Hi,
I bought a new Intel gen 12 12600K CPU, and im about to buy a motherboard for it. I want to place this machine near the living room, and stream music directly from it to the RCF Evox 8:
My question, how's the best way to do it? Is onboard audio enough? I found different audio specs on different boards - some have Realtek stuff, some use ESS, the Asus ones use ROG SupremeFX chips, etc. Any specific board for Gen 12 intel that you guys recommend?
And if onboard sound output is inferior - what then is better?
I have the Apple USB-C to 3.5mm cable - will connecting the Evox that way (I have a 3.5mm to XLR cable that i've used on the Evox, with my phone) be better than using the motherboard's onboard chip?
If not, any sound card / DAC / whatever, that you guys recommend and can justify the cost? If the difference is barely noticeably, I prefer not to go on that adventure (i.e If onboard sound output is 95% of the sound quality of a $400 DAC, I'd rather use the onboard chip)
P.S if you do recommend a motherboard with a soundcard, I'd prefer it a MiniITX, or a MicroATX max. I know there's only one PCIe slot on MiniITX, but that's ok - i'm using the onboard GPU anyway.
Thanks,
Reg
I bought a new Intel gen 12 12600K CPU, and im about to buy a motherboard for it. I want to place this machine near the living room, and stream music directly from it to the RCF Evox 8:
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My question, how's the best way to do it? Is onboard audio enough? I found different audio specs on different boards - some have Realtek stuff, some use ESS, the Asus ones use ROG SupremeFX chips, etc. Any specific board for Gen 12 intel that you guys recommend?
And if onboard sound output is inferior - what then is better?
I have the Apple USB-C to 3.5mm cable - will connecting the Evox that way (I have a 3.5mm to XLR cable that i've used on the Evox, with my phone) be better than using the motherboard's onboard chip?
If not, any sound card / DAC / whatever, that you guys recommend and can justify the cost? If the difference is barely noticeably, I prefer not to go on that adventure (i.e If onboard sound output is 95% of the sound quality of a $400 DAC, I'd rather use the onboard chip)
P.S if you do recommend a motherboard with a soundcard, I'd prefer it a MiniITX, or a MicroATX max. I know there's only one PCIe slot on MiniITX, but that's ok - i'm using the onboard GPU anyway.
Thanks,
Reg