Okay, so I'm building a system. I play games and music on my computer and will be getting the $50 Logitech 5.1 speaker system. Yes, kind of cheap, but I don't play things that loud - my house ...

I was using the onboard sound on my Soyo board, it was a C-Media 8738 chip and was pretty good. I was happy with it till the sound started cracking up and I figured the chip had fried. I then bought ...

Before the release of the Intel AC '97 standard, computer sound was frequently an add-on feature. To use anything other than a small, monophonic internal speaker, you'd need to buy a card that plugged ...

So you've gone through your checklist of components you want to purchase for building your new PC. You've read all the reviews and carefully selected the right models for your budget. Every part seems ...

Affordable PCIe Audio Done Right? There was a time when dedicated sound cards were a default component in any enthusiast-grade PC build. Over the past decade, however, integrated motherboard audio has ...

It's easy to trash motherboard audio — we've been doing it for decades. While it's true that on-board audio on motherboards used to be terrible, things have come a long way in the last 10 years.

It’s the question on everyone’s minds: Your PC can produce pretty decent audio without your having to spend a dime on new hardware, so why the heck are we advocating doing just that? Because you’ll ...

On its own, your computer can't make a sound. Digital data from audio and video files needs to be turned into something that our ears can hear, and this requires specialized hardware and sophisticated ...

A sound card allows computers to have sound. Pretty simple, right? But let’s dig deeper. Here’s a closer look at the tech that defines a sound card, and what to know if you want to buy one. Today’s ...

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