Aljynx Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 hello I am new here and i need your personal advice.. I am hearing this Hi-Fi 3D motherboards from "Asrock, Biostar and Gigabyte.". its really attracting how it sounds especially Biostar that they focus on gaming towards high end audio quality and when it comes to system performance they are talking about Asrock.. can you please tell me more about this kind of Motherboard? how much is it buying from the market? what is the advantages and disadvantages of this. if this Hi-fi motherboard focuses generally for gaming, then its really perfect from my future needs as now i am starting to play Battlefield and Crysis. =P by the way right now I am only using Intel? Core? i5 LGA 1150 Processor. Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John2walk Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 the advantage is clearly the good audio feature like smart ear 3d! it gives great sound on any stereo headset! for more details it really depends on your preferences. for your games you should focus more on a good graphics card! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneKnee Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I would just get a cheaper motherboard, a better GPU and a dedicated sound card like something from the Xonar series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John2walk Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 i would disagree with that. I dont see any use of a discrete soundcard. There is sound on every motherboard these days. Why should you pay extra for that? its just about to finde those having a good quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted July 21, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2013 I'm guessiong you're not a DJ. There are large differences between normal motherboards and discrete sound cards. 9/10, the cards give better quality. But if you're not into all that jazz, yea, a motherboard sound card will do. Same difference for video cards, why waste $200 on a discrete video card? You have one in your motherboard. Same thing. You want more quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceles Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 i would disagree with that. I dont see any use of a discrete soundcard. There is sound on every motherboard these days. Why should you pay extra for that? its just about to finde those having a good quality. Oh my... the differences are extreme between onboard audio and a dedicated sound card, beginning with the SNR, which is very low on onboard audio AND they are perceptible even on not so much high en devices, of course if you don't care about good quality in audio... well, it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted July 21, 2013 Veteran Share Posted July 21, 2013 These days there's barely any difference between the sound card on motherboard and standalone sound card, it's not like the old days when the motherboard could basically just run the PC speaker. Elliot B. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aljynx Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 Thank you for your advice. I understand that audio is generally not too bad anymore, but from what i learned from the last days is that the biostar seems to add some extra features to enhance audio in many cases. For example the Amp to support higher Ohm headphones sounds quite good as many good headphones profit from that. I am just wondering if there is anything else that i need to know? i am planning to set up my system by this coming week. For now, it does not sound like i will do a mistake with my selection :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 These days there's barely any difference between the sound card on motherboard and standalone sound card, it's not like the old days when the motherboard could basically just run the PC speaker. Dunno. onboard sound card still have significant noise induced from all the other motherboard components. still I don't use one right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrgel Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I also prefer having good audio especially for gaming I have heard this 3D motherboard is from Biostar, if im not mistaken. I dont know if the others has, sounds cool to me... though it sound not cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I dont see any use of a discrete soundcard. As a DJ, you gave me quite the chuckle. As a gamer, I've heard the argument that it offloads the processing? Not sure what weight this holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innuendo Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I'll post my audio solution since it hasn't been mentioned. I'm using the standard Realtek ALC889 chipset on my motherboard, but it's using the S/PDIF-Out optical connection to go to a high-end Denon A/V receiver I bought for a song off of eBay (owner was getting rid of it because it has no HDMI connectors - no big deal for my use) that uses Brown/Burr DACs. Most add-on soundcards can't match the sound quality, but of course, you have to have room in your PC area for the receiver. As for increased noise from onboard sound, it depends on the way your motherboard manufacturer implemented the chipset on your mobo. My Gigabyte motherboard didn't have any discernible noise at all when I was using it with the standard audio connectors before I went to the optical connection. However, I have a friend who had an older Gigabyte board & it sounded awful so I guess it's the luck of the draw. Aergan 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John2walk Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Oh my... the differences are extreme between onboard audio and a dedicated sound card, beginning with the SNR, which is very low on onboard audio AND they are perceptible even on not so much high en devices, of course if you don't care about good quality in audio... well, it doesn't matter. regarding that SNR and quality things i just found a recent review about the HiFi Z87X from Biostar (http://www.overclockers.com/biostar-hifi-z87X-3D). BIOSTAR has chosen to focus a lot on audio with this board, the Hi-Fi Z87X 3D. They covered the Realtek chip to prevent EMI, separated the audio section from the rest of the board, use different and purportedly better hardware in the Hi-V caps to boot. So they take very much care of the separation of audio signals and other elecrical signals, as far as i understand. For most of the people on the plant it should be a great compromise though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I'll post my audio solution since it hasn't been mentioned. I'm using the standard Realtek ALC889 chipset on my motherboard, but it's using the S/PDIF-Out optical connection to go to a high-end Denon A/V receiver I bought for a song off of eBay (owner was getting rid of it because it has no HDMI connectors - no big deal for my use) that uses Brown/Burr DACs. Most add-on soundcards can't match the sound quality, but of course, you have to have room in your PC area for the receiver. As for increased noise from onboard sound, it depends on the way your motherboard manufacturer implemented the chipset on your mobo. My Gigabyte motherboard didn't have any discernible noise at all when I was using it with the standard audio connectors before I went to the optical connection. However, I have a friend who had an older Gigabyte board & it sounded awful so I guess it's the luck of the draw. I have a Yamaha RX-V361, similar situation. For the cost of a dedicated sound card, get a 5.1/7.1 receiver off of eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 i would disagree with that. I dont see any use of a discrete soundcard. There is sound on every motherboard these days. Why should you pay extra for that? its just about to finde those having a good quality. Maybe if you have an expensive sound system and use your PC to listen to lossless audio on it. I don't know about current mb but i swear my Auzentech sound card is giving me better sound quality than onboard sound cards from 3 years ago. Of course for gaming or anything on pc speakers you wont hear any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Even an old Creative Audigy 2 will give you better sound quality than most on-board stuff. I can very easily hear the difference between my onboard audio and my Audigy, and that's the lowest quality of sound cards there is. Those 3D emulation things rarely every work as advertised. It's just a gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aljynx Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 thank you for your feedback. i was also browsing around a bit and came up with that review from techreport: http://techreport.com/review/23358/asus-budget-xonar-dgx-and-dsx-sound-cards-reviewed/7 although they did not test a motherboard from biostar they are saying that generally onboard and external sound cards have the same quality. i wish they would have done a comparison of a hi fi board too. now, assuming its the same chipset it should already keep up with usual audio quality. hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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