Hey all. Building myself a super low budget desktop and was wondering if anyone had advice on sound cards as I'm starting from there and building upwards. Its a completley music playing and producing orientated machine and I'll need midi in and optical in/out. Thoughts? Souund. Joe
couldnt the onboard sound meet your needs, and putting the money saved to other things on your super low budget build?
Motherboard integrated sound card. Or Studio class sound card (which beats an ASUS Xonar and alike by far, as they are design for.. well studios, for recording and such)... but a Studio sound card is VERY expensive, like in the 500, 600+ dollars for a descent one (for home), probably.
I doubt a super-low-budget setup will have the headroom for a $600+ sound card. Your best bet right now, is getting a motherboard with decent built in sound, and built in optical / coaxial connections. For MIDI, get a cheap USB -> MIDI cable. They sell them for about $10 USD online.
I googled this and it looks like the Turtle Beach Riviera 5.1 is the cheapest to have both optical and MIDI/Joystick.
