Dedicated sound card for hyperx cloud1

[Yellow3]

do i need a dedicated soundcard for thehyperx cloud 1?
I want a good headset for gaming( around 100$)
motherboard:ASRock B85M Pro3

 

[Isokolon]

Usually for a Headset like that onboard Sound is fine.

 

[RCFProd]

B85 Pro3 is good enough but you'd see an improment with the ALC1150 codec. B85 Pro3 uses ALC662.

 

[Isokolon]

Sure. You'll See an improvmemt. But a good sound card is around 70-120$ and the improvements won't really justify that while a cheap low end soundcard won't make a difference

Best thing is to just test it. If you don't like the sound quality get a sound card.

 

[Yellow3]

Sure. You'll See an improvmemt. But a good sound card is around 70-120$ and the improvements won't really justify that while a cheap low end soundcard won't make a difference

Best thing is to just test it. If you don't like the sound quality get a sound card.

do you think it's worth to buy the headsets with my current motherboard?
(for gaming)

 

[Yellow3]

Sure. You'll See an improvmemt. But a good sound card is around 70-120$ and the improvements won't really justify that while a cheap low end soundcard won't make a difference

Best thing is to just test it. If you don't like the sound quality get a sound card.

do you think it's worth to buy the headsets with my current motherboard?
(for gaming)

 

[RCFProd]

Yes it will still be better than any other headset. HyperX Cloud is the best.

 

[Yellow3]

I want to thank everyone for the help. I apreciate it!

 

[Isokolon]

Usually the Mainboard Codec is still sufficient as the headphones are the more limiting factor anyway.
Those are solid headphones go for it.

If we were talking about 250$ Sennheisers or AKGs things look different but in your case they are quite alright.

 

[RCFProd]

By the way, connecting HyperX Clouds directly to the audio ports instead of using the adapter in-between gives better audio quality. The adapter makes the sound quality worse.

With the adapter I mean this thing:
http://i.imgur.com/dvMMLTo.jpg

 

[Yellow3]

By the way, connecting HyperX Clouds directly to the audio ports instead of using the adapter in-between gives better audio quality. The adapter makes the sound quality worse.

With the adapter I mean this thing:
http://i.imgur.com/dvMMLTo.jpg

but the downside is that i can't use the adaptor?

 

[RCFProd]

In games you can use it, but I'd use the audio ports directly when listening music and such. Personally I use the HyperX Cloud always directly, I don't use the adapter. Let it be games or music.