Realtek ALC1150, Creative® Sound Core3D or External DAC?

[spookz84]

Hey All,

I am getting a new motherboard and had a question about sound.

The motherboards I was looking at were GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 with Realtek ALC1150 or GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 with Creative® Sound Core3D.

I was wandering:
A: Which of these 2 onboard sound solutions is better?
B: Would I be better just getting a cheaper motherboard and getting on external DAC?

I use Bayerdynamic DT770 PRO 80 OHM headphones. I mainly play Rainbow Six: Siege so positional audio is a necessity.

 

[azca]

ALC1150 is very good and has support in windows/mac/linux so go with that