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My motherboard sound card is broken, will a USB headsets work without it?

Cameron0101
By Cameron0101
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So my motherboard sound card broke about 6 months ago and I've been using a cheap 6 dollar external USB sound card. I don't have the money for a new motherboard and was wondering if i buy a decent headset that uses a USB rather than 3.5mm jack if it would work to its full potential with my no sound card motherboard. I was looking at the following headset : Arctis Pro 5, https://www.evetech.co.za/steelseries-arctis-5-2019-edition-rgb-gaming-headset-white/best-deal/5943.aspx or  https://www.evetech.co.za/corsair-hs60-gaming-headset-carbon/best-deal/4423.aspx or just any other USB headsets around that price range. Please help me as black Friday and cyber Monday is coming up lol. 

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Yes. But what's wrong with the USB sound card you have?

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its really cheap lol not too sure if that makes a difference in the sound quality or not, and i want to be able to install and use the headset drivers.

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6 minutes ago, Cameron0101 said:

its really cheap lol not too sure if that makes a difference in the sound quality or not, and i want to be able to install and use the headset drivers.

Well, any sound card or DAC will sound different from another, and if it is very cheap then there's a high chance the sound quality will be poor, but at least it'll work

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