A computer motherboard supports audio via an onboard chip or an add-on sound card. Those that include a sound chip typically have expansion slots that allow you to install a more powerful sound card.

Okay, so I'm building a system. I play games and music on my computer and will be getting the $50 Logitech 5.1 speaker system. Yes, kind of cheap, but I don't play things that loud - my house ...

Having spent a number of years as the audio weapon of choice for computer sound systems, Creative has announced a couple of USB releases that will allow any sound card to benefit from its Sound ...

For some reason the sound card (SB X-Fi Gamer) just died. It's really window out tonight where I'm at (like, gusting 50+ mph), and my desktop was in Sleep mode when I left. When I got home, it was ...

Back in the day (which, for you youngsters, is a scientific measurement of time reserved for anyone who used to walk to school during snowstorms, uphill, both ways), integrated audio solutions had ...

On its own, your computer can't make a sound. Digital data from audio and video files needs to be turned into something that our ears can hear, and this requires specialized hardware and sophisticated ...

My reference audio is the onboard Realtek HD Audio controller optically feeding an external Audio-gd Sparrow ‘A’ DAC/Amp. The Audio-gd drives the AKG K-701s. While not the most spectacular sounding ...

It’s the question on everyone’s minds: Your PC can produce pretty decent audio without your having to spend a dime on new hardware, so why the heck are we advocating doing just that? Because you’ll ...