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Internal Sound Cards

36 internal sound cards from Creative, Glotrends and Raspiaudio.

Recommended Internal Sound Cards

Creative
+PCI Express sound card for an internal PC slot
+Sound Blaster X-Fi line adds dedicated audio processing to a PC
+Titanium-named model from the Sound Blaster X-Fi family
−Titanium material listed, but its use in the build is not described
No price recorded yet.
Creative
+PCI Express sound card for an internal PC slot
+Sound Blaster X-Fi line adds dedicated audio processing to a PC
+Titanium material listed in the specifications
−Titanium material listed, but its use in the build is not described
No price recorded yet.
WatangTech
+Plugs into a Raspberry Pi 40-pin GPIO header
+Includes a 3.5mm audio jack
+Includes an OLED display
−Specifications list only 1W power output
No price recorded yet.
Creative
+24-bit and 192 kHz sound resolution
+116 dB signal-to-noise ratio for low background noise
+ASIO support for low-latency audio work
No price recorded yet.
Glotrends
+ES9038Q2M DAC chip for hi-fi audio output
+Optical and coaxial digital outputs
+3.5mm analog output
No price recorded yet.
Creative
+PCIe card with 32-bit/384 kHz hi-res audio support
+Includes a SABRE32-class DAC for high-resolution playback
No price recorded yet.

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