Not trying to hijack the thread https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...of-realtek-alc4080.326238/page-3#post-5325547 but I'm in the same boat as OP and so glad someone asked the same questions i have been looking for answers to.
My motherboard also has the same chip, ASROCK 650E Taichi LIte which has Realtek ALC4082 5.1 CH HD Audio Codec & ESS SABRE9218 DAC, and i'm looking for sound options myself and the info provided so far is great but i'm still confused.
Call my stupid but how do you connect 5.1 speakers to a DAC? they seem to all be for headphones and have 1 or 2 3.5mm output jacks, usually mic and line out/headphones
My new computer only has mic and line out jacks on the rear of the motherboard as well as a spdif port and it seems i have to use front panel jack to get the 5.1 surround which isn't ideal as i dont want an extra cable running across my pc case to the rear as the 3.5mm jacks are in a bundle that cant be split. i cant figure out how to set it up to get full 5.1 sound
Motherboard only has 2 pci slots and 1 used up by the GPU so kind of dont want to fill last one with a sound card if i can avoid it
I have only ever used a soundcard in the past or used the built in 5 jacks on recent motherboards so my current speakers have 5 seperate cables with 3.5mm jacks for 5.1 surround.
Don't really want to have to only use headphones and ideally not have to buy a new set of speakers unless there is a cheap/budget decent set not costing more than $100 USD
Looks like the creative X4 has all the ports to match my speakers
The G6 only has mic and headphone jack
My motherboard also has the same chip, ASROCK 650E Taichi LIte which has Realtek ALC4082 5.1 CH HD Audio Codec & ESS SABRE9218 DAC, and i'm looking for sound options myself and the info provided so far is great but i'm still confused.
Call my stupid but how do you connect 5.1 speakers to a DAC? they seem to all be for headphones and have 1 or 2 3.5mm output jacks, usually mic and line out/headphones
My new computer only has mic and line out jacks on the rear of the motherboard as well as a spdif port and it seems i have to use front panel jack to get the 5.1 surround which isn't ideal as i dont want an extra cable running across my pc case to the rear as the 3.5mm jacks are in a bundle that cant be split. i cant figure out how to set it up to get full 5.1 sound
Motherboard only has 2 pci slots and 1 used up by the GPU so kind of dont want to fill last one with a sound card if i can avoid it
I have only ever used a soundcard in the past or used the built in 5 jacks on recent motherboards so my current speakers have 5 seperate cables with 3.5mm jacks for 5.1 surround.
Don't really want to have to only use headphones and ideally not have to buy a new set of speakers unless there is a cheap/budget decent set not costing more than $100 USD
Looks like the creative X4 has all the ports to match my speakers
The G6 only has mic and headphone jack
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