Sound & Mic Query - Gigabyte Aurus Elite X570

[Mark Hankinson]

Hi

I have the below motherboard. I now need to be able to have uadio - both receiving it and providing it for online interactions. If I have understood correctly, the motherboard has a mic connector - i have plugged in a headset to the mic socket and can transmit sound but not receive it. Any ideas on how to get a headset working with this motherboard?

▷ Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)

Thanks for all replies

 

[VersionMonkey]

So your headset has a built in mic? What sort of headset is it? Does it have a single plug on the end of the cable with 3, 4 or 5 segments; or does it have two plugs each with 3 segments?

 

[Mark Hankinson]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Apologies for the delay in responding.

Yes the headset has a built in mic and over the ear speakers. It only has a standard 3.5mm jack - so 1 plug. I presume I need one with multiple connectors to take advantage of the motherboard. Alternatively would a sound card be useful - would that be able to take a headset?

 

[VersionMonkey]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Apologies for the delay in responding.

Yes the headset has a built in mic and over the ear speakers. It only has a standard 3.5mm jack - so 1 plug. I presume I need one with multiple connectors to take advantage of the motherboard. Alternatively would a sound card be useful - would that be able to take a headset?

Not necessarily. As the headset has a single connector, it is likely that the mic and speaker connection are both on that one connector; hence my query about the number of segments on the connector.

To connect that headset to your PC, you would need an adapter cable. The opposite of one of these:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sandberg-3.5mm-jack-splitter-cable-cb-001-sb.html

i.e. an adapter that has one socket and two plugs. Unfortunately it seems OC don't have an example, but other places do.

You should then be able to connect the headset to the speaker/mic outputs on your motherboard.

A separate sound card would probably also have separate speaker/mic connectors, although a USB headset adapter like this:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/crea...l-usb-sound-card-70sb171000000-sc-103-cl.html

ought to work with your headset - there can be differences in the combined 3.5mm jacks, depending on if the headset was intended to be used with Apple devices, I believe.

Whether it's worth the extra over just an adapter cable would probably depend on the quality of your headset and what else you want to use it for, as the onboard sound on your motherboard should be adequate for communication.

 

[JasonM]

It sounds like the mic / headset is one designed for phones, the type of phones normally found in offices.

As VersionMonkey says you can use a splitter to connect to your motherboard.

However personally I would get a USB mic and headset, or just a USB mic.

Something like this

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/senn...voip-and-multimedia-usb-504196-sp-078-sn.html

Or something like this if you want a standalone mic.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aver...ng-and-gaming-microphone-am310-av-007-av.html

Personally I use a sound card for audio playback, however I own Blue Yeti mic's the USB setup on them is just so easy, plug and play. In fact another recommendation is to just buy a Blue Yeti. The recorded sound from a Blue Yeti is so clean, certainly cleaner then feeding a 3.5mm mic into any motherboard. Another advantage with the Blue Yeti is it's tested with Skype / Zoom / MS Teams, so you know it will work well.

 

[Mark Hankinson]

Version Monkey & JasonM

Many thansk for your replies. Very helpful.

The headset is currently used on my laptop as speakers/mic. I wanted to use for simple communication on the desktop too.

I like the idea of both the external sound card and the usb headset. I will probably get the headset to try.

Many thanks again.