If these were the early 2000s. We would have said that having a sound card is a flex. With good reason, too. You'd slap one into your PC, crank up a media player, and pretend you were mastering audio.

If you’re worried about the airflow and thermals in your PC gaming rig you might be wondering if you can just ditch the one thing that’s preventing air from circulating fully and cooling it down — ...