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Jojo0607
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I have recently acquired a 15 year old water-cooled PC that has no audio connecters and was wondering if I should get the Soundcard that was supposed to be with the motherboard or get a new PCIe Soundcard or just a simple USB so I can get audio to the front jack.

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If your just trying to get sound out of it, then whichever is cheaper, if your trying to do something higher audio quality then usb, pcie used to be the final word in fidelity but external usb cards nowadays are great if you stick to reputable brand names, and you'll be able to use it with other devices and future computers 

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33 minutes ago, Jojo0607 said:

I have recently acquired a 15 year old water-cooled PC that has no audio connecters and was wondering if I should get the Soundcard that was supposed to be with the motherboard or get a new PCIe Soundcard or just a simple USB so I can get audio to the front jack.

I'd just go USB. Personally, every USB wireless headset I've bought has sounded great, so having a DAC through USB should get comparable results. Having it in the system, especially a watercooled one, just 'spills' potential problems. With how old it is, its quite possible to run into PCIe bandwidth restrictions too.

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PCIe has lowest latency but can be prone to interference

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1 hour ago, Tigerleon said:

PCIe has lowest latency but can be prone to interference

Yeah but the card that was combined with the board for this system is $50 used on eBay so I'm just tryin to figure out if it's worth or just get a new one that's similar for the same price and I do need one that has front audio connecters since there are none on the motherboard 

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17 minutes ago, Jojo0607 said:

Yeah but the card that was combined with the board for this system is $50 used on eBay so I'm just tryin to figure out if it's worth or just get a new one that's similar for the same price and I do need one that has front audio connecters since there are none on the motherboard 

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