“This model has a clearly the best audio quality of the range, offering best in class gaming audio while at the same time giving music lovers and audiophiles very little to complain about.”

Inside the STRIX RAID DLX, ASUS have wrapped up a collection of high quality audio components that ensure an excellent high fidelity experience in your games, movies and music.

“The Asus STRIX DLX provides a stellar audio experience that is well worth the investment.”

“Priced at £135 inc VAT, the Raid DLX puts a bit of a dent in your wallet but is an excellent all-round sound card for a great price, offering superb audio quality. Its virtual surround sound is among the best we’ve heard.”

While we still think the best audio solution is an external AV receiver with audio passed through the PC's HDMI port, the new Strix Raid Dlx comes very close to this quality, without having to use an external box.

This is the new king of discrete soundcards for gamers, though you're going to have to shell out more than you might like for one.