Hi all,
So I was quite happy with my setup which was an Asus D2X with some CALs. It did what I needed it to, I play games like BF4 and Dayz and listen to some music now and again and found the CALs were a huge step up from my nasty Roccat Kaves I had previously.
I've recently upgraded my CPU cooler from an AIO Antec to a Noctua D15, it's amazing but it's huge and means that my D2X no longer fits in the top PCIe slot.
I can't use an alternative slot as it then covers my graphics card cooler. So it's been removed, my motherboard is a Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H with Realtek 898C (if that means anything) supposedly it's got some kind of build in amp stuff?
Anyway, the motherboard has an optical output so I thought now might be the time to upgrade to something better than the D2X but not onboard.
What do I need? Is it a DAC? or an amp> or is it both I need? I have no idea where audio is concerned. I would prefer an upgrade to the D2X I had and I'm looking to spend about £100(ish) but the lower the better.
Thanks
Steve
So I was quite happy with my setup which was an Asus D2X with some CALs. It did what I needed it to, I play games like BF4 and Dayz and listen to some music now and again and found the CALs were a huge step up from my nasty Roccat Kaves I had previously.
I've recently upgraded my CPU cooler from an AIO Antec to a Noctua D15, it's amazing but it's huge and means that my D2X no longer fits in the top PCIe slot.
I can't use an alternative slot as it then covers my graphics card cooler. So it's been removed, my motherboard is a Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H with Realtek 898C (if that means anything) supposedly it's got some kind of build in amp stuff?
Anyway, the motherboard has an optical output so I thought now might be the time to upgrade to something better than the D2X but not onboard.
What do I need? Is it a DAC? or an amp> or is it both I need? I have no idea where audio is concerned. I would prefer an upgrade to the D2X I had and I'm looking to spend about £100(ish) but the lower the better.
Thanks
Steve
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