<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/13/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs@gmail.com">adeffs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wednesday 12 October 2005 14:03, Derek Meek wrote:<br>> so what sound card (or AMD-CPU motherboard with integrated sound) would you<br>> recommend - i noticed the ~$80 price for the audigy 2 zs plat. pro was<br>> 'noise' on pricewatch and the cheapest one is actually $200, which is waay
<br>> too much<br><br>I've found the NForce3 and NForce4 boards with built in ALC655 and ALC855<br>chips always have at optical if not optical and coax outputs on board. I like<br>the ECS, MSI and Gigabyte boards. </blockquote>
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FWIW, my MSI "K7N2GM2-LSR" has an S/PDIF connector on the motherboard,
but it did not come with an S/PDIF bracket to connect to it -- the
bracket was optional. I found it surprisingly difficult to find
one later... So just a heads-up; if you are going to go with
on-board audio make sure that you get all of the connections that
you'll need for your situation.<br>