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PC and TV with 5.1 surround sound

you say you have a very capable video card. most video cards nowdays support "sound out via dvi."

all you would need then is a dvi to hdmi cable to run to the receiver box on the home theater sound system. of course this requires a sound system which has hdmi inputs (and not a system which only is good for using the included dvd/br player). check this.