Live! External 5.1 Digital output sound qual

I have an SB Li've! External 5. connected to my receiver. The receiver gets the digital signal from spdif out and decodes it just fine (using VLC or WinDVD, however the audio stutters and is very noticeable. I have tried the Knowledgebase tips and searched the forums.
The computer I hooked the device to is a Dell Dimension 4300S: P4 .4ghz/640mb ram. plenty fast to play dvds, etc. BUT it only has USB .. is this holding me back? The product requirements state USB . as a minimum.
So I hooked this thing up to my laptop (faster, but also with usb 2.0) and it works fine. no stuttering.
My question is this: Is it time to upgrade to a new Home theater pc? or do i just need usb 2.0?

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First of all, thank you very much HSE for your reply.
It is great to know that the flexijack provides with one coax SPDIF-out, I was most uncertain about it since in every spec page I have found all it is explained is "Flexijack: Line In / Microphone In / Optical Out? via shared 3.5mm mini jack" (c&p from the Creative spec page) that only remarks the "optical", not the "coaxial".
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