New cheap spdif sound card option?

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FraGGleR

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-ACR-A6CH-S...oryZ3701QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is the guy I bought my spdif bracket from for my Asus board. Just noticed that he has these cheap sound cards by Asus. Does anyone know if they work as a standalone card, or do they need to be used in conjunction with an Asus board? It looks like a normal pci card, but I am not the one to make that determination. If they work properly, then it becomes a much cheaper alternative to the Chaintech. Does anyone have any experience or opinions on it?
 
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IIRC those cards need to be run in certain older Asus motherboards. I have no experience using that card.
 
A google search found this

That A6CH-ACR card is just for the A7N266-C and A7N266-E boards. It's a special card that handles the nForce output.
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yeah, that's what most peopl euse, but it ends up beign about $30. The OP was hoping this new card would work for about $14.
 
Newegg have a card with optical spdif for $24 shipped link

Cheapest I could find in a quick search, though you can ghetto mod almost any mobo which has a spdif header if needed.
 
Too bad. I guess the Chaintech is still the default for those who don't have integrated spdif outs on their mobos.
 
FraGGleR said:
Too bad. I guess the Chaintech is still the default for those who don't have integrated spdif outs on their mobos.
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The cmedia based cards are real easy to setup and work with. Some of them come with spdif in-out, and some also come with coaxial in-out. They often come under many brand names which can make them difficult to search for (sabrent, aopen, asound, diamond...and quite a few other brandnames).

Here's the 7.1 flavor for only $21 shipped: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-C-Media-CMI...ryZ44982QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem though i picked up a few of the fully loaded 5.1 versions for around $7 shipped each (new), they came with spdif daughter cards and everything. Ebay gets loads of these cards, it just takes some patient searching.
 
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the chaintech av 710 is great. for $10, wouldn't you rather have something proven time and time again?

i mean, if you can't do $25 for a critical basic componant like sound, perhaps you should wait a bit on your build.

not trying to be a prick, just laying it out for you.

zv
 
My motherboard has spdif out integrated into it and works quite well. I was simply hoping to contribute to the forum so that new builders in need would have cheaper alternatives. Thanks for looking out for me.
 
FraGGleR said:
My motherboard has spdif out integrated into it and works quite well. I was simply hoping to contribute to the forum so that new builders in need would have cheaper alternatives. Thanks for looking out for me.
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I am right there with you. If I can save $5 and get the same functionality, I'll do it. $5 here, $7 there. It adds up. Especially when you have a few of these around the hosue. I currently own 3 Chaintech cards and 1 Turtle beach. If I could have saved $5-7 on the first 3, the fourth would have been paid for.
 
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