Sound Card for music production

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I am involved music production and I currently do it on my mac. I am currently piecing out the build for a new desktop that will be used for slew of things but mostly geared for gaming. I figured if I was going to be building this comp, it may be smart to move my production over with it as my MBP is starting to get pretty slow with complex layering. Here is the proposed build and I was wondering what you guys think I should do for the sound option.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LdGTzy
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LdGTzy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($48.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($199.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.73 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Rosewill Green 630W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Mwave)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.19 @ Amazon)
Total: $682.25
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

Curtis Lush

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So you would recommend external over internal?