should I buy a sound card

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I have been putting together a new machine and the motherboard I bought has 8 channels onboard sound. I just wondered would it be worth it to put a sound card in it? Will I notice a increase in performance and sound quality with a sound card?

I have been looking at them and noticed lot of sound cards only have 4 connections on the back. I have one in the machine I am using now and it has 7 connections which is a couple years old. Why do the newer ones have less?
 
unless your planning on buying a realy good card like the creative fatility then i would stick with onboard.
but tbh with newer motherboards the sound is realy amazing.

i had a soundcard in my old rig and when i got my new computer it has onboard high definition and it sound ALOT better than my sound card did.
 
That is what I figured. The motherboard I bought also has HD audio, I believe. I think I will use onboard sound for now.
 
isn't really worth the money. Unless you're an audiophile and you have very good speakers. Then you might hear the difference. But you'd have to spend over 60$ on for example the creative x-fi.
 
I am using a set of Logitech X-530 speakers and do listen to a lot of music. Would I notice a difference between onboard sound and a sound card?

My motherboard supports HD audio. Is there a big difference between HD audio and regular audio?
 
don't think you'd notice the difference. i'm using a creative soundblaster right now. Got it for free wouldn't buy it.
Your music has to be top quality to.
 
If you are a gamer, you should get a card from the X-Fi series. EAX support and 3D-SMS or something, is well worth the price.....
 
The onboard on my gigabyte mobo, bit older, isn't shielded very well. The sound itself is perfect, but I get a volume dependent static, very annoying.

I would normally be fine with onboard, but little problems like this can make a dedicated sound card worth it.
 
Yea, a sound card isnt necessary. i wasted $40 on mine...i feel really retarded. You won't really notice a difference. if u do, then next day ull be used to it so its cool. Ur mobo onboard should be fine.

It also true that ude need to spend over $60 to get a good x-fi. My card doesnt even have the real x-fi chip. 2 bad i didnt know that before
 
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