Need some help..

lbrettl

Need some help looking a good headset ( got around £60 to spend on it ) and a sound card to go with it ( about £40 on that )

so lets hear your suggetions

Ackbarr

Is that for CF?

Anyway no suggestions on sound card,but for headset I use Creative Fatal1ty and I'm very happy with it.

lbrettl

fFacepalm wrote: »

Is that for CF?

Anyway no suggestions on sound card,but for headset I use Creative Fatal1ty and I'm very happy with it.

Cf, and any other games i play.

I was looking at that lol, also thinking about turtle beach ear force z2 anyone know it thats any good?

lbrettl

So yeah im thinking of getting CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER SB0770 X-FI 7.1 for a sound card and TURTLE BEACH EARFORCE 2Z for a head set, any help on if its worth £85-ish? or not im not really good with these things xd

CookieMunzta

Brett, get the TurtleBeach x11s from Game/Gamestation, £39.99/£49.99. They're amazing, and are XBox 360 and HD compatible too.

As for sound card, you're best off looking on Amazon.
This is what I'm using right now:
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer

The cheapest I've seen them for, new, is here.

Do you know what sound card you're running atm? Whether it's on-board or PCI.

lbrettl

CookieMunzta wrote: »

Brett, get the TurtleBeach x11s from Game/Gamestation, £39.99/£49.99. They're amazing, and are XBox 360 and HD compatible too.

As for sound card, you're best off looking on Amazon.
This is what I'm using right now:
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer

The cheapest I've seen them for, new, is here.

Do you know what sound card you're running atm? Whether it's on-board or PCI.

Ive seen them turtle beach one but i dont play 360 so i dunno if ima get them, and yeah im running on board sound lol with a broken jack in it :P mega dodge job ftl

Edit : Also i can get a cable for the ear force z2 so i can use it on the 360 for like a fiver so yeah...

CookieMunzta

lbrettl wrote: »

Ive seen them turtle beach one but i dont play 360 so i dunno if ima get them, and yeah im running on board sound lol with a broken jack in it :P mega dodge job ftl

Tbh I rarely play my XBox either, but these are still perfect for PC gaming, and the mic is crystal clear.

The only difference between this set, and the more expensive ones, are the fact that the £89.99 set are rechargable wireless. They're all 7.1
But the X11s have a 16ft lead, so, ya know


Will your motherboard support an additional PCI card?
It should do, but it's best to make sure before hand imo.

lbrettl

CookieMunzta wrote: »

Tbh I rarely play my XBox either, but these are still perfect for PC gaming, and the mic is crystal clear.

The only difference between this set, and the more expensive ones, are the fact that the £89.99 set are rechargable wireless. They're all 7.1
But the X11s have a 16ft lead, so, ya know


Will your motherboard support an additional PCI card?
It should do, but it's best to make sure before hand imo.

I think it will ive got like 2-3 spare lol how do i make sure?

CookieMunzta

lbrettl wrote: »

I think it will ive got like 2-3 spare lol how do i make sure?

Can you open up the side panel of your PC's case, or just open it enought to see the motherboard?

It should be labeled as PCI, and in some instances PCI-E (a cheaper 5.1 sound card will work in PCI-E). The slots will basically be located at the rear end on the PC, where you'd find the rear jacks, and the graphics card.

If you have one of those free, you'll be fine with whatever sound card you purchase, presuming it's of the right frequency (though you'd have to have a VERY old PC for it to not be able to handle a sound card, so I wouldn't worry)

lbrettl wrote: »

Edit : Also i can get a cable for the ear force z2 so i can use it on the 360 for like a fiver so yeah...

You get that cable with the X11s a HD compatible one too

lbrettl

CookieMunzta wrote: »

Can you open up the side panel of your PC's case, or just open it enought to see the motherboard?

It should be labeled as PCI, and in some instances PCI-E (a cheaper 5.1 sound card will work in PCI-E). The slots will basically be located at the rear end on the PC, where you'd find the rear jacks, and the graphics card.

If you have one of those free, you'll be fine with whatever sound card you purchase, presuming it's of the right frequency (though you'd have to have a VERY old PC for it to not be able to handle a sound card, so I wouldn't worry)




You get that cable with the X11s a HD compatible one too

Heh yeah ive got some spare, only using one for my G card lol ( damn i need a new pc xd ) and meh i dunno i seem to be drawn more toward the z2's

CookieMunzta

lbrettl wrote: »

Heh yeah ive got some spare, only using one for my G card lol ( damn i need a new pc xd ) and meh i dunno i seem to be drawn more toward the z2's

Well, it's you're money, but if you want my honest opinion, the difference in headsets will only be minimal, certainly not £40+ worth of difference especially if you buy a decent 7.1 sound card, as that'd pick up any slack an even lower quality headset would lose.



I found that ^