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ChopperXXX

ChopperXXX

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Hi, I wear glasses and am getting a lot of discomfort from my headphones, they are a basic Plantronics headset/mic, plugged into the mobo.

mobo specs below.

I have 2 4870's crossfired, all other pci slots are free.

1) I have my 'phones plugged into the pink 3.5mm jack - is this correct, am I using the motherboard to the best of it's ability?

2) if not, can I get some recommends for cheap/good (I know usually mutually exclusive concepts) sounds card/headset combos.

looking at £50/$75 all up.


I have one of these as my mobo:

ALiveXFire-eSATA2
◾Support for Socket AM2+ / AM2 processors: AMD Phenom™ FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 / Sempron processor
◾AMD 480X CrossFire™ + ATI™ SB600 Chipsets
◾FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s), Hyper-Transport Technology and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
◾AMD LIVE!™ Ready
◾Supports ATI™ CrossFire™
◾Untied Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses
◾Supports Dual Channel DDR2 1066/800/667/533 (4 x DIMM slots) non-ECC, un-buffered memory, Max. capacity up to 16GB
◾ASRock AM2 Boost: ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5%
◾Hybrid Booster - ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology
◾1 x PCI Express x16 slot with PCIE Switch card or 2 x PCI Express Graphics slots for ATI™ CrossFire™
◾Supports PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
◾4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
◾2 x eSATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATA2 ports), support RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
◾HDMI_SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices.
◾7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
◾Supports ASRock Instant Boot
◾Windows® Vista™ Premium Logo Ready
◾Supports Windows® XP Media Center Edition
◾Free Bundle: 1 x USB bracket, 1 x PCIE Switch card
◾ASRock 8CH_eSATA2 I/O: 2 eSATA2 Ports, 2 ready-to-use USB Ports
 
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Soundblaster Audigy cards are pretty cheap but still boast considerable improvement over onboard sound.
www.soundblaster.com

As for the headset, I have a fairly comfortable one, considering glasses as well, however it is at home and I do not recall the name of it... If I remember to I will log in there and update my post with it's name, as I would recommend it for price, comfort and sound quality. It really doesn't matter what you plug into what, though, in my experience... The only rule I follow is do not use a usb headset. They are bleh IMO.

Edit: Audigy cards are regular old PCI, the smaller slots at the bottom of your mobo. They shouldn't get in the way of your GPUs unless I am grossly underestimating your cards' widths.
 
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I have just a look and some sound cards are just pci cards which is fair enough ad some have like an input/output hub that seems to occupy a dvd drive?

what do I need?

also still need some cheap/budget recommends for a good headset for someone who wears glasses
 
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Also, I checked my headset - It is the Plantronics Gamecom 307. Hopefully this is not the one you are currently using.

I wear glasses but this headset has never bothered my ears at all. Other than that, it is cheap while maintaining good sound quality and mic quality. Overall worth the money but not a furtune to find out if it will work for you or not.
 
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