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What's a good soundcard for the maxius ranger?

volts240
Level 7
Folks
so I am finally plucking up the courage to do something about sound
Its my bottleneck ( if that's the right word ) .. always too low
that's games/youtube/TV etc
have same isssue with notebooks
the onboard sound is lets agree never very good on either.

so I have some spare PCIE slots
no idea what to buy ?
Devils Canyon Intel i7-4970K ~ Asus Maximus Ranger VII ~ 16 GB HyperX Beast ~ Plextor M6e 256GB M.2 - 2280 SSD ~ CPU Cooler Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid ~ PSU: Thermaltake Smart M 850W 80+ Windows Home Premium x64
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volts240
Level 7
ooh am using HDMI which carries sound and vision
adding a sound card would interfere with that ?
Devils Canyon Intel i7-4970K ~ Asus Maximus Ranger VII ~ 16 GB HyperX Beast ~ Plextor M6e 256GB M.2 - 2280 SSD ~ CPU Cooler Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid ~ PSU: Thermaltake Smart M 850W 80+ Windows Home Premium x64

gupsterg
Level 13
I used to always buy a sound card for a rig but not current one, really don't see the point, perhaps I can't hear the difference! LOL

Found no issues in general use or gaming that would want me to get a card.

Recently my headphones are connected to my monitor which get's audio feed via DP from a 290X and couldn't really hear any loss of sound quality.
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