will this work on my z87 asrock extreme 4 motherboard and is it better then ASUS XONAR DG Headphone Amp & PCI 5.1 Audio Card?
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It will work on any motherboard with a PCIe x4 connector and yes, it will be better than any integrated chipset. This card draws power directly from your PSU (check if you have a floppy connector, I think an adapter is included) so the line power has less noise and therefore, the sound is more "clean".
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Not Better than the ASUS XONAR DG. Just get the ASUS XONAR DG and be done with it. A great Alternative is the ASUS XONAR USB Sound Card which I am running right now on my HOME PC with WIN 8 and have been completely satisfied with, sounds nearly as good as the XONAR DG. As far as a fit for the DS 7.1 on your particular board it would all depend on the type of slots you have available, PCI OR PCIE. As far as Case fit, it does come with another adapter for 2 different style Cases. Good Luck :)
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The onboard sound will work with that headset yes, but in almost every situation I'd recommend using a third party PCI-E card for sound if quality is your concern.
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I have a set of 8GB (totaling 16GB) Corsair Vengeance LP clocked at 1600mh/z and it works fine for me, you can even change the mh/z on the mobo bios which has tons to choose from.
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Do you mean plugged in at the same time? If so, I have not figured out how to have both the card and my mobo's onboard to work at the same time. If you mean you just want to plug speakers into it, then yes, they do work.
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It's PCI, not PCI-e. It makes a big difference if you only have PCI-e slots, but I do not believe it matters for performance. I use it in a demanding application and it works very well. Also, if you go to the HT Omega website, I believe they sell a PCI-e audio card: http://www.htomega.com/eclaro.html
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No. However the "ASUS Xonar DGX PCI-E GX2.5 Audio Engine Sound Card" will since it is a PCI-E x1 sound card (which is compatible in a pci-e x4 slot).It is basically the same card but for the newer form factor PCI-E. (link: ASUS Xonar DGX PCI-E GX2.5 Audio Engine Sound Cards )
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Yea I have the asus xonar Dx it's great once you get a sound card there's no going back. Unless you get a rog board those have great sound cards on board the mobo
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I have no idea. I looked through all the manuals, etc. that came with the board. From what I can tell it depends on the sound card capabilities. For the asrock this is probably the nvidea gtx 460. From discussions on Tom's hardware it seems that the 5.1 compression is not usually supported??? good luck CN
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It has a standard PCI interface. If your board has that then it should work. It's a middle quality board. The driver is low quality but you can research the chip manufacturer and download the native driver with lower overhead but less features. You get what you pay for and this board is better than no sound, which is what I had. If you want a high quality gamer, research the different sound card chip sets and find a board with a high performance architecture.
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It will work with a "built-in" sound controller but you will lose a large amount of functionality and sound quality. This is a 7.1 headset that uses five 3.5mm jacks and one of them is for the microphone. I recommend that if you do have to use a "built-in" controller that it should be a controller that supports 7.1 with the appropriate ports for the five 3.5mm connectors. I used to have a ASUS M5A99X Evo R2.0 motherboard with a 7.1 onboard sound controller and when I switched to a Asus Xonar DS 7.1 sound card, I noticed a HUGE increase in sound quality. A sound card will give you a way better experience with this headset than any integrated Realtek sound controller that you will find on most motherboards. It will function as headphones with just one 3.5mm (green) connector but you want to use all the connectors for the best experience and the fullest functionality of the headset. Yes it can work with a built in soundcard. But I highly recommend getting a dedicated 7.1 PCI-e sound card.
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Your board has Soundblaster cinema onboard. If you get the right software for that, it will be fine. It has a very decent onboard amp that is capable of driving headphones, and you won't find a significant difference in quality here. If you are getting any sort of hum, whine, static, or other noise when using the analog outs, you will probably get that with the Asus card also. In that case, you can use the optical digital out and use a decent DAC like the Fiio D3 or E3.
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No. However the "ASUS Xonar DGX PCI-E GX2.5 Audio Engine Sound Card" will since it is a PCI-E x1 sound card (which is compatible in a pci-e x4 slot). It is basically the same card but for the newer form factor PCI-E. (link: http://www.amazon.com/Xonar-DGX-PCI-E-GX2-5-Engine/dp/B007TMZ1BK/ )
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I am going to say It will be fine. I use the onboard realtek chipset for my motherboard and they sound fine What do other headphones sound like? With out knowing exactly the type of chipset you have It is tough to say. With that being said I do not know a whole lot about chipsets. These are not top of the line headphones and THe way i see it perfect for Mine, and your type of use. Email me with any more questions
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It will work. Not sure about bios, though. I have a pcie 2.0 x16 motherboard and it works flawlessly. It might be a good idea to update your motherboard's bios.
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Yes it does. I installed it on my Asus Z87 Sabertooth Motherboard yesterday. I't wasn't the easiest install but it was worth it.
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Sorry I can't help. I was forced to return the card because there was no documentation. Not even on the internet. The front-panel terminals were NOT in the standard "2x5 one missing pin" arrangement. My current Asus Xonar DG card works well, but two things: You must disable automatic driver downloads in Windows and only then install the driver CD. Otherwise there are erratic mouse issues. I would recommend the Xonar DG. Similar cost and no installation issues. Hope this helped a bit.
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well, i have a board with pci-e 2.0 and this card works fine, but if you think that the asrock will work not too fine so you need to wait more and get more money my MOBO is a MSI 970a-g43