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The beefier BX300 steps up to a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU, 1TB of storage spanning two 500GB drives, NVIDIA's 256MB GeForce 8600 GTS graphics card, and a 7.1-channel sound card.
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Immediately recognizable by its stunning design and glowing red Creative Sound Core3D processor, the Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion sound card provides hardware-accelerated THX TruStudio Pro audio technologies for unparalleled audio playback quality.
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Ample expansion is available with two open PCI-E x1 slots for adding a sound, graphics or RAID card and an open PCI-E x16 slot for a video card.
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Providing phenomenally accurate positional 3D audio over headsets or speakers, the Sound Blaster Recon3D sound card is also powered by the new SoundCore3D quad-core audio and video processor.
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On a more practical level, the unit is compact, USB-powered, and has a built-in audio-interface (no extra sound card required for headphone monitoring).
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Basu points out that Creative and Aztech first faced the problem of commoditization of their sound card business, then had disastrous forays into the CD-ROM manufacturing business.
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It also includes an audio cable you can connect to your sound card so you can listen to music on the CD-R drive while using your CD-ROM for other tasks.
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There haven't been many choices in PC motherboards for audiophiles -- the 'real' kind that might see even a good dedicated sound card as slumming it.
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Anyone who's ever installed a sound card, scanner or modem knows that even at its easiest, it still requires a bit of know-how and a fair amount of time.
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