CMI 6 Channel PCI Sound Card (CMI 8738 Chipset)

Pros: Pro's * 6 Channel * Easy to use

* Win 98se/2k/Xp/Vista Ready

* 24-Bit SPDif Recording

* 16 Bit @ 96 khz Playback Possible (See Other Thoughts)

Cons: Con's

* No Analog CD Drive Audio Connection

* On Mini CD Drivers that come with the soundcard are not fully featured but easily fixed (See Other Thoughts)

Other: A Must Have..... Buy Now!

Pros: It's got those 6 channels (although I am only using a headset with it)
Virtual surround sound, thats awesome in games.
Cheap.
It allows me to use a microphone and people can actually understand what i'm saying.

Cons: The driver cd that came with it was broken and wouldn't read, so I had to use the 3rd party one.
The third party sound card overwrites the normal volume control (dunno where it's gone) but its alright.

Other: A good, cheap sound card for those who don't have one yet.

Pros: * VERY CHEAP sound card
* Awesome sound quality
* Has an actual site with drivers and updates
* Still works to this date
* easily supports my 5.1 surround sound; great quality!

Cons: * Nothing really

Other: I have a better sound card now, but i still use this one as the sound quality is basically identical

Pros: - Cheap
- An improvement over motherboard sound devices
- Easy to use user interface
- Windows XP SP3 detected the card and installed the drivers automatically

Cons: - Build quality, especially the mini-jacks seems a bit fragile
- Accompanying software needs to be installed separately (at least on my XP SP3 system), and for a novice user this might not be the easiest thing in the world, since the accompanying CD contains a lot of other software

Other: If you have a PC with on-board audio, especially if you're just trying to get rid of HDD noise (squeeks in the speakers when reading/writing to the HDD) this will do the job.

Pros: Very easy to install, just works fine, it's easy to find drivers (not that you need it, it comes with a CD with the drivers, but I like to download the most updated software) and works with all the most important OSes, sound quality is good as expected, I didn't notice any problem or inferiority compared to the onboard ALC888 for basic usage, power consumption also seems low.

Cons: none at all,

Other: It just works, it's not a high end card, but for its price is great, I fully recommend the item if you need a inexpensive PCI sound card