Looking for a souncard

[Anagog]

The audio on my motherboard is starting to die :<. The front panel mic port works intermittently and back panel mic port likes to randomly fade in and out. I've tried re-installing drivers for them but it hasn't made any difference. Buying a new motherboard isn't really an option as I would have to get a new motherboard and CPU. (I'm still on Z68 chipset )

 

My budget is around £50 but can go higher. (I live in the UK so please link to UK versions of sites)

2 Things that it needs to have:

A front panel audio connector.

A 3.5mm speaker port on the back.

 

Primary use will be speaking to people on teamspeak using my headset (Sennheiser PC 360), listening to music through speakers (Klipsch Pro Media 2.1) and playing games. (LoL and War Thunder mainly, woo F2P games )

 

Thanks in advance .

[Enderman]

ASUS xonar

just pick the cheapest one that fits your motherboard, they are all great.

I have the xonar DG

[Anagog]

ASUS xonar

just pick the cheapest one that fits your motherboard, they are all great.

I have the xonar DG

Something like this then? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Express-Normalizer-Virtual-Speaker-Shifter/dp/B007RMMYFI/

[Enderman]

Something like this then? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Express-Normalizer-Virtual-Speaker-Shifter/dp/B007RMMYFI/

Yes. Your front panel audio connectors also plug right into the sound card, so everything is controlled from there. No more onboard crap

[Anagog]

Ok thanks for your quick help.

[Enderman]

Ok thanks for your quick help.

You're welcome

[Anagog]

You're welcome

So my DGX got here today. Was wondering if its possible to output sound to my speakers and my headset at the same time? It seems to just swap between the 2 when one is unplugged.

[GamerDude]

So my DGX got here today. Was wondering if its possible to output sound to my speakers and my headset at the same time? It seems to just swap between the 2 when one is unplugged.

You can always get a Y splitter, single male minijack to two female minijacks (or something like that). I was looking for a good soundcard to go with the HyperX Cloud I'd gotten, and I specifically wanted one where the headphone output is separate from the front left/right output. Found it in the Asus Xonar Phoebus Solo.

[Anagog]

You can always get a Y splitter, single male minijack to two female minijacks (or something like that). I was looking for a good soundcard to go with the HyperX Cloud I'd gotten, and I specifically wanted one where the headphone output is separate from the front left/right output. Found it in the Asus Xonar Phoebus Solo.

How would a Y splitter allow 2 different outputs though? Surely as its going through 1 port it will only output 1 audio stream just to 2 different devices.

 

I'd rather not spend £90 on a sound card

[GamerDude]

How would a Y splitter allow 2 different outputs though? Surely as its going through 1 port it will only output 1 audio stream just to 2 different devices.

I'd rather not spend £90 on a sound card

Here's a list of Y splitter, it's the third one...

http://www.techcables.com/cables-audio-y-splitters-c-1_23.html

I had used a similar set of cable when I output audio from my onboard audio output to my speaker and headset. Admitted, audio output this way results in audio level that is somewhat softer.

[NannerBeans]

How would a Y splitter allow 2 different outputs though? Surely as its going through 1 port it will only output 1 audio stream just to 2 different devices.

I'd rather not spend £90 on a sound card

There is nothing that allows different outputs to different devices. The only way is if you plug in more than one device and the specific program you're using let's you select which device to output to.