Sound Card

[SoGi]

Hi Guys,

Now this may be a stupid question, but going to ask anyway .

I have the Roccat Kave headset which is 5.1, I also have 2.1 logitech Z4 speakers now on my motherboard I obviously only have enough jack slots for the headset.

How would I go about getting both of them connected? I guess i would need a sound card of some sort but which one?

Motherboard is Asus P8P67: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-447-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906

(Not sure if this should be in Sound City)

Thanks.

 

[wilko49]

There are 2 (or possibly 3) options - the first is, as you say, getting a sound card. The second is getting a switch. I'm afraid I can't recommend a switch for you, but I'm sure you can find one with a bit of google-foo.

Do those 2.1 speakers use 2 3.5mm Jacks, or is the subwoofer channel simulated (ie, there is only 1 3.5mm jack)? If there's just one jack, your third option is to plug the speakers into your front-panel headphone socket.

On the sound card option, I imagine any would work - I have an Asus Xonar DG at the moment, but I've just ordered a D2X to replace it - it very much depends on your budget. The only potential problem I can see is if the sound card's drivers interfered with your onboard's drivers.

 

[SoGi]

There are 2 (or possibly 3) options - the first is, as you say, getting a sound card. The second is getting a switch. I'm afraid I can't recommend a switch for you, but I'm sure you can find one with a bit of google-foo.

Do those 2.1 speakers use 2 3.5mm Jacks, or is the subwoofer channel simulated (ie, there is only 1 3.5mm jack)? If there's just one jack, your third option is to plug the speakers into your front-panel headphone socket.

On the sound card option, I imagine any would work - I have an Asus Xonar DG at the moment, but I've just ordered a D2X to replace it - it very much depends on your budget. The only potential problem I can see is if the sound card's drivers interfered with your onboard's drivers.

It is 2 jacks for the speakers 1 for sub and 1 for speakers. Sounds card route seems to be the best option then, I do have a small sound card i can use to test it so shall do this tomorrow.

Thanks for the reply.