Hello All, I would like to say hi to everyone as this is my first post. HardOcp has been a great resource that I have been using for about ~20 years but never posted much so I forgot my old sign on info. Anyway I'm looking for some sound advice I am planning on updating my PC, likely in the next year and would like to possibly work on my sound hardware sooner than later if possible. My current setup......
Asus Z97 Deluxe (Realtek ALC1150)
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 surround sound system
I have the speakers hooked up to the Realtek via optical cable DTS 5.1. The speakers are great for my needs but I can't always get 5.1 to work on all games and wouldn't mind having a little extra juice for my headset.
In the past years I had several different sound cards but they were never perfect as they had issues with not consistently working. Does a solution exist that might fulfill my needs or should I just stick to the onboard sound from my next PC builds motherboard?
Asus Z97 Deluxe (Realtek ALC1150)
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 surround sound system
I have the speakers hooked up to the Realtek via optical cable DTS 5.1. The speakers are great for my needs but I can't always get 5.1 to work on all games and wouldn't mind having a little extra juice for my headset.
In the past years I had several different sound cards but they were never perfect as they had issues with not consistently working. Does a solution exist that might fulfill my needs or should I just stick to the onboard sound from my next PC builds motherboard?