Connecting 5.1 speakers to my motherboard

bazpaul

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Oct 24, 2013
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Hi guys,

I'm rocking a gigabyte Z77N-WIFI and want to buy the best 5.1 speakers I can for a £60 - £100 price range. I will mainly use 5.1 for gaming and a little for movies.

I found the logitech Z506. They seem to get decent reviews for their price.

However i'm a little confused - my mobo has 5 audio jacks as per the gigabyte website;

5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

So I gather there are only 2 audio out here - center/sub and rear speakers? How can I get 5.1 with this? Or can i only get 5.1 with optical out?

Looking at the inputs on the back on the z-506 - there appears to be 3 inputs (red, black, orange) that are labelled as 6ch - can I get this from my mobo?

Please help - i'm so lost.

Thanks

Baz