PS3 audio

[Docc]

Hey, I'm possibly going to be buying a PS3 soon and was wondering about the audio outputs on it.

I'm going to be connecting it to my PC monitor using the HDMI connection and I'm wondering if it's possible to connect some 5.1 speakers PC speakers to it? They only have the normal 3.5mm connections.

I've seen a few threads about this, but I'm not too sure on all this stuff.

 

[Docc]

Ah I was thinking of that actually, would I just be able to connect my speakers like normal to my sound card and get an optical cable from the sound card's 'Optical out' port to the PS3? Having the PC on shouldn't be too much trouble, I'd probably have it on most of the time I want to use my PS3 anyway.