I am planning on buying mentioned speakers. I will use it for listening music, some movies and gaming (primarily headphones for gaming of course) I would be pairing them with my soundcard X AE-5. Just wondering if I need to buy another DAC/AMP of it i's enough.

I hear people say a picture says more than 1000 words. https://imgur.com/nFGUmDE I do not know where are the two other smaller PCi-e slots but judging by your picture my gpu must be hiding them. If I place AE-5 there, will it obstruct any airflow into 1080ti? I hate how Audio-GD own website...

Sorry, looks like I didn't look careful enough yesterday evening. It says AAFP but then I noticed it's not even an PCI-e connection.. The one PCI-e slot I have easy access to, is pretty close to my GTX 1080 Ti. While gaming even now, my GPU rises up to 80 degrees celsius, CPU 60 degrees celsius...

I think I'll go with AE-5 now. For years, I thought I have been doing critical listening but if that really means no distractions, all I've ever done is background / casual listening lol. Not that I don't appreciate good music, I just prefer doing something at the same time while listening...

Very nice, thank you. Yes, my primary and most often use case is gaming. From your message I understood that AE-5 is good for me, I get that. But next thing you say is If I want to guarantee a lot of performance, I should buy U3 and DAC-HPamp too? I'm very likely to order AE-5 for 139 euros...

First and foremost, I need to say thank you for guiding me already this far. I really appreciate the help I get. I'm sorry but I don't know how to use this quote system properly as I don't venture much in forums. I can raise my budget a bit even without selling my HD 650's. Now I'm actually...

Yeah, I have noticed it first-hand. I most likely will end up keeping HD 650, because I don't really need the cash I could get by selling them. And they are not by any means bad headphones. Yes, I am aware I have been gaming in a stereo audio and I'm fine with that. I'd never play any competive...

Thank you for your reply. I see, I need wide soundstage for gaming. Maybe next time I can make the correct choice of headphones from the start! But yes, I I can afford for K712 Pro and most likely an amp as well. My motherboard is Asus Prime X370 Pro. I did not find a mention about virtual...

Hey. I am mostly a gamer and for a long time I owned Astro A40 TR with the included MixAmp. 9 months ago I stepped into PC gaming and 3 months ago I bought myself HD 650 with DacMagic XS (specs: http://prntscr.com/jz6ex6) I have connected HD 650 like this: 3.5mm connector from HD 650 -> DacMagic...