I was looking for a sound card for my son's PC. He neded one that was a bit better than the on board AC97 as he wanted to record music from his stage piano. I loooked at the SB live and thought it was a bargain at less than £5 including delicery. It arrived with the driver disk which was not advertised or expected. I had it fitted and working in 10 minutes. The sound qality is fantastic. It was a bargain.
This sound card is not only 5.1 audio but the quality of sound that comes out of it is much better then the sound cards built on the motherboards.
Yes i know people think that if we have sound on the board then why buy a card! but lets face it there are amps and there are amps same goes for speakers and most certainly these sound cards are so much better then standard stuff you get on board.
Lets face it, the Motherboard is itself around £25.00 to £55 and it has everything built on it, so its hard to expect anything great from the components, just like if you want a proper graphics then you would buy a graphics card, same goes for the sound card.