I got a stupid question.

I'm having issues with my creative soundcard; and thus going to remove it. I don't really do any big sound work so I'm going to use the onboard audio of my X79 Dark.

Anyone got ideas on how to handle headphones? I have no front jacks and getting to back of my 19" cube case every time is a pain.

Do wireless headphones work in sense that I turn them on and my speakers stop getting audio and thus switches to headphones?

Or should I buy a 5-1/2 slot with headphone inputs?

There are multiple options... If you use an extension cable you can just use regular headphones. Often it is possible to setup your computer in such a way that it's easy to switch between which audio device is being used.

You could also use a physical switch for your audio, like my brother does. Flick it on, headphones get audio, flick it off to go back to speakers.

I'm using an audio interface myself, one big knob for speaker volume, two small knobs for dual headphone input. Can use both simultaneously as well. Using focusrite there.

Loads of options to go with, someone else might provide even better solutions though.

Edit: I personally don't like wireless as you'll be forced to recharge them every now and then. But even then the recharge docks are probably used whenever you aren't wearing them to invalidate this argument

 
 Moved to General Hardware.

Another option would be to just buy 2x of these (if you use mic while gaming).
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017SEI1M4
1x 6ft Black
1x 6ft White
(easier to tell which one is for a mic)
 
I would try doing a refresh install of creative sound driver and software.