[SOLVED] Recommend me a soundcard.

[ProfSeaGoat]

My motherboard is the Gigabyte x570 Aorus Elite and I want an internal sound card.
I run Phillips Fidelio X2HR & Beyerdynamic Beyron, both are considerably weaker sounding moving from my M-ITX MSI B550i MPG Gaming Edge MAX.
Clearly the MSI had a better onboard solution.

Mostly my issue is lack of dynamics and not as loud.

My budget is £100 ($132 roughly) Thanks.

 

[hotaru.hino]

If you want something modern, the only option here is either Creative's Sound BlasterX or ASUS's STRIX RAID PRO.

Otherwise I recommend looking at USB based DACs.

 

[logainofhades]

Only sound cards, that I see, that fall in or near your budget, are these. You may want to check out the user reviews for them.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/sound-card/#sort=-rating&page=1&X=224,15045

 

[sizzling]

You have installed the motherboard sound drivers instead of using the default Windows drivers?

Maybe a FIIO K3? FiiO New K3 Headphone Amplifier High Resolution 384kHz/32bit PCM DSD256 USB-C DAC for Home and Computer Coaxial and Optical Digital Outs : Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

 

[ProfSeaGoat]

You have installed the motherboard sound drivers instead of using the default Windows drivers?

Maybe a FIIO K3? FiiO New K3 Headphone Amplifier High Resolution 384kHz/32bit PCM DSD256 USB-C DAC for Home and Computer Coaxial and Optical Digital Outs : Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Thank you!



Yes my drivers are installed perfectly for the onboard audio, the supposed "Better audio" on this board does not in practice sound good at least for me and my equipment.

I completely forgot about FiiO I still have one of their little MP3 players.. amazing quality.

I have bought that instead based upon what PCI sound cards are available with not a single trustworthy one in sight, either bad drivers or no driver support (Windows 11) or other issues.

Plus the fact I have a WiFi card inbound too (Nord VPN on my ethernet connection causes internet drop outs) which would be nestled right against the sound card causing interference.

Thank you to all!