Help needed sound card

FORCE-NO1

FORCE-NO1

FORCE-NO1

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Hi looking for some help regarding a dedicated sound card
I'm looking at getting a dedicated denon amp and 5.1 speakers system and would like to add a dedicated sound card to get best possible sound quality
I have been looking at the asus xonar essence stxll 7.1
But with this being my first time using or fitting a sound card I'm unsure
A is it as simple as fitting a gpu
B will I benefit from using a dedicated sound card with an external amp and speakers
C will this fit in my current system
Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated
I use my computer for gaming 95% of the time my current specs are as follows

Alienware Area 51 r2
I7 5820k
32gb corsair dominator platinum
Gtx 1080ti x2 sli
2tb Samsung ssd
2tb hdd
1500 psu

My two gpu's are in the top two pcie slots and I have one pcie slot available under my bottom gpu
thanks
 
Thanks for your advise
And yes I'm a little concerned about space I don't want to block any flow of air to my gpus as things are a bit confined as it is
Are the external ones just as good and I assume I connect to Pc via USB then for that to my amp is that correct
Thanks again
 
I'm wanting to buy the denon amp and speakers package haven't decided on what package to go for
Would there be a connection issue or am I being stupid lol
I thought upgrading my sound card would produce better sound running through the amp or am I wrong
 
So how does that work for instance I have my display port lead to my monitor from my gpu do you also run a hdmi from the gpu to the amp I'm confused now lol
 
That's good question as I'm not sure of what motherboard is in the Alienware Area 51 r2
I do have an optical connection from the motherboard though so does that mean it supports 5.1 and if it does like you said I'm good to go strait through optical
Thanks again for all your help and advise really appreciate it only been using PCs for last couple of years just a mas learning curve that never ends lol
 
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