If you rather have a great DAC or amplifier inside your PC instead of outside, the ASUS STRIX RAID DLX is a great alternative. High-grade parts may not define good sound (in this case the sound is great), but you can be sure that the parts are of high quality and are reliable.

Full control; Audiophile-grade parts; Performance

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-It takes quite some time to make some audio enhancement adjustment to get the right frequency response for things like bass, instruments, action movies, games, etc. -I personally owned ASUS Xonar DX and it was a fantastic sound card for novice PC users, but since I bought Logitech Z333 to replace...

-SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) was 124db which results cleaner audio experience to prevent unwanted background such as static noise, crackling etc; -Reduces CPU usage -Easy to switch between headphone and speaker interchangeably -Lots of great option to adjust lows, mids, and highs frequency via Sonic...

-It's quite pricey and it's important to get decent speaker and headphone to take advantage of high quality sound card -Some sound driver is not coded properly and may result unwanted crackling/audio distortion in some games

this is what I have been waiting for a sound card released after windows 10 to be fully compatible with 0 issues and great sound

KitGuru Says: The Asus STRIX DLX provides a stellar audio experience that is well worth the investment.

7.1 surround sound; Sonic Studio Software; Support for up to 192 kHz playback; Volume control box

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installed into pc and installed latest drivers no sound, disabled on-board sound ect still nothing, rolled back drivers still nothing, phoned asus help line to be told by automated voice email asus about problem and await answer so nothing there tried for 6 hrs messing with w10 but still nothing.

I t's now possible to get onboard audio that doesn't sound as if you're listening to your PC via a tin can on a piece of strong, with quality solutions now included on all but the most affordable motherboards.