 speaker system off the motherboard and use surround headphones.

For surround headphones, I use Logitech G35s that are wired. They offer great 7.1 positional audio. There's a wireless version, the Logitech G930 that offers the same great sound for only $10 more right now. I would not hesitate to pull the trigger on these if your in the market or surround headphones for gaming.
 
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The audio setup I generally recommend at the low/mid range:
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar DG (~$30)
Headphones: Audio Technica m50 (~$120) or Audio Technica AD700 (~$100)
or
Headset: Skullcandy Slyr (~$80) [Haven't personally owned, but I've heard good things)

Other options:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/534479/mad-lust-envys-headphone-gaming-guide-updated-3-11-13-lcd2-entry-updated

If you want surround audio out of headphones/headset, just enable Dolby Headphone via the soundcard. Much better then using a "real" surround headset.
 
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arvinzd

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So you mean i better buy a stereo headphone,then enable dolby surround,than buying ultimate real 5.1/7.1 headphone? I really don't know any thing about sound system.
 
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Headphones: The m50 is bass heavy and misses mids. So I recommend Shure (SRH440).
 
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My mobo didn't support surround sound(realtek driver blabla3) i planned to build a new rig exactly,so i still don't know what mobo will i buy,and i don't know what mobo support surround 5.1 or 7.1. So you mean dedicated sound card (like asua xonar,xfi creative) won't make much difference?
 
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If you are an audiophile that can tell the difference between CD and mp3 sound, need crystal clear music on vinyl, or otherwise, or this PC's purpose is to be a digital audio workstation, get a separate card.

Though, since the purpose of the PC is for gaming, get a motherboard that has surround sound on-board and get the headset I recommended. This way, you can hook a 5.1 speaker system up to your motherboard and have surround when not using the headphones. The G930s are a good gaming headphone solution.
 
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The way I think is if you plan just to use a pair of headphones then use your onboard sound...because a sound card won't be worth your while.But if you plan to pick up a 5.1 system a sound card is the only way to go. There so much debating about onboard or a dedicated sound card and which one is better..I'll make it clear would you use onboard video pose to a video card well the same goes for sound..So give up the idea about onboard sound..
 
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