AV reciever for PC

[Amp34]

I am looking for an AV reciever I can use to listen to films and music played on my PC. I want something quite cheap but still pretty good quality, what sort of price could I get one for? I would like something quite simple but also have enough options that I wont have to upgrade after a year if I want to add more things.

I have had a look round and come across this, the Denon AVR1906 which looks pretty much what I want. Any other recommendations?

The other question is would I need to buy a seperate sound card to get the best quality or will the onboard sound controller (optical connection) be fine. My assumption is that all the PC needs to do is send the data to the amp which then decodes the DD or DTS stream so the standard one would be fine?

 

[Amp34]

Thanks I'll have a look at those as well.

To begin with I will be using the speakers from my all in 1 surround kit (due to cost) but I will eventually get another set, sometime in the nearish future.

What do you mean by warmer speakers?

 

[Amp34]

Regarding the digital output, as long as the onboard digital output DD & DTS you won't need another. However if it upsamples everything to 48hz even CD's you may want to use ASIO drivers if available, or upgrade to soundcard that's ASIO compatible. CD's are 44.1khz PCM, you don't want the soundcard to upsample this upto 48khz, the av amplifier should receive a 44khz stream.

How would I find out whether my board does upscale everything? I have an Asus A8N SLI using Realtek AC'97 audio if that helps. I assume I need codecs on the PC to decode the information to be sent to the amp too?