Recommendations for a 100$ budget

[Atreyroon]

Hi I'm in the process of my second build, I've done a little research on sound cards, but I have been unable to determine what separates sound cards within my budget. If anyone can recommend a good sound card and a brief explanation I would be more than grateful. Thanks in advance.

 

[Devastator_uk]

What is the main use of the card? gaming? music recording? other?

 

[Atreyroon]

85% of time spent on gaming. I am mainly looking for a good quality sound card within the price range of $90.00-$110.00. I'm just having a difficult time understanding the difference between a $70.00 card versus a $125.00 card (other than $55.00), and how it would effect the sound in-game. Any advice and insight would be more than helpful.

 

[merlinbadman]

The Creative X-fi Extreme Gamer is a good middle of the road card for gaming. It should allow you to run high audio settings.