Mustangman70

Well i cam across a $10 soundblaster card from a friend.

For the price i cant beat it, this is my motherboard

http://www.intel.com/products/mother...5GCZ/index.htm

Specs on the audio below

Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem using one of the following configurations:
8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and one S/PDIF optical digital audio output using the Sigmatel 9223 audio codec
6-channel (5.1) audio subsystem with three analog audio outputs using the Sigmatel 9220 audio codec


And this is the exact card

http://www.techexcess.net/creative-s...rd-sb0220.aspx

What is the plug for on the left? I think it will look good under my video card...but i dont wanna waste 10 bucks on something if it wont help at all lol. I definitly blast my music and it distorts a little but im sure its crappy logitech speakers

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Skullzaflare

lol, i have one of those sitting on the shelf behind me, i couldnt get it to work in vista

if its anything like this audigy 2 zs card im sporting now, go for it, this thing is freaking amazing, gold plated too lol

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Originally Posted by lemans81 No. Your going to continue to produce the same amount of heat whether or not your fans suck it all out. What that means is that your computer runs hotter, and that you will leak the hot air out more slowly. If you producing the heat it won't matter if you trap it in your case or exhaust it. Eventually its going to get out, your case isn't air tight.

Mustangman70

Yeah its not the gold plated one...but this card is decently big i would imagine i might see some improvement....hes bringing it over right now im thinking what the hell lol

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rduffy123

For one it will free up more cpu, sound better, and wont have any interference like onboard. All pluses. Go for it.

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Skullzaflare

its not big silly
hmm, smug on camera?

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Originally Posted by lemans81 No. Your going to continue to produce the same amount of heat whether or not your fans suck it all out. What that means is that your computer runs hotter, and that you will leak the hot air out more slowly. If you producing the heat it won't matter if you trap it in your case or exhaust it. Eventually its going to get out, your case isn't air tight.

Mustangman70

Ok so i cant get it to work....

It didnt come with any cables or anything and i see spots for some inputs for cables, are these neccesary?

I think its just a driver issue, the PC recognizes the hardware as a soundblaster card

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rx7racer

Just get the drivers, you don't need anything else unless you have external sources or such.


Oh yea, just throwing this out there, disable on-board and uninstall all of it's drivers before installing the Creative 5.1

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Skullzaflare

windows does not have defualt drivers you MUST dl them

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Originally Posted by lemans81 No. Your going to continue to produce the same amount of heat whether or not your fans suck it all out. What that means is that your computer runs hotter, and that you will leak the hot air out more slowly. If you producing the heat it won't matter if you trap it in your case or exhaust it. Eventually its going to get out, your case isn't air tight.

Mustangman70

Got it goin

I think thats what it was, i didnt uninstall the onboard stuff...but all is well and man it sounds good....i can honestly say i will never own another computer without a sound card...its so much cleaner, and crisper, the bass hits lower, and i definitly have more power i turn my volume knob about half what i used to....

Im actually still quite shocked how much of an improvement this was.....awsome














I think some cable sleeving/extending is in order lol

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Mustangman70

So what is the plug for on the right side of the sound card?

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