I made the mistake of buying a SoundBlaster Z1 for my last gaming PC build. After two years of constant struggle, I removed it last night and just use the onboa

I made the mistake of buying a SoundBlaster Z1 for my last gaming PC build. After two years of constant struggle, I removed it last night and just use the onboard sound which sounds identical. The thing constantly stopped working and I would have to reseat it into a different PCI slot and often reinstall the drivers to make it work again. It also had obnoxious bright red LEDs with no way to turn them off. It often went weeks without being detected at all after any kind of reboot of the system. I will never buy another.