I could see the appeal of a 5.1 system. But I'm such a klutz I'd be tripping over the wires.

mine is Xfi Xtreme Gamer with a Klipsch GMX A2.1 connected to it. I had to survive using a motherboard sound card for a few weeks on my new rig, before i thought it was causing me ear cancer. shelled out a few bucks for the sound card.
sounds good man.