Sound Cards

It began with the ENIAC, a 30-ton monster about the size of a railroad freight car that could add, subtract, multiply and divide--and that was all. In the six decades since the world's first computer was switched on, consumer electronics have changed; they now have all the bells and whistles! From playing music to creating awesome movie sound effects, computers now produce all sorts of audio that is music to your ears! It is music that's even sweeter when sung in harmony with Overstock.com's basso profundo prices.

Many motherboards come with audio file support; however, industry reviewers generally agree that a separate sound card produces better audio. The sound card receives digital audio data from files and translates it to signals that speakers use to reproduce sound. This means that a CD drive can also be a CD player, your iPod or MP3 player can play straight into your computer speakers, and more.

It also means you can hook your computer system into your home theater system. In fact, your computer system can tap into almost any powered speaker by plugging a USB sound card into your USB port and your woofer or tweeter into the USB sound card! Really want to interconnect? Get a new USB card (that's a USB host controller chip with several USB ports) and connect to an entire surround sound system.

If your present computer doesn't have what you need, it is time to upgrade with new or additional computer hardware. Sound cool? It is. Sound expensive? It is not, at least, not with computer hardware purchased at Overstock.com.