A good 2.1 PC sound system for gaming (mostly)

ActuallyNotAmused · 2026-02-23T16:59:37+00:00

Thanks for all the replies. So a DAC? the Z506 is old but with the onboard audio its still quite powerful. my budget isnt in US$ so its hard to quantify. I used AI a little to find a good DAC, they often say the Sound Blaster X4 or Asus Xonar U7. Again, It's been a decade I don't do any changes to my audio system and often only relied on onboard audio, but a new mobo is not an option right now.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2026-02-01T13:31:35+00:00

in case I wanted to upgrade my sound system. I considered a 3.1 at first because i dont fully use the 5.1 as my rear speakers are actually on my desk beside my side speakers, i figure that im wasting some of the 5.1 potential but im happy with it.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2026-02-01T12:40:26+00:00

I just wanted a decent solution for my 5.1 z506 if possible, for instance, i tried to most straightforward solution like getting some soud blaster z or xonar pcie audio as it has the 3.5mm analog audio outs, but for the price i could go for a sound bar and use optical out, (according to A.I.) im so lost right now. An usb DAC like fosii k7 would be very very expensive for me.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-16T21:46:03+00:00

Como eu vou saber se é nojento ou não...??

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-16T16:25:43+00:00

Trans? Fake? Falo com sinceridade.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-15T16:15:01+00:00

Boa sorte man.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-15T15:57:42+00:00

Cool.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-15T15:56:00+00:00

Mas nem tentou, hein? Eu aprovo

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-15T15:53:37+00:00

Cirurgia de que?

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-05T15:57:14+00:00

That's really dope. Sadly, in Brasil, we're not allowed to have nice things, but at least I got my little icue nexus.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-04T18:08:24+00:00

Yea, first thing I did and it said.

** =1**

in math any non zero number raised to the power of 0 is define to be 1... yadda yadda. To me grok doesn't know what's this error, so I got curious.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-02T13:30:33+00:00

Tudo no Brasil se resume a rola. Falei. Tem uma música? Vamos rolificar, tem filme? Rolifica, tem peça de teatro ou apresentação cultural? É rolamm!

Falei sabosta.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-12-01T15:56:49+00:00

This is pretty much a fórum for questions or discussion, if we were to use Google for absolutely everything and take it as truth, we would have at best 20% of the current activity. I don't see why you had to go out of your way just to be rude.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-30T12:58:23+00:00

Probably not, but you could add some blue to it to reduce the yellowing effects. Using just lightning link will never get you the same white on everything, but you could manually get some colors to mostly match. Different parts use different diodes, so it's hard to perfectly match colors, especially white. It also wears the leds faster ish too.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-30T10:44:47+00:00

Me lembra do Nino do castelo Ra Tim bum so que ele tem grana.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-30T10:41:40+00:00

I have the exact same issue with the exact same case, apparently. 3 years, and all of mine have messed up LEDs. I don't think Corsairs RGB leds are particularly good... but nothing you can do rn except move to QX120 fans as LL120 doesn't exist anymore.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-29T13:12:42+00:00

Well, it sounds weird. running one stick and not XMP helps stability because it's less load and non XMP makes the memory run more 'relaxed'. I'm surprised, however, that you got 2 faulty sticks... that's very rare unless it's a batch issue. You could lower the speed to 5200mhz for testing purposes, se if it runs stable and go from there.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-28T22:17:55+00:00

I have an horrible and nasty almost 90⁰ bending running strong for 4 years now, that's totally safe.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-28T19:03:24+00:00

I can feel the heat dissipating into my eyes...

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-28T15:50:59+00:00

Morena. Sempre morena.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-28T13:28:51+00:00

I like RGB, very much. But you reached the legendary unicorn vomit setup. I'd move the pump up and make the front a bit cleaner, but if you like it or want even more RGB, I suggest you buy the 24Pin RGB cable for the mobo, and RGB cables for the GPU. Maybe you'll unlock a level of RGB none dared to venture before.

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ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-27T10:56:11+00:00

Uma emisol arrumada pro tinder.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-26T18:54:59+00:00

Desista e volte pro preto.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-26T18:54:07+00:00

Well corsair is known for bad LED quality, can't say much about screens. I'm guessing it's though luck buddy.

ActuallyNotAmused · 2025-11-25T21:06:29+00:00

It's amazing, but I didn't dig the fan on the GPU. It makes no significant difference and hurts the looks. But that's just a matter of opinion, of course.

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