Want to replace my 5.1 and on-board sound with 2.1 and soundcard

[Furton]

At the moment I'm using on-board Realtek AC97 soundcard and some rather old Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 setup.

However I'm sick of the cable mess the 5.1 is causing and since the rear speakers aren't behind me there's no point having them. I only use the PC for games and music so what's the best soundcard and speakers for say £100 - £150?

Going to be used on a Vista Ultimate X64 system

 

[Furton]

Will have a look for them speakers. Not sure on the Asus soundcard though, why does it need a fan? Don't need more fan noise

 

[Furton]

Audioblobs 2 and Asus Xonar DX ordered