Make BF4 sound as awesome as possible.. but for £130!

sh33pst3r · 26 Nov 2013 at 13:44

I currently have a Steelseries Siberia V2 with their USB soundcard.

It does the job and I've not any complaints until the mic stopped working on it a month ago.

Task: Make BF4 sound as awesome as possible for
Budget: £130

I've been looking at a USB set again but am thinking is this the time to step into a dedicated soundcard plus headphones setup. I do want that surround sound feeling.

I have a ASUS ROG Maximus IV Extreme-Z motherboard and use an SLI GTX680 configuration if you think I should be going down the soundcard route (just to make aware of space and heat worries in my case)

Let me know your opinions,

Thanks,
sh33p

sh33pst3r · 26 Nov 2013 at 16:16

Thanks for taking the time to reply raider, appreciated.

I think the best option for me with my mobo would be a PCI-E version though, so I presume I'd be correct in selecting http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-015-AS&tool=3 instead.

I would like to select the 518's. Looks an excellent combo

sh33pst3r · 27 Nov 2013 at 09:04

Ordered the HD518's, a Zalman clip on mic + a Xonar DTX 5.1 PCI-E card.

Looking forward to giving them all a solid test run

sh33pst3r · 28 Nov 2013 at 20:54

Received today. They sound amazing!

Was tracking footsteps really well and the FLAC collection is about to grow 1000%

The audiophile in me has began!