Expansion cards

Hi have the mmx300 pro which external dac/soundcard would be suitable for gaming on the pc in conjunction with micro?

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Hello Community, a few years ago there were sound cards where you could make audio recordings of the PC, i.e. what I was listening to (audio from the browser, sounds from software etc.). Does anyone know with which sound cards this still works today? What feature or keyword do I need to look out for on the sound card products to recognise that I can make such recordings? Many thanks in advance

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Hello! I am setting up a blade server for IPFire with : -Case: Intertech K-126L - MB: Asus Prime N100I-D D4-CSM (NA Cpu integrated), Mini-ITX - Power supply: Internetch Argus FA-250 (1U cover) Intertech 88885341 - Rack accessories - 1 HU So far, I've got almost everything I need, except a second RJ45 card, because I need two RJ45s, one input for the WAN (IPFire RED) and one output for the LAN (IPFire GREEN). I'm afraid I'll get the wrong pci card and it won't fit in the 1U box. So my question is: What cheap card (max CHF 100.-) could fulfil this role? The only condition - apart from the fact that it fits in the case - is that it supports 1,000 Mb/s speed. WLAN is not an issue, everything has to be wired. As far as power is concerned, I'm not at all worried, because IPFire doesn't require much power without the IPS and antivirus. The main thing is that I'd like to be able to integrate the whole thing into my homelab at a lower cost and test it out. Thanks in advance for your insight! Stephane

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How do I know if a card has a dedicated controller? Apparently there is no filter for it

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Edit: "I don't care anymore", but unfortunately you can't delete a discussion here. I've ordered a Z906 again because it really does seem to be practically the only option left. Amplifier manufacturers have given up on multichannel inputs, and sound card manufacturers don't want to offer other outputs. Two worlds that don't want to talk to each other. Surround sound on the PC seems to be practically extinct because, like "3D TVs" or VR, nobody wants it (anymore). Tant pis. I have an older Sound Blaster card in my PC (ZxR), to which I had previously connected a Logitech Z906 5.1 system. The latter has now given up the ghost after a good 7 years, and instead of simply replacing it, I wanted to look around for alternatives. Unfortunately, nobody in the PC sector really seems to be interested in surround sound, and 5.1 PC speaker systems are a dying breed. Most manufacturers have discontinued their products (Teufel, Klipsch, Edifier, ...) and the Logitech system is almost the only one still in production. So I thought: add an AV receiver and put together my own speaker system. But then comes the next problem: how on earth am I supposed to connect an AV receiver to my sound card? My sound card has 6 separate analogue RCA outputs for front/surround/centre/sub, or optical S/PDIF via TOSLINK. However, 99% of current AV receivers only have stereo RCA inputs. Everything else has to go in via HDMI, S/PDIF coaxial or TOSLINK. Optical is probably not an option, as there is not enough bandwidth for 6 PCM channels. You rarely read online about people claiming to have achieved surround sound if the sound card and receiver somehow just happened to agree on the same proprietary Dolby compression standard. But that really does seem to be a lottery. And my sound card doesn't have an HDMI or coaxial output, and when I look at the current cards from Creative and Asus, there's no such thing today either. So what should I do? How can I get decent surround sound on my PC these days without blowing my budget? The cheapest AV receiver I could find at Galaxus that still has RCA surround inputs is a discontinued Marantz model for 900 Fr. A friend advised me to simply buy a secondhand, older receiver, as these inputs were still standard until a few years ago. That would probably be my best chance now, but somehow it can't be right that you have to find a 15-year-old receiver for surround sound on a brand new PC?

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