What is the best budget sound card???

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What is the most budget sound card but with decent or higher audio quality,and do sound card make a huge difference rather than on-board,and if so can i use 5.1 surround system with 7.1sound card??
 
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Geekwad

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Depends on what you're comparing it to. What are your current system specs now, and what speakers/receiver/headphones are you hoping to use?

And yes, a 5.1 system works just fine with 7.1 equipment (you just don't use all the outputs).
 
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The onboard sound from this Gigabyte motherboard is good enough to play classical music through my hi fi system without wincing. It is not as good as my $500 CD player, but it is good enough to enjoy the music.
The 7.1 sound card that I bought for $35 for my old PC was OK as well

My advice is, don't buy an expensive soundcard unless your speakers and amp cost as much as your PC!!
 
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My advice would be to try with what you have and see if you like it. Board audio isn't what it used to be, and a decent current board will make most people happy (at least in my experience).

Professional recording equipment is usually what puts people over the edge to go with pro-cards (true audiophiles being the exception), but unless your equipment is extremely high-end.....you're probably not going to notice an appreciable difference.
 
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