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ok i'm looking to upgrade my onboard sound and i want to get the cheapest sound card that is better than my onboard. aparently some cards can decode eac 3 and 4, i dont know much about this stuff but i have 5.1 surround sound(z640) and i want everything to sound just a bit better.

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hi
i do't know which one is the cheapest sound card,
but almost every card will sound better than your onboardcard.
better get a card that can be connected to 5.1speakers.

Reply to bacis

Do you have good speakers? Bad speakers will make any soundcard sound bad. Make sure you have a good set of speakers first.

Reply to sturm

I gots the Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 SE, I think it's called, for $28 Canadian (about $25US). It's nothing fancy but the sound is way better than my onboard sound, which had a booming bass on the default settings that would rattle my dishes ( I have 12" woofers). The Audigy had nice clear balanced sound right out of the box. I primarily bought the soundcard to use it's coaxial digital output as I was getting the dreaded speaker hummm using the normal onboard connections. Not sure about the EAC stuff. Audiophiles will poopoo this card and say you need the $80 XiFi or whatever, but it works for me!~

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ok i'm looking to upgrade my onboard sound and i want to get the cheapest sound card that is better than my onboard. aparently some cards can decode eac 3 and 4, i dont know much about this stuff but i have 5.1 surround sound(z640) and i want everything to sound just a bit better.



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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6829102010

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6829102002

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6829102011

Reply to halcyon

i second the 3rd one, but if you really want cheap check this one out!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829180001

cheapest on the 'egg, now of its going to be better than our onboard sound or not...

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