My comp is ordered and I got the x-fi xtreme gamer sound card which uses pci slots. I am also getting the 250$ EVGA 680I mobo.
My main question is, the mobo itself is going to have the audio ports sticking out of the plate when I install it inside the case. Am I somehow going to need to like open it so that the sound card's audio port sticks out or is it going to allow me to just stick say my headphones in the regular mobo audio port and it'll activate the sound card on it's own.
I guess to try to simplify it, if I have the soundcard installed could I just put my headphones or speakers into the plain mobo audio port and still get the sound off the sound card. Or am I going to have to make the soundcard's audio port stick out of my case and plug it directly in to the sound card itself.
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