Originally Posted by Yngwie

I've built every computer that I've owned except for the first one. What I want to know is why would you want to use the on-board sound? It's all good if it's for temporary use, but for use strictly as the main sound device it's crap. You can get a good sound card for cheap which will smoke any on-board sound. My current PC has and Asus board and the only time I used the on-board sound was when I was waiting for the sound card I bought to get delivered. There was a huge difference in sound with the on-board shit and the real sound card that I put in. (Turtle Beach Montego DDL - with optical out)