I've a logitech z506 5.1 speakers for my PC and I want to make a good use of it by getting a sound card. My budget is 100 and I just want to watch movie with better sound quality. Can anyone suggest me any good one? Thanks.
Need some advice on choosing soundcard
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I've 3 plugs from my speakers and i can only plug one. The surround speakers are not working.
Why can you only plug one?
If it's because of microphone /headset, One option I used to have was a logitech g15 which had a built in mic in and speaker out which handled my headset and allowed the sockets on the pc for my 5.1Otherwise get a soundblaster x fi
Check MSY and your budget on the level you wantSpeakers come with green,orange and black cables and my onboard has only green plug. I think, because of that my surround speakers doesn't produce any sound.
What kind of motherboard are you using?
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/How-On-Board-Audio-Wo…
It's Asus H87M-E. Can I configure my motherboard to provide 5.1 surround?
not your motherboard but your motherboard manual will tell you how you can configure it
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/H87M-E/E8197_H87…
page 13The Manual says:
- Use a chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support an 8-channel audio output.
So it sounds like you need something like this?
http://www.heisei-systems.eu/products/media/internal-card-re…You know what OP… just buy a soundcard.
- Pink
Analog microphone audio input. - Light blue
Analog line level audio input. - Lime green
Analog line level audio output for the main stereo signal (front speakers or headphones). - Brown/Dark
Analog line level audio output for a special panning, 'Right-to-left speaker'. - Black
Analog line level audio output for surround speakers, typically rear stereo. - Orange
Analog line level audio output for center channel speaker and subwoofer. - Silver/Grey
Analog line level audio output for surround side channels.
- Pink
asus xonar dg is for 5.1, $30, would that do?
isn't onboard sound good enough?