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The line in on a modern soundcard can record at 24bit 96khz and around 106db signal to noise ratio.
About ten years ago you it was really useful to upgrade standard soundcards. They still did CD quality, but often the SNR was really poor, so you would get noisy sound with poor dynamics. But these days the standard on board sound is usually as good as a specific audio interface (records at double CD quality).
Audio interface just gives you more connectivity really.
If youve had bad experiences in the past, either your onboard soundcard was old & naff. Or your audio input settings were wrong. Like setup as "mic" instead of "line in" or if you had the "boost" switched on.
Also remember if you take the output from a headphone jack, the volume should be on FULL.