So I'm thinking about getting a Sennheiser HD 558 headset for a combination of gaming and music from my PC. I do mostly MMOs but some FPS. When playing MMOs I need a microphone.
I saw they have the ModMic 4.0 which looks like but not sure I want to be hassled with 2 cables. I was wondering if there is a different solution. Could I use something like a Blue Snowball, Blue Yeti, or Samson Meteor Mic. As a solution and sit on my desk and pick up voice for things like Mumble/Ventrilo/etc? or will the mic be to sensitive and pickup my keyboard and drive people crazy?
Is there another solution I'm not thinking about? (other than changing to a headset w/ a mic mounted on it)
2nd question:
I have a ASrock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Motherboard it has 7.1 surround onboard audio. I was wondering if this is good enough or if I need to be looking into getting a sound card like the Asus Xonar DG or DGX. I have also read some about needing an AMP. is the AMP only for with use with devices like phones/MP3 players/etc or do I need an amp along with my MoBo or Sound Card?
Which will give best gaming performance?
Sound card
Sound card & amp
MoBo w/ amp
or MoBo is enough?
I saw they have the ModMic 4.0 which looks like but not sure I want to be hassled with 2 cables. I was wondering if there is a different solution. Could I use something like a Blue Snowball, Blue Yeti, or Samson Meteor Mic. As a solution and sit on my desk and pick up voice for things like Mumble/Ventrilo/etc? or will the mic be to sensitive and pickup my keyboard and drive people crazy?
Is there another solution I'm not thinking about? (other than changing to a headset w/ a mic mounted on it)
2nd question:
I have a ASrock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer Motherboard it has 7.1 surround onboard audio. I was wondering if this is good enough or if I need to be looking into getting a sound card like the Asus Xonar DG or DGX. I have also read some about needing an AMP. is the AMP only for with use with devices like phones/MP3 players/etc or do I need an amp along with my MoBo or Sound Card?
Which will give best gaming performance?
Sound card
Sound card & amp
MoBo w/ amp
or MoBo is enough?