I will soon order my components for my gaming PC and want to ask if I need a sound card? Will most likely always wear a headset for gaming, video editing, YT and Twitch viewing.
NO, because the onboard is already sufficient in 9.90 / 10.00 of the cases.
No, the quality of the mainboard sound cards is good enough.
So are the sound cards you buy extra better? Is there a sound card installed on every mainboard?
Is that the case with all mainboards?
No, but with most, it used to be different. Which mainboard do you have?
I personally recommend USB headsets. They are usually a bit better anyway and are their own sound card, so to speak. But please don't be confused with the headsets that have a jack to USB adapter.
Otherwise you don't really need a sound card, the on-board card is enough for most things. Unless you don't want to be a youtuber or streamer who does it "professionally". Then I would maybe invest a little more, because the microphone quality actually gets better sometimes. But otherwise such a sound card is pointless.
Every motherboard has a sound card, yes! So at least the mainboards which are also suitable for you.
You will hardly be interested in whether servers also have an onboard sound card. Just make sure that the jack connections are also on the back of the mainboard, then there's definitely a sound card. I don't know any current board without…
Yes and no, a 20 euro No Name can of course not keep up with the sound card of a 1200 euro flagship, but you pay too much money for a bit better quality.
Grab a mainboard with alc1220 soundchip, that's the best onboard sound. I can't say whether the DIR is good enough, you have to find out for yourself.
There's actually a sound card on every seriously increasing mainboard. So actually you don't need one. Only if you want special features or if the quality is not enough for you. For 5.1, for example, you usually need a sound card. You can then think about that later. I don't think you have to buy one extra.
