ASUS Crosshair VI Hero Sound Card

[AlmostNewbie]

So basically does the ASUS Crosshair VI Hero have a built in sound card? If it does is it any good or should I buy a sound card? Do I need a sound card (for gaming)? Thank you and have a nice day...

 

[Seanie280672]

So basically does the ASUS Crosshair VI Hero have a built in sound card? If it does is it any good or should I buy a sound card? Do I need a sound card (for gaming)? Thank you and have a nice day...

Yes it has built in audio, yet to see a motherboard that doesnt, and yes its a pretty decent one:

ROG SupremeFX 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220
- Impedance sense for front and rear headphone outputs
- Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking
- High quality 120 dB SNR stereo playback output and 113 dB SNR recording input
- SupremeFX Shielding Technology
- ESS® ES9023P
- Supports up to 32-Bit/192kHz playback *2
Audio Feature :
- Gold-plated jacks
- Optical S/PDIF out port(s) at back panel
- Sonic Radar III
- Sonic Studio III