** Easter B Grade Clearance Sound Card Deals **

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Easter holidays are looming so here's some great prices on some excellent sound cards.



**B Grade** Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-Express Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp @ £11.99 inc VAT

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The Xonar DGX sound card combines Dolby Headphone 5.1 high definition surround with Asus’ own GX 2.5 gaming audio engine and an on-board headset amplifier. These result in accurate and deep audio that brings every nuance and sound across fully, making the new Xonar DGX an ideal sound card for gamers who want to remain totally aware of their play environments.

- Built-in Headphone AMP
- Powers up every sound detail in gaming
- 3 gain modes for different usage scenarios
- Dolby Headphone for an immersive 5.1 surround imaging
- GX2.5 for realistic 3D audio effects
- PCI-E

Originally sold at £22.49+VAT

Only £11.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW **B Grade** Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card @ £69.95 inc VAT

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The Xonar Essence STX PCI-Express is the latest sound card from Asus that provides high quality audio performance. Its integrated headphone amplifier produces less than 0.001% distortion to accompany its industry-leading 124dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). The sound cards also boast Hyper-ground technology, EMI Shield design, AV100 high-definition sound processor, 24-bit Burr Brown PCM 1792A D-A converters, Nichicon Fine Gold capacitors, Optical digital output, Two pairs of RCA jacks and Input and output 6.3mm stereo jacks. The new Asus Xonar Essence STX PCI-Express is also perfect for gaming and entertainment PCs since it supports ASIO 2.0, Dolby Digital Live, Headphone, Virtual Speaker, Pro-Logic II home theater sound technologies and DS3D GX2.5 3D gaming engines.

- Optical digital output
- EMI Shield design
- Dolby Digital Live
- Pro-Logic II home theater sound technologies
- DS3D GX2.5 3D gaming engines
- 24-bit Burr Brown PCM 1792A D-A converters
- 124dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)
- Warranty: 14 Days (OcUK) + Any additional balance of warranty remaining with the vendor of this product.

Only £69.95 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
only 1 of them first come first served.

5 of the other sound card which is also a fantastic price just over £10 for a sound card you can't go wrong! It's worth buying just to prove that soundcards are better than onboard!
 
after 90 days it's back to manufacturer. Prior to that it is treated as if it were under a normal warranty by ourselves.
 
Never purchased a sound card in all my pc owning years. Is it the clarity of the sound when gaming/music producing that is effected? Or are other things effected?

Cheers.
 
digitalx said:
Never purchased a sound card in all my pc owning years. Is it the clarity of the sound when gaming/music producing that is effected? Or are other things effected?

Cheers.
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I went from a single 6950 to Crosfire 6950, marked inprovement in BF4.
However in doing this I had to go from My old Xonar DG to onboard sound, couldn't put up with it, sound was horrendous.
Went back to single GFX with the sound card too, I did eventually move over to a PCIe Xonar DG and Crossfire.

IMHO Sound just as much as GFx can make a game enjoyable or not, in my case it seemed like such a downgrade I realy couldn't put up with it. Of course your headphones will have an impact also.

For the Price the Xonar DG/DGX really is an amazing little card.
 
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On the cheap one, would it be better than the sound on a G1.sniper Z87? Or a noticable difference?
 
it would be a noticeable difference mainly because the creative on-board stuff is pretty crap and the Amp upgrade Is a pointless gimmick i mean why wouldn't the best one be in the board in the first place.
 
digitalx said:
Thanks Divine, I'll look into it :) My headphones are Creative Fatalitys that could do with an upgrade anyway.
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You don't necessarily have to spend a huge amount on a headset mate.
Check out headfi they have a good skill at spotting amazing sounding headsets for very little, and of course our very own sound city forum :p
 
Ryan-3 said:
:D

I emptied what I had left for it as it is said to be such an epic card at what appears to be an epic price. Can't wait!
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Was a cracking price, you wont be dissappointed.

I can never understand the clearence stuff, you have an stx at that price but other things like the windforce 290x is the same price as brand new?
 
Well as the onboard sound on my Sabertooth 990fx 2 is starting to flake out, i've just bought one of the DGX cards...and I told myself not to buy anything this morning...that went really well haha
 
Jasonst888 said:
Was a cracking price, you wont be dissappointed.

I can never understand the clearence stuff, you have an stx at that price but other things like the windforce 290x is the same price as brand new?
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Each item has to be physically set by someone. When they are put in b grade the system pulls the price. And then has to be changed. Not an excuse but if the purchaser in charge is busy he might not get round to checking the bgrade for a bit.

I set these prices as our year end is upon us and stock take is imminent.

You can always ring sales and ask for a better price if the price is the same as the website as that is a mistake and someone will change it for you.
 
Adjusted the bracket as soon as I got back and have it up and running as we speak. Shall have a fiddle with the settings and see what it can do. I noticed straight away that the sound through the speakers sounds punchier and more defined, shall test it with headphones soon. :cool:
 
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