A good and a cheap sound card

Mir0zz · Jun 4, 2018

I'm thinking of buying a sound card for my pc, since I ordered the dt990 pro headphones. I live in Finland and if I absolutely need to order from Germany, it's possible. I don't know anything about sound cards, so what would be good ones for less than 60 euros, if something in that price range is possible. I have looked at DeLock USB 2.0 7.1 usb sound card which costs only 40euros, but I haven't found any information regarding them, so i'm concerned to buy them. Any help would be appreciated!

fredfinks · Jun 4, 2018

Id bet than any sound card thats not expensive is going to be easily outperformed by onboard sound. It has vastly improved over the years.

If its still not good enough for you then get a good DAC

RememberThe5th · Jun 4, 2018

Does your pc have PCI , not PCIE, if soo you can buy off an used xonar or Trust dx sound card which is pretty capable of driving any headphones.

Mir0zz · Jun 4, 2018

fredfinks :

I've seen people recommending amps for my future headphones which are the dt990 pros. My motherboard is the msi b350 tomahawk, and I haven't found any information regarding it's support for 250 ohm headphones.

jaslion · Jun 4, 2018

Mir0zz :

For that little money your onboard sound and a dedicated soundcard will be of the same quality. Robert does have a good idea about getting a used higher end pci one but drivers might be lacking.

Mir0zz · Jun 4, 2018

RememberThe5th :

Yes my motherboard has 2 PCI slots.

Mir0zz · Jun 4, 2018

jaslion :

Mir0zz :

For that little money your onboard sound and a dedicated soundcard will be of the same quality. Robert does have a good idea about getting a used higher end pci one but drivers might be lacking.

Ok good to know

fredfinks · Jun 4, 2018

again, if your onboard sound is not good enough for you then get a good external DAC.
Thats what audiophiles do.

JoeMomma · Jun 4, 2018

My ASUS motherboard has Realtek sound that started going bad.
I figured since I had to replace it, to go with something a little better.
The Sound Blaster Z did not disappoint. $72 Euro

https://www.amazon.de/Creative-PCI-Express-leistungsstarker-Kopfh%C3%B6rerverst%C3%A4rker-Beamforming/dp/B009RPQA2G/

gamerk316 · Jun 5, 2018

At below $100, the primary soundcard options these days are the ASUS Xonar DGX (~$30) and Creative SoundBlaster Z ($99).

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