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Cheap soundcard

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EndersShadow

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Long story short my Asus board SPDIF and Coaxial cable headers are dead. I dont feel like RMA'ing the board for like the 6th time. My receiver will only accept SPDIF or co-axial connections. The soundcard that came with the board does 5.1 but has no SPIF or Coaxial connections and the receiver cannot do analog connections.

As such I need a decently cheap internal soundcard (under 100, the lower the better) from a decent manufacture to pass the audio from the computer to the receiver. PCI and PCIx1 are fine. I have a blu-ray player in the computer but there is no way to pass the audio via HDMI so I will only be getting 5.1. I am OK with this.

Let the recommendations start.
 
I was looking for a 5.1 s/pdif out card and decided to order the Asus Xonar DX (which is the PCIe version, D1 is the PCI). I do not have it yet so cannot give a recommendation but it's $80 at JR Music online.
 
@Tuf
In my opinion, good choice! Just a review found out from the website for your reference
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/soundcards/2010/04/08/sub-100-gaming-sound-card-reviews/3
It did mention ASUS Xonar DX is excellent.

@EndersShadow
If you want a cheap soundcard, I would still recommend Xonar DS for you. In the same article, http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/soundcards/2010/04/08/sub-100-gaming-sound-card-reviews/2
you can find Xonar DS is a "brilliant budget choice". You can take this review into account. Hope this card can meet your end.
 
powerarron said:
@EndersShadow
If you want a cheap soundcard, I would still recommend Xonar DS for you. In the same article, http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/soundcards/2010/04/08/sub-100-gaming-sound-card-reviews/2
you can find Xonar DS is a "brilliant budget choice". You can take this review into account. Hope this card can meet your end.
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Only problem with that card is that there is no SPDIF connection. I need to use a SPDIF or Coaxial connection to get the audio to my older reciever has it has no analog inputs.

I am thinking about going with this card, thoughts?

I dont really need the 7.1 as I have both a ATI 4550 and 4870x2 that will send 7.1 out over LPCM but my reciever does not decode HDMI audio hence needing a SPDIF or Analog connection.
 
Decided upgrading to a new soundcard just wasnt worth it. I am going to purchase a refurb Denon 1610 instead so I can run everything via HDMI and actually get somewhat lossless sound. I say somewhat because my 4xxx series graphic cards cannot bitstream 7.1 but since I am only running 2.0 and at max 3.1 I am ok with this. I purchased a set of Infinity Primus 162's for the fronts in this system and they arrived today.

At a later date I might upgrade to a low-end 5xxx graphics card just to bitstream 7.1 but it wont be for a while.
 
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