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 hey i'm stuck between a Asus Xonar Essence or Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion

i have heared great things from Asus Xonar's and this essemce is my price range but Creative Sound is cheaper and the Champion has 5.25 front pannel box ( forgotten the proper name )


Now to make thing even easier there also another Asus Xonar but i have never seen this one anywere and i have some problem find clear reviews.

i shall link all produces below and also like my build

 

Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion: 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Blaster-Recon3D-Fatal1ty-Champion/dp/B005IHNS5O/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Asus Xonar Essence:      

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asustek-Xonar-Essence-Channel-Express/dp/B001P9O894/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2YHKLHYXKXC8B&coliid=I39S9K1WFL9Y0D

The other Asus Xonar:     

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-Xonar-D2X-XDT-Express/dp/B0011BC1FO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2YHKLHYXKXC8B&coliid=I2G7A932VJ5MLS

my build:http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/srPH


BTW im from the UK


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Depends what function you plan on using it for. 

Creative cards are not very good, and there software is pretty awful.

The Essense is a fantastic headphones sound card, but you need pretty good set of headphones to really benifit from it.

The other one is a 7.1 channel set, so it might not have a headphone amp, but it would work with decent computer speakers. Wouldnt use it with an actual sound system or headphones. 

IF you just want a good headset card, I would look at a Xonar card with a headphone amp. All do a pretty good job at what they do.