I have this board and I can say for certain that the onboard sound is pure garbage and I could never get it to work properly. I strongly suggest buying a soundcard. The ASUS Xonar DX2 is the best possible card in my opinion, although you will hear just as strong of an opinion on the Auzentech Prelude. Either way, those are the best 2 choices. Don't waste any more time on this onboard chipset. ASUS should be ashamed of themselves for using such poor quality onboard sound solutions if you ask me.
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ASUS P5Q Pro w/C2D E7200 @ 3.8GHz
Mushkin Redline PC2-8000 2X2GB @ 1066MHz
Visiontek HD 4870 512MB 780/1050MHz w/Dell 2709W
Corsair VX550W PSU
ASUS Xonar DX2 w/Logitech Z680's
Velociraptor 300GB main/Seagate 7200.11 500GB backup
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