TIL there are PCIe Sound cards (such as the one pictured, a ASUS XONAR_AE) that are actually two devices glued together, a PCIe USB card, and a USB Sound card.
I cannot tell if this is incredibly stupid (this is obviously sub-optimal), or incredibly smart (this will not have any driver issues)
@benjojo PC Motherboard onboard audio might also be USB these days, worse? 
@jsph yeah, I mean the reason I am in this situation is because my desktop is a EYPC, and those do not have sound cards, or even a chipset (everything is wired into the CPU directly).
This is the same with "Threadripper" boards, who seem to have sound, but via just a USB Sound chip on the motherboard to keep up appearances that it isnt all just a giant IO expander for the CPU
