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 >> > The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering our special coffee mugs and mouse pads with the PCBUILD logo... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml