new sound upgrade?

[WNx Makka99]

im thinking of buying a set of 5.1 surround sound speakers and i would like to know if i would need to buy anything else. i think my motherboard supports 5.1 but i dont think it would be very good quality?

any suggestions?

[Lamri35UK]

Re: new sound upgrade?

If you haven't already got one, I would suggest buying a 5.1 Soundcard too. They really are very cheap these days and will take some strain off of your CPU when playing :)

[WNx Makka99]

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ok, how much are they both and what products do you recommend?

[Lamri35UK]

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Check out Ebay Makka, stacks on there mate :)
I'd stick with Creative for a soundcard to be safe (go to the Creative website for the link to the Creative Ebay Shop ), but i'm not so sure about speakers cos I don't use them (my PC is in the living room, so I use a Speedlink Medusa headset if you want to google those, excellent bit of kit btw).

[WNx Makka99]

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ok. cheers for the info ben. i think i will be getting a creative sound card and a set of logitech speakers.

[Minicoop503]

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Yea, go for the creative sound card. I've also always heard good things about logitech speakers, so I would say go for those too.

[cc//Ollie]

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Xtrememusic is good for the price

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduc...odid=SC-043-CL

[camaro_84]

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102006

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121120

:) thats wat i got along with 5500 logitech speakers

[megawhompertoo]

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16836121121

:) thats wat i got along with 5500 logitech speakers

those are logitech speakers. fix ur linky!

[camaro_84]

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fixed linky

[megawhompertoo]

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fixed linky

:yay: x-fi extreme gamer is indeed a very good card. as mentioned, creative's ebay shop is a good place to get the card, just the card, and only the card...at around half the price compared to buying it in a blue cardboard box. For example, x-fi extrememusic:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Creative-Sound-B...QQcmdZViewItem

Note that the xtrememusic has been discontinued in the states. In Aussieland? I don't have that information. Still, a good card if you can get one for cheap.

Whatever you do, DO NOT GET the x-fi extreme audio. It says "x-fi" and looks cheap, but it has a SB Live!/Audigy SE chip, NOT the x-fi chip (emu20k1). I'm fairly p1ssed at creative for pulling a bait and switch.

[WNx Makka99]

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ok, great input and thanks guys