There are two major difference between P5K and P5KC. First, P5KC support DDR3, which has two DDR3 slots in addition to the standard 4 DDR2 SIMM Slot. The second difference is, P5KC has optical SPDIF output for the on-board sound card while P5K only have a coxical SPDIF output.
My new Receiver, the Samsung HT-X40 HomeTheatre has only optical digital input, none of coxical. It seems I cannot connect my computer to the receiver digitally.
Everything has bad and good sides, ..., even a mistake. I have an old Creative Audigy 2 sound card, which compared with modern onboard sound card, still has far better sound quality, more functionalities and less CPU consumption. The Audigy 2 standard version does not have onboard optical connection either but I'm pretty sure Creative has digital extension card available. To my surprise, I can't find the extension card on North America Market! Not to mention how expensive this kind of OEM accessories could cost.
So, I'm hunting around for an alternative solution and here comes what I found:
This is a third-party digital extension card, designed to use with a wideline of Creative products: Audigy, Audigy 2, X-FI, etc. It has optical input, optical output, coxical input, coxical output! In one word, this is a all-in-one solution. It can be directly connected to the Audigy 2 card with a common 40pin IDE cable. This card can be found here and it costs only RMB 70 Yuan, which is about 9 dollars (including shipping) The quality of this card is excellent, and the price is unbeatable! Who said China can only make cheap products, who said China cannot make creative products? Chinese factories are more creative than everything think!
Well, unfortunately it is now only available in China; fortunately I happened to find someone travel from China so I got this card from China in three days with a total cost of only $9!
If you need it and have a Chinese friend in China, you can let him/her to mail it to you. It is very light and the mail cost won't be high. I'm wondering how many people may need this little piece. If there is a market, I can probably get a whole bunch from China and list them on ebay. So, let me know if you are interested but has no way to get it. (BTW, the link I gave is in Chinese, it is a good time for you to find a Chinese friend or try online translation:-P)
4 comments:
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I have your problem and I want your solution. Do you know anything available now which i could buy in US? Thank you.
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Is it still possible to get this item?
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