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How good is my motherboards audio?

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  • Motherboards
  • Sound Cards
  • Audio
  • Intel
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August 29, 2014 3:40:30 PM

Hello , sorry for the noob questions , but i would love to hear your opinions on this.

I have this motherboard "Intel BOXDZ77BH55K LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI, DP, SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard" ( btw what is the best way for me to refer this motherboard as? i am a noob and do not know what are all the important details on it " also here is a link to it , were i bought it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E168...
Also . some one said it is NOT a Realtek ALC892 , but it is actually a ALC898 which i think is better...do you think that is true( that its a 898 )?

I am wondering all this stuff because i am getting a 7.1 headphone ( astro a40 complete system neon yellow , maybe not the best sound but i LOVE its looks and i have the westone 3 already ).

Will my motherboard handle it GREAT? and how would it compare to this sound card i was thinking of getting....money like that isnt a big deal for me btw.
ASUS Xonar Essence STX , and here is a link to it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Lastly , what is the best sound card i could get , how would that compare to my motherboards and here is a list of my pc specs.

GPU : GTX 680 ( core clock 1071MHz / boost clock 1137 ) 4GB / / CPU : Intel i7-3770K @ 3.50 ghz // Memory :vengeance 16GB(x2 8GB) ram
hard-drive : caviar black 2TB // SSD : Intel730 480GB //
Operating system : Windows 8.1 // resolution : 1920x1080 80hz
Motherboard : 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI, DP, SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
Power supply : seasonic X 1050 watt..
Keyboard logitech g510
mouse : Tt eSPORTS BLACK Laser Gaming Mouse MO-BLK002DT
cooling : NZXT Kraken X40 RL-KRX40-01 Water/Liquid CPU Cooler 140MM
Tower case : Cooler Master HAF X

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August 29, 2014 3:56:05 PM

With that headset you don't need to worry about your sound card. either you can plug it in via optical toslink, which is pure digital sound and the sound card really doesn't matter at all, or you can plug it in USB and then again, the sound is sent from your PC to their Mixamp Pro box, all digital and decoded there.

In either case, your sound card doesn't matter. For all purposes, digital audio is digital audio.
August 29, 2014 7:23:49 PM

getochkn said:
With that headset you don't need to worry about your sound card. either you can plug it in via optical toslink, which is pure digital sound and the sound card really doesn't matter at all, or you can plug it in USB and then again, the sound is sent from your PC to their Mixamp Pro box, all digital and decoded there.

In either case, your sound card doesn't matter. For all purposes, digital audio is digital audio.


Thank you for your reply! I have some more noob questions tho , like...
If i plug it in by USB it is not considered digital any more and having a sound card would matter? If thats true , does that mean i could get better sound , but probably not much?

Also , i am just learning now about optical toslink so its a little hard to grasp. What are the pro's and con's of optical toslink and USB? or do i have to plug both in cause i thought the usb was needed for power? Or does the optical toslink just over ride the USB?

Sorry for so many questions scattered everywhere >.<

( oh and i still wanna know how good my boards sound is compared to a cards for the sake of knowing at least , glad i dont have to worry about it tho )

!