add a sound card?

[Strokerace2639]

 hello all I want to get sound from my pc to my audio receiver. it will need to be the large audio out jacks. (see photo for reference). what are my best options

[tkitch]

use a stereo 1/8" (3.5mm) cable to stereo RCA.

 

no soundcard needed.

[tkitch]

I see optical above those RCA connectors.  Does your PC have optical out?

[Needfuldoer]

2 minutes ago, tkitch said:

use a stereo 1/8" (3.5mm) cable to stereo RCA.

Or an analog stereo to SPDIF encoder, if the motherboard doesn't have optical built-in.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Converter-Hdiwousp-Aluminum-Headphone/dp/B0863F49PS

[Strokerace2639]

7 hours ago, tkitch said:

I see optical above those RCA connectors.  Does your PC have optical out?

this was a random pic I grabbed off the internet

 

[Strokerace2639]

7 hours ago, tkitch said:

use a stereo 1/8" (3.5mm) cable to stereo RCA.

i have considered that and may still go that way. I am using a TV as my monitor and wanted to be able to still get sound out of it

[weez]

58 minutes ago, Strokerace2639 said:

i have considered that and may still go that way. I am using a TV as my monitor and wanted to be able to still get sound out of it

What receiver do you have? 

 

HDMI from pc to tv then HDMI from tv to receiver. If you can't do that then how about optical out from tv to the receiver? Or last option use stereo 1/8" to rca

[cmndr]

As stated... get an aux -> RCA cable. 

There's no active conversion required, it's just a different way of having the cable set up. 

[Strokerace2639]

2 hours ago, cmndr said:

As stated... get an aux -> RCA cable.

yeah thats what I went ahead and did. It will work for now. I lose the monitor (tv) speakers when using the AUX->RCA but I will work on that later if I can find an answer (maybe there is none).

thank you for the help.

 

ACE

[Strokerace2639]

On 4/15/2023 at 8:26 PM, weez said:

On 4/15/2023 at 7:25 PM, Strokerace2639 said:

i have considered that and may still go that way. I am using a TV as my monitor and wanted to be able to still get sound out of it

What receiver do you have? 

 

HDMI from pc to tv then HDMI from tv to receiver. If you can't do that then how about optical out from tv to the receiver? Or last option use stereo 1/8" to rca

i have an old but still working very well KENWOOD VR-605

[tkitch]

17 minutes ago, Strokerace2639 said:

i have an old but still working very well KENWOOD VR-605

what motherboard do you have?

 

[weez]

53 minutes ago, Strokerace2639 said:

i have an old but still working very well KENWOOD VR-605

Because you're using a Tv for a monitor I'm going to assume you're using HDMI to connect the PC to the Tv. I would use an optical cable from the Tv to the receiver. Just to make it simple 

[Strokerace2639]

On 4/17/2023 at 4:03 PM, tkitch said:

what motherboard do you have?

ASUS TUF B450-Pro Gaming

[tkitch]

On 4/17/2023 at 3:40 PM, Strokerace2639 said:

yeah thats what I went ahead and did. It will work for now. I lose the monitor (tv) speakers when using the AUX->RCA but I will work on that later if I can find an answer (maybe there is none).

thank you for the help.

 

ACE

you mobo has no other audio out.

 

Are you running HDMI To the TV?

Does your TV have Optical Out?  or HDMI ARC?  That would get audio to your receiver, and be better than an 1/8" Cable

[saintlouisbagels]

On 4/17/2023 at 4:43 PM, weez said:

Because you're using a Tv for a monitor I'm going to assume you're using HDMI to connect the PC to the Tv. I would use an optical cable from the Tv to the receiver. Just to make it simple 

This is the answer. Unless for some damn reason your TV does not have optical.

[cmndr]

7 hours ago, saint_louis_bagels said:

This is the answer. Unless for some damn reason your TV does not have optical.

SPDIF also works from the computer. 

It's not really any simpler though (a small argument could be made that it's slightly better). 
You can find AUX to RCA cables for around $5 or so or an adapter for around $3ish. I said adapter not converter because there's no conversion. It's just a different form factor.