Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus SABRE32-class Hi-res 32-bit/384 kHz PCIe Gaming Sound Card and DAC with Dolby Digital and DTS, Xamp Discrete Headphone Bi-amp, Up to 122dB SNR, RGB Lighting System

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Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus SABRE32-class Hi-res 32-bit/384 kHz PCIe Gaming Sound Card and...

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

I usually install hardware first, but the software package just gave me the impression that i could install it first, and it worked fine. The card itself lights up attractively after a lot of fiddling with the software. The good news is that this thin... Read More

The quality you get for the price is exceptional. Very clean and exacting.

The rizen 5700g is a pic-e 3. It is powered by the x570 asus prime-p3700xg. The card is compatible with windows 8. And 8.

Cons

Sometimes disabling then re-enabling the device in the device manager fixes it. Turns out the have skimped on their licenses for dolby for spdf optical outputs. The software is the worst you will ever see.

The morphs are silly and get old after about a day. And 3 minutes later, it happens again. No fix. Which is one of the most absurd things i've ever heard.

Will never be purchasing from creative again. Their products routinely fail and if you have one that makes it 6 months past end of warranty then your one of the lucky ones.

Three-wire wiring makes for a sloppy look. Not good if you want a consistent theme going with the rest of your lighted build.

A constant whining sound that never seems to go away. Sometimes power cycling fixes it. Sometimes it doesn't. I know when it happens because the rgb light on the sound card will be red instead of multi color.

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Highlights

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Quality

It has acoustic microphone elimination features and mic boost features that have worked very well for my gaming headsets microphone

Sound quality is great and the software you install has an excellent equalizer to fine tune the sound

I was running for the last 15 years a creative audigy zs pro sound card has been on 4 of my last desktops it finally ghosted on... Read More

1 system and i can say it can challenge even the sound quality of a mbburmester 4d sound system i could not be more satisfied

Price

So glad i bought this at a very reasonable price

I definitely recommend this to anyone willing to spend a bit of money for very nice sound

So this ae5 plus is the closed card i could find under 140 that even cam close their thx card i had since 2007

Price was a bit steep for my application but it was a must buy

Packaging/appearance

Arrived in like new condition and works flawlessly

Competitiveness

Sounds much better than realtek on motherboards and more options

So much better than the realtek that came with the motherboard

If you connect this to cheap desktop speakers you wont hear any difference

In this case the ae7 was my top choice the ae9 was a little over the top for me and the ae7 was so close to specs that it all w... Read More

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This product had a total of 2,762 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 4 2024.