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I'm planning a new gaming / programming build and wanted to know if a sound card is needed. I plan on getting the asus z170-a and I know a discrete sound card would perform better, but Is it something I can put of as a later upgrade, or the the sound of the motherboard so bad that I should add a sound card to the budget?

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Unless you have very specific special audio needs, onboard these days is good enough for overall quality. If you have something like the realtec 1150 chip your good to go.

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38 minutes ago, Gonio said:

Unless you have very specific special audio needs, onboard these days is good enough for overall quality. If you have something like the realtec 1150 chip your good to go.

No sound specifics really. Just don't want my games to sound crappy.

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2 minutes ago, prostrike33 said:

No sound specifics really. Just don't want my games to sound crappy.

headphones matters more in todays world, because onboard today is pretty good in general

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