recommend a soundcard

[mr_raider]

Looks like the on board sound on our old i7-4770 PC is dead. Rather than trying to locate a vintage lga 1150 board, I was thinking of getting a sound card.

Any card that won't break the bank and is well supported by the 16.04 kernels (4.4 and up?)

[jglen490]

Oops. You said "sound card" and I read "video card" ...

[jpenguin]

Search Amazon & search for Linux in the reviews.

I've only used 1 internal dedicated sound card that came with my my Maximus Formula II motherboard & 2 USB sound cards, all have worked in Linux.

I usually let my GPU handle sound with HDMI

[woodsmoke]

if you can find "a PHYSICAL card" Linux will support it.

place it as the TOP card in the PHYSICAL machine.



woodjustahardwarekindaguysmoke

[dequire]

Yupp. Any old sounblaster or souundblaster-compatible card from a garage sale or eBay (likely under $10) will work just fine.