Sound Cards
Sound cards are often overlooked when it comes to building a gaming PC. They offer a massive advantage when it comes to hearing what is behind you! If you are the slightest of an audiophile, be it a gamer or enjoys listening to music from you PC then we recommend upgrading the sound card. Sound cards offer a vast improvement in quality over the onboard solutions for very little money.
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 - PCIThe Sound Blaster Audigy SE is an excellent value upgrade to 7.1 surround sound on the PC. Featuring high quality audio specifications including 24-bit/96kHz recording and playback with 100dB signal to noise ratio and digital output, it's the ideal partner for surround music and movie playback. For realistic gaming, EAX ADVANCED HD 3.0 support delivers acoustic effects and detailed 7.1 3D surround sound in gaming. The included Creative Media Source software is a comprehensive tool for creating MP3s, managing a music collection, adding effects and burning custom CD compilations. |
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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 - PCICreative's Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio gives an experience beyond studio quality with MP3 music and movies! Featuring award-winning X-Fi technologies, X-Fi Crystalizer restores the details and vibrance lost during MP3 and DIVX compression, breathing life back into any audio, while X-Fi CMSS-3D expands stereo music and movies into amazing surround sound. Effective over virtually any speakers, including stereo speakers, Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio even provides unbelievable surround sound over normal headphones! The low profile design plus digital out for connecting to a home cinema system make it ideal for Media Center PCs. |
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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 - PCI-ExpressCreative's Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio gives an experience beyond studio quality with MP3 music and movies! Featuring award-winning X-Fi technologies, X-Fi Crystalizer restores the details and vibrance lost during MP3 and DIVX compression, breathing life back into any audio, while X-Fi CMSS-3D expands stereo music and movies into amazing surround sound. Effective over virtually any speakers, including stereo speakers, Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio even provides unbelievable surround sound over normal headphones! The low profile design plus digital out for connecting to a home cinema system make it ideal for Media Center PCs. |
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Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro 7.1 - PCI-ExpressOfficial Sound Card of the Championship Gaming Series - endorsed by Fatal1ty for Pro level performance. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium - Fatal1ty Professional Series is the Pro Gamer's choice for sound! Its new PCI Express chipset with hardware-accelerated EAX 5.0 and OpenAL gaming is designed to give you the winning edge on the latest PCs. Combined with Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity technologies for accurate and immersive 3D positional audio even over headphones, it's the ultimate gaming solution under Windows XP and Vista. Onboard Optical I/O and real-time Dolby Digital encoding give you single cable connectivity to your surround sound decoder, and PowerDVD software plays your Dolby Digital or DTS movies in incredible surround sound over headphones or speakers. |
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ASUS Xonar D2X PCI-ExpressWith the introduction of Windows Vista, the whole audio architecture landscaped has been changed. This has resulted in teething problems for gamers - with the possibility of losing all surround sound or hardware accelerated Direct3D and EAX while gaming in the Windows Vista environment. To circumvent this problem, the Asus Xonar family of audio cards utilizes an Asus exclusive technology - the new DS3D GX extension in the Xonar D2X driver; to provide full support for surround sound and hardware accelerated features by translating DirectX to the DS3D GX. While other solutions like OpenAL requires special installation and game support, DS3D GX doesn't. Gamers can enjoy DirectX gaming with hardware enhanced surround sound and EAX effects automatically and immediately after installation. Asus Xonar D2X audio card, dedicated to be the best audio card for gaming and home entertainment, provides unprecedented 118dB In/Out SNR audio quality and features for games, music, and movies. Combining 192k/24-bit ultra fidelity input and output with a suite of Dolby and DTS sound technologies and abundant valuable software, the Xonar D2X is well designed to upgrade your PC to a powerful and high-quality Home Entertainment Centre, which you will never have with onboard audio or other sound cards. |
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