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A basic question about desktop audio
As I posted in my last question I am probably going to buy this desktop http://www.comet.co.u...s#product_description
(the Comet site contains a more detailed spec than the Amazon page) and I note there is no built-in sound card included.
I know a little bit about software but virtually nothing about hardware and so I was wondering whether a lack of a built-in sound card means that there will be no audio? Or is such a sound card only needed when it comes to connecting to an external audio device?
I realise that this is a very basic question and hope I'm not being too dense so thanks in advance for any answers.
(the Comet site contains a more detailed spec than the Amazon page) and I note there is no built-in sound card included.
I know a little bit about software but virtually nothing about hardware and so I was wondering whether a lack of a built-in sound card means that there will be no audio? Or is such a sound card only needed when it comes to connecting to an external audio device?
I realise that this is a very basic question and hope I'm not being too dense so thanks in advance for any answers.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I wouldn't touch that particular PC with a bargepole. The only specs I could find concerned the processor, what about all the other components?
For that sort of money you could get a much better PC from somewhere like Mesh.
http://www.meshcomput...fq22qwCFZQhtAodd0RBGA
For that sort of money you could get a much better PC from somewhere like Mesh.
http://www.meshcomput...fq22qwCFZQhtAodd0RBGA
better set of specs here
http://www.packardbel...nt/model/PT.U6DE2.008
Id say it's got onboard sound ie., integrated on the motherboard.
http://www.packardbel...nt/model/PT.U6DE2.008
Id say it's got onboard sound ie., integrated on the motherboard.
Thank you all for your replies.
daffy654 - why do you recommend avoiding Packard Bell - is that from recent experience? From googling it, I do realise that the brand name has had a bad reputation in the past (and probably rightly so) but all those 'avoid like the plague' reviews are from 2008 and before, mostly several years earlier, and the reviews I can find from after that date seem to be positive - unless they are fake.
daffy654 - why do you recommend avoiding Packard Bell - is that from recent experience? From googling it, I do realise that the brand name has had a bad reputation in the past (and probably rightly so) but all those 'avoid like the plague' reviews are from 2008 and before, mostly several years earlier, and the reviews I can find from after that date seem to be positive - unless they are fake.
For the price you're paying It's not bad and Packard Bell are not as bad as they used to be... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_Bell The first paragraph says all you need to know...
since Acer bought the brand they've been fine, before that they were crap.
since Acer bought the brand they've been fine, before that they were crap.
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