Originally Posted by
Raple
A 20$ sound card is either (A) going to sound like complete garbage and make your audio sound terrible or (B) will work for a year and break because of low quality. With hardware, it's very rare that low budget parts work well in the long run. I mean sure, low budget peripherals will work just fine (Examples include Turtle Beaches, Cosiar Mice/Keyboards, etc.) for a long time, but those aren't hardware components.
I mean if you're on a budget sure go with the cheapy one. I just was giving you really nice quality for a decent price.