Right, In the coming months my pay should be significantly higher than recently. This doesn't make me mega rich or anything - but I want to start saving for a decent speaker system for my PC. The room is approximately 14ft accross and 16ft long (4.26 x4.87 metres), but basically whenever we have a party we usually have the main room for lighter/random music, the kitchen for a talking area and my bedroom for the metal heads.

So in short, I need a system with a good bit of punch - which means I'd rather have a good 5.1 surround sound, than a mediocre 7.1 system.

I guess the best way I can describe it, is I need it to be loud enough that you can't hear each other talk, with a nice bass that doesn't completely kill off the sound. Price isn't really an issue, as I'm gonna be saving up for it - but as the system will likely be subject to fools with drinks, I don't need to go over kill on the price. The set I have now cost me £40 ten years ago, and it's great quality - but the speakers have finally started to die.

I'm open to all suggestions

p.s. my Mobo doesn't have optical audio, so if it requires optical audio it'd be better if it has a sound card with it. I don't really know where to start, I'm not sure what Wattage this system is...

EDIT: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trust-4000P-Hom ... B000185AOM

That's my system (or very very very similar) and it's 22w. So I guess anything a bit higher [Better, not sure if higher or lower is better in speakers] than that... *Starts digging* I don't even know what kind of brands are good!

This seems quite good, reasonably priced - but does the fact it's tailored for gaming mean it won't give out optimum music performance? *bleh*
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0589523211 [I won't buy from there, as it's a damaged item, but the specs are fairly detailed]

These seem nice too
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalo ... CCwQ8wIwAA (not sure if the link will work...)

And then there's this... http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/speakers- ... ystem-Z906

Those all seem like decent options. A few questions for you.

Do you have onboard audio, or a separate sound card? If you want the best possible sound, I'd recommend picking up a separate sound card. You can get decent ones for like $30 that'll blow away onboard audio. It would suck to spend $400 or more on a speaker system that sounds like crap because your onboard audio blows.

Your audio should have a digital out. Assuming it does, your speakers you buy should support digital as well. Of the speakers you posted, only the Z906 supports a digital input. Having digital audio may not be that important to you, in which case ignore me and you'll save a bunch of cash. But for the highest quality sound, I'd recommend it.

Ok sweet, I'll save up the extra cash to get the nicer kit, and I will invest in a sound card. My current set up is all on board.

Logitech mice have always done me well so hopefully the same is true of the speakers!

I'm a razer guy for mice and keyboards, but I'm weird like that. Post back once you get your system assembled and let us know how it turns out. I just use headphones personally, but the lure of a nice speaker system is always there.