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Yeah, that's a 5.1 system designed to be used with a home AV receiver, so yes you will need to use one of those too.  The motherboard you have picked has both HDMI and optical out, both of which are capable of passing a 5.1 signal to a receiver.  The onboard sound also supports multi-channel out so using a few 3.5mm to RCA adapter cords to go from the motherboard to the AV receiver is also a possibility although the first two (HDMI or optical) will likely produce the best results AND leave the other connections open for other uses.

You don't need an expensive receiver but don't skimp here either.  At minimum it needs to have HDMI IN, Optical IN, and/or 5.1 channel RCA IN, which many modern receivers no longer include.

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i am planning to get the energy take classic 5.1 speakers http://home-audio.toptenreviews.com/home-theater-speakers/energy-take-classic-review.htmlbut i am wondering how will i connect them to my pc and still be able to get 5.1 sound. This is my pc build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hWPyRB. Will i need an av receiver to connect them?

Edit:Get an AV receiver.

 

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Its still a stero set that runs off stereo. All you need is a 3.5mm to rca adapter and you'll be fine.

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Yeah, that's a 5.1 system designed to be used with a home AV receiver, so yes you will need to use one of those too.  The motherboard you have picked has both HDMI and optical out, both of which are capable of passing a 5.1 signal to a receiver.  The onboard sound also supports multi-channel out so using a few 3.5mm to RCA adapter cords to go from the motherboard to the AV receiver is also a possibility although the first two (HDMI or optical) will likely produce the best results AND leave the other connections open for other uses.

You don't need an expensive receiver but don't skimp here either.  At minimum it needs to have HDMI IN, Optical IN, and/or 5.1 channel RCA IN, which many modern receivers no longer include.

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Are you still planning on getting the logitech system you have picked too?

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Are you still planning on getting the logitech system you have picked too?

 

 

Yeah, that's a 5.1 system designed to be used with a home AV receiver, so yes you will need to use one of those too.  The motherboard you have picked has both HDMI and optical out, both of which are capable of passing a 5.1 signal to a receiver.  The onboard sound also supports multi-channel out so using a few 3.5mm to RCA adapter cords to go from the motherboard to the AV receiver is also a possibility although the first two (HDMI or optical) will likely produce the best results AND leave the other connections open for other uses.

You don't need an expensive receiver but don't skimp here either.  At minimum it needs to have HDMI IN, Optical IN, and/or 5.1 channel RCA IN, which many modern receivers no longer include.

no that was the 1 i was planning on getting first but this seemed to be the better choice. Can you suggest an av reciever and since its a 4k monitor do i need a 4k receiver cuz i have seen some saying supporting 4k?

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no that was the 1 i was planning on getting first but this seemed to be the better choice. Can you suggest an av reciever and since its a 4k monitor do i need a 4k receiver cuz i have seen some saying supporting 4k?

4K pass through is what you have read about.  This means the receiver takes a 4K signal from a bluray player (or whatever) and sends it on to the television/monitor via HDMI, extracting the audio signal (5.1, etc.) in the process.  Today there is nearly zero true 4K media available so I'm not sure I'd worry about it.  Further if we are talking about the computer you are going to want to run the video out from your card directly to the monitor.  Use the optical to get sound from the motherboard to the receiver.  That's the way I would do it anyway.

Lots of good receivers out there.  Do you have a budget?  I presume you are in the USA?

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4K pass through is what you have read about.  This means the receiver takes a 4K signal from a bluray player (or whatever) and sends it on to the television/monitor via HDMI, extracting the audio signal (5.1, etc.) in the process.  Today there is nearly zero true 4K media available so I'm not sure I'd worry about it.  Further if we are talking about the computer you are going to want to run the video out from your card directly to the monitor.  Use the optical to get sound from the motherboard to the receiver.  That's the way I would do it anyway.

Lots of good receivers out there.  Do you have a budget?  I presume you are in the USA?

No i live in jamaica but i would order my things from the usa and ship them but will the speakers still work if i connect my optical from the computer to av and then to the speakers while my monitor is connected directly to my computer 

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No i live in jamaica but i would order my things from the usa and ship them but will the speakers still work if i connect my optical from the computer to av and then to the speakers while my monitor is connected directly to my computer 

Yes, correct.  Use the video card to send video to the monitor.  Use the optical out to send sound to the receiver which in turn powers the speakers.

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which of these are better http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-SR333-5-1-Channel-Receiver-Bluetooth/dp/B00JXGUETO/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1427939917&sr=1-8&keywords=5.1+channel+receiveror http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AVR-S500BT-Receiver-Capability-Bluetooth/dp/B00JR6GJLW/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1427928802&sr=8-9&keywords=av+receiver

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