Onboard vs xonar d1?

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Angel_Rex

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Ok, so I've done some reading and can't find a definitive answer -

I have a xonar d1 pci sound card and will be updating to ryzen in two months

I'll be going 1600x and this board
Asus ROG Crosshair VI Hero

Now, most high end boards no longer have the pci slot my sound card takes.

So, do I go for the above board and use onboard sound or either buy a board with a pci like the asus prime x370-a and use my current sound card or... buy a new pcie xonar?

I'm using a mixture of 5.1 analogue headphone and ns1000 using Dolby headphone ATM.

Thanks in advance
 
Aren't there three PCIe 1x slots on that board?

Edit: Think I must be tired. Only just realised the D1 is the PCI version. :p

Gotten so used to talking about only PCIe sound cards.

Anyway; That board has SupremeFX, so hard to say how that will compare.

Probably best to buy the motherboard you want, rather to spend a lot less on something you wouldn't normally pick, just to get a PCI slot.

If you can't get a PCIe sound card at the same, maybe with the onboard audio, you could suck it up, until you can get a new sound card; or you may find it's not actually that bad. Not sure that SupremeFX has any positional sound stuff like DH, though.
 
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Marsman said:
Aren't there three PCIe 1x slots on that board?

Edit: Think I must be tired. Only just realised the D1 is the PCI version. :p

Gotten so used to talking about only PCIe sound cards.

Anyway; That board has SupremeFX, so hard to say how that will compare.
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Indeed, hence why I'm at conflict!
 
Added a bit more since my last edit. Was too much in shock, after realising I got a D1 and DX mixed up, to add any more at the time. :p :D
 
HAHA, cheers :)

Actually, I was going to buy Asus Prime x370-a as its £125 is. I can't see how a £250 board can be that much better :D

Unless of course - the more expensive board has better audio etc than my sound card.

Edit- I could buy the Asus Price X370-Pro for £140 and a new sound card for the price of the Rog :D
 
I have no idea when it comes to the benefits of a £270 board over a £140 one, but if the X370 Pro will do all you need it do for half the price of the ROG Hero, then certainly no point in paying all that money only to find that the supposed better SupremeFX, isn't actually that supreme after all. I know there's more reasons you were looking at the ROG Hero than just supposed better audio, but if you end up needing to buy a sound card on top of that, you're looking at £300+.

I know what I'd do, but I'm not the best person to ask about the merits of paying £200+ for a motherboard. :p
 
Angel_Rex said:
Now, most high end boards no longer have the pci slot my sound card takes.

So, do I go for the above board and use onboard sound or either buy a board with a pci like the asus prime x370-a and use my current sound card or... buy a new pcie xonar?

I'm using a mixture of 5.1 analogue headphone and ns1000 using Dolby headphone ATM.
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Which is good because those obsolete PCI slots only take space from sense making positioning of PCI-e slots.
High end graphics cards pretty much reserve total of four uppermost expansion card slots if you want to have any airflow space between it and other cards.

If motherboard maker just puts actual effort (instead of PR BS) into implementation of integrated sound card those can be fully enough for human hearing's accuracy.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/high-end-pc-audio,3733-19.html
That ALC889 is actually at level of budget sound cards and even used by Creative in Audigy Fx. (no sense to invent wheel again)
Nowadays most motherboards use ALC1150 chip which itself is capable to more accurate signal.

If those headphones have more than two elements they should be fed 5.1 signal.
Still that can't be equal to actual surround home theater set up and likely neither sound quality is that good with any signal.
Those "surround" headphones are basically made by hit and run over by truck quality Chinese junk makers.
There are good reasons why traditional audio equipment makers haven't gone for such headphones.
 
I ran my STX for a couple of years in the x1 slot that sits just above the top x16 slot without any problems. I put a piece of cardboard between the two cards just to be on the safe side as the GPU I was using at the time didn't have a back plate.

I now use it in the very bottom full length slot (x4) which in the case of my motherboard, is shared with the x1 slots rather than the x16, so it doesn't cause the main GPU slot to be dropped to x8. This is probably motherboard dependent, so it's worth checking the slot configuration for the board you are buying.
 
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