the soundcard should have outputs in the form of 3 3.5 mm stereo mini jacks (the same as used on most headphones these days) the three inputs are 1) front right/left, 2) back right/left, and 3) sub/center. You should have no problem hooking your monitor's speakers into the front right/left jack, as the speakers are probably already hooked up to your computer through a 3.5mm jack anyway. The trouble you will run into is the amplification of the potential rear speakers and center speaker (any sub worth its weight should be amped to begin with). You could purchase powered speakers or use a boombox/ home stereo system with aux ins, but unless you have all of the components already and don't mind some complex wiring, it would probably be easier picking up a cheap 5.1 creative speaker bundle, and hook up using the sound cards digi out.
Just ordered a Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Digital Out PCI sound card and need advice on speakers. I have an OLEVIA 27'' monitor (and it was well worth the cost:-)) and would like to keep it's excellent speakers in the loop. The details of the connections evade me. Most sound cards seem to have 3 jacks. Some come with a mixer box. I may need only 2 more speakers and a woofer to complete the set up? The monitor may lose it's audio as soon as I disconnect the on-board sound?
Any advice? Got the sound card cheap but thought I'd ask before going any further.

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