Thanks guys! I'm so happy with it. I'll make note of the speaker system, but I'm so tapped out for cash at the moment, I'm gonna eat ramen and hot dogs for the next month while I let my bank account heal a little
I haven't checked out Witcher 3 HD packs but now I think I should. The speakers aren't amplified, they're powered, and it doesn't have a discrete soundcard, it's built into the motherboard.
This is the mobo. Now, I have the speakers plugged into the monitor, as it recognizes the monitor as its own sound device (it has its own volume control and headphone jack, where the speakers are plugged in). If I plug the speakers directly into the computer's IO panel, the only one it will recognize is when it's plugged into the line out port. It then shows 'speakers' in the sound menu, but I can't get any sound out of them. Drivers are all updated, but I'll double check when I'm home later. So basically the speakers work when plugged into the monitor but not directly out of the computer even when they're set as the default device.
Also, this computer has an optical audio port. The only other time I've used those is for my soundbar on my main TV. I'm not sure what the purpose of the optical connection is; does it offer better transfer of audio data or something?
Death Stranding is something I think about a lot, but I just can't stand Hideo Kojima games, I think I like them better if I just watch all the cutscenes as a very long movie, but I hate playing them. I would love for some giant Hollywood studio with a massive budget to work with him on an epic movie.
EDIT: I've named all my laptops and PCs after Lord of the Rings/Middle-Earth nomenclature. I've had Arkenstone, Burzum, Barad-dûr, and Elendilmir. I think I'll name this one Eru.