HI All

I recently bought myself a new PC (1.7 GHz Celeron) with the intention
of copying (?archiving) some of my old vinyl and cassette tape to CD.

I'm not looking for the ultimate in sound quality - most of my
listening is on the cd player in the car - but reasonably undistorted
(!) sound without too many clicks and hums would be good g

The problem I'm getting is that the PC's on-board audio chips don't
seem up to the recording job - they are identified by Windows as
Avance AC97 - but the same tape heard via headphones through the PC is
very poor in comparison to listening to it via 'phones and a
conventional (cheapo) IC audio amp.

Before I go down a long and expensive route involvng trial & error -
can anybody recommend a sound card that will give me better recording
quality without costing a fortune ?

Many thanks in advance
Adrian
Suffolk UK