By vulcz Loving this sound card. Recently upgraded my computer, and sadly wasn't able to use my old sound card (X-Fi Fatal1ty Professional PCI) because my new motherboard (ASRock z97 Extreme6) doesn't have any PCI slots.

Kitguru says: Good value for money combined with excellent performance. Recommended.

Good build quality; Value for money; Powerful headphone amplifier; Easy to use software

Unattractive and slow loading software; Stiff competition

this is a buy again product paired with my AKG K550's woow what a sound they produce !!!

Makes a huge difference over using on-board sound, whether listening via headphones or speakers. Did require some initial sound balancing and tweaking though, using the provided software.

Being a gamer and a bit of an audiophile, I love the sound quality produced by the Blaster Z. I would have given it 5 stars but the drivers & software could use some updating/improvement, and I had to turn off the speed shift technology (SST) features of my rig as a work-around because it was...

I just received this card in the post today and I immediately set about installing it. I had read reviews and opinions about this card prior to deciding and most seemed positive with minor points of contention.

Replaced my X-FI Fatality Titanium that died, went back to onboard sound on my Sabertooth 990FX Board, for a few months was wondering if the sound card was really needed. Glad I did, What a difference to onboard. I forgot how much better a sound card is. The highs are crisper, the bass deeper.

Sounds Great easy software install

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Thought the audio from my motherboard was good enough but thought I'd give this a try - Just sounds AMAZING!! Not using super expensive speakers either (Harman kardon soundsticks). You can hear individual instruments where I couldn't before and the bass is fantastic. A must have for music fans!!

A while ago one of our clever relatives built my son a custom PC for his bedroom to replace the old PC and even older laptop he had been using, it was more customised than I thought and my son spent a full evening helping to design the computer by being available to answer the most minute detailed...

The sound quality now it is installed is perfect and using the microphone is clearer

The sound card wasn't very stable until a bracket was added for extra support

This card certainly sounds better than ANY on-the-motherboard, built in sound card that I've ever heard. A must have upgrade for me, a long time Sound Blaster fan.