Buying a subwoofer for a pc what would I need to connect it to the pc?

[Bryan Melo]

https://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=8248&gclid=CjwKEAjwwcjGBRDj-P7TwcinyBkSJADymblTrejicGaPXPb_dhvsKdIIEPuf-UrAeyxdJJCXveTjMRoCuGbw_wcB

This is the subwoofer I was going to get I already have a set of Bose pc speakers and was wondering how I would get this to work with those.

 

[kanewolf]

All you should need is the appropriate 3.5mm to RCA cable.

 

[Bryan Melo]

How would I go about connecting it?

 

[madmatt30]

That depends on your motherboard model ??

Easy option is simply split your left/right soeaker outputs from your PC.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000067RC4/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1490339332&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=3.5mm+splitter

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00A7J1ANA/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1490339370&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=3.5mm+to+rca

Buy those 2 cables , splitter into back of PC , speakers plugged to 1 output , sub plugged to the other with the rca ends to the line input on the sub.

This is the easy way to do it but doesn't offer seperate sub control.

 

[madmatt30]

The correct way would be to use the centre/sub output on the board which would give full control of frequencies to the sub.

In which case you'd buy
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00A7J1ANA/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1490339370&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=3.5mm+to+rca#nav-search-keywords

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003ZEI7XU/ref=mp_s_a_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1490339761&sr=8-13&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=rca+splitter

3.5mm to rca cable into centre/sub output.

Rca splitter plugged into sub line in inputs , other end plugged onto the red or white cable ends on the 3.5mm to rca cable (trial & error which one is right as it depends which pin outputs centre & which outputs sub)

The way above you need to enable 2.1 in system audio settings , its the correct way though & will split the frequencies properly between sub & speakers.