So I was chatting with my brother earlier and he mentioned that he might like a pair of speakers for his computer for Xmas. Not wanting to get him something super cheap, I went ahead and contacted a 2nd brother to see if he wanted to combine our gifts and buy the kid a decent set of speakers...

Hi all, new here and hopefully this issue hasn't been beat into the ground, but I haven't found too much on the subject. (edit - Apologies for the long winded first post!)   Long story short - I'm in the market for a sound card in order to move away from using my on board sound...