Seperate Sound Card Query

[jaffacaique]

I will be building a Media PC soon and was wondering whether it is still important have a separate sound card to record the audio to prevent any sync problems with the Audio & Video?

Most small motherboards seem to have sound and graphics onboard now; does this mean they are more reliable and less likely to cause any problems?

I realise that when editing it is important to use a separate sound card to record the audio rather than the onboard sound to prevent any sync problems. I currently use this method when capturing and editing on my main PC and it works perfectly. But as I want to build a small media PC just for recording TV I would like to use as smaller motherboard as possible so I was considering using the onboard sound.

Does anyone know whether using the onboard sound for recording is likely to cause any Audio / Video sync problems?
(Anything I want to keep will be transferred to my main PC for editing)

[redwudz]

The sound cards/chips on most newer MBs are very good. Just a personal opinion, but I haven't used a PCI sound card in years. Don't really see the need for one. I have two MBs that have coaxial audio out and I plug that into my surround sound system. BD DTS audio sounds very good from my MB audio chip.

Probably my advice would be to try the on-board audio first, and if you have problems with it, then consider a add-on sound card.