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Planning to buy a new motherboard but im kinda keen about the audio chipset. Will these audio chipsets make significant experience when playing games/watching movies> If so, out of the following which Motherboard has the best audio chipsets.  

The headphones I currently use is Razer Naru ultimate. 
 

Asus Tuf x570 wifi

Aorus Elite x570 

Aorus ultra x570 

 

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The X570 Ultra comes with the ALC1220 codec, which, at least on paper, is better than the ALC1200 found on the TUF X570-Plus and X570 Aorus Elite. That being said, the Ultra is quite a bad purchase in general and buying it just because of this reason is granted, quite stupid. 

 

What's your budget for the motherboard?

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None of them, they all suck. I use internal soundcards on my Desktops, which are hooked up to stereo receivers, and a USB DAC for my headphones with my laptop. I would suggest doing the latter in your case, as it's typically cost effective and a substantial upgrade.

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6 minutes ago, BigDamn said:

None of them, they all suck. I use internal soundcards on my Desktops, which are hooked up to stereo receivers, and a USB DAC for my headphones with my laptop. I would suggest doing the latter in your case, as it's typically cost effective and a substantial upgrade.

Motherboard audio has come up a lot, the built in audio chips motherboards have these days are incredible. If OP is literally just playing games and watching movies, the motherboards audio will be fine. If this were an audio editing or audio consumption station where audio quality is of the upmost importance I'd say otherwise. While some DACs can be inexpensive it's still an extra cost over the motherboards built in audio.

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38 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

The X570 Ultra comes with the ALC1220 codec, which, at least on paper, is better than the ALC1200 found on the TUF X570-Plus and X570 Aorus Elite. That being said, the Ultra is quite a bad purchase in general and buying it just because of this reason is granted, quite stupid. 

 

What's your budget for the motherboard?

MY CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE BOARD IS AROUND $250, HOPING TO PAIR IT WITH THE 3800X

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15 minutes ago, Warhammer270x said:

MY CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE BOARD IS AROUND $250, HOPING TO PAIR IT WITH THE 3800X

The Strix B550-F and B550 Aorus Pro are around $180 and are very solid options. And both also feature the ALC1220 codec, relating to your original question. At around the same price as the X570 Ultra there's MSI's X570 Unify (which is a better board overall), but you probably don't need that high-end of a motherboard.

 

Also, I'd suggest getting the 3700X, unless the 3800X is within something like $10. The performance difference in real-world tasks is practically unnoticeable between them.

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