Here's the situation:
I want to get a dedicated audio card, however I don't have any free PCI slots as my 4870 covers the free PCI slot. I need to get an after-market single-slot heat sink that's as small as possible such that I can fit a DAC in beneath the bottom card...anyone have suggestions? Unless I get a PCI Express x1 audio card which I can plug in where my onboard card is (for some reason they made it external....). Thing is, there are relatively few PCI Express x1 audio cards...if you guys know any good ones, please tell me about them...otherwise I'll get just a smaller heat sink. I was considering a USB card...but I'd much rather have it be internal.
I want to get a dedicated audio card, however I don't have any free PCI slots as my 4870 covers the free PCI slot. I need to get an after-market single-slot heat sink that's as small as possible such that I can fit a DAC in beneath the bottom card...anyone have suggestions? Unless I get a PCI Express x1 audio card which I can plug in where my onboard card is (for some reason they made it external....). Thing is, there are relatively few PCI Express x1 audio cards...if you guys know any good ones, please tell me about them...otherwise I'll get just a smaller heat sink. I was considering a USB card...but I'd much rather have it be internal.