As previously mentioned, I am not a good judge of sound quality and 
anything more than onboard audio is wasted on me. Therefor, I have no 
information on individual sound cards. It really depends upon what level 
of sound quality you want when listening to your music. How much of a 
music lover are you and how important is music quality to you?? With 
that information, I'm sure other members can give you some suggestions.

Tom Mayer

srs wrote:
> Hello Thomas,  Belarc reports this info under Multimedia heading:
>
> Standard Game Port
> Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
> VIA AC"97 AudioController (WDM)
> What sound card do you recommend?
> stephen r stanfield
>
> Thomas Mayer wrote:
>> Yes, based on your intended uses and desires. Remember to check to 
>> make sure you can reuse your RAM with the new motherboard.
>>
>> You did not mention a sound card in your existing system. Yet you 
>> mentioned you listen to music and have Bose speakers. If you don't 
>> have a good sound card to reuse, put one on the list. Unless you are 
>> a music aficionado, it does not have to be top end. In fact, you 
>> might try the onboard sound first and, if not good enough for you, 
>> you can later add a sound card to the system. I use onboard sound fed 
>> through my stereo system and it works very well. Of course I'm also 
>> tone deaf and try to avoid making judgments on sound quality.
>>
>> There was at least one other response to your inquiry that you may 
>> want to consider. There are lots of ways to upgrade a system.
>>
>> Tom Mayer
>>
>

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