Good Price for Retail Audigy?

[jtzou]

I just got my 5.1 speakers today, and figured I should stop using my onboard sound and get a real soundcard... so anyways... I was looking for Audigy sound cards... regularly at 99.99... Lowest price I found on pricewatch/pricegrabber was 87.00 or so w/ tax&shipping... anyways... seeing that dell had it for 94.95 w/ their 10% off and stackable coupons, I ended up w/ a price of $80.37 (I added a 5.45 USB A/B cable, which is like, $4.91 cuz of 10% off... but it also lets me use the $10 off $100 coupon)... Considering this is lower than most places by a decent amount... should I get it? No MIRs or anything...

[daveleau]

With no MIR, sounds like a great deal!

[Geotpf]

Good deal. Newegg has either the MP3 or the Gamer for $84-but they have the OEM for $60. It's the same card, except the connectors are gold on the retail ones and they come with games or fancy MP3 software. When I bought my system, I got the OEM card.

[jtzou]

I think I'm gonna get the retail from Dell. OEM @ $60 + tax + shipping puts it at about $70... For only $10 diff, I think I'd rather get the nicer looking retail one... I've had OEM SB cards crap out on me, but my retail ones are still going strong...