As I make a new account, check new unread messages, and work on interfacing my board to my yeasu 857d...
I just received my Behringer interface from "the big A" and couldn't be happier. It's exactly what I needed to get my board, mic and transceiver piped to the laptop with ease and better quality than straight in to the laptop (line levels and such).
I'm currently sitting here playing with cables working out output from laptop to board to radio, while retaining the current "recording mode" setup.
Dunno if it'll help sway your decision but for <100 bucks you can't go wrong with an audio interface if you're doing line level work to your PC.
73,
K3ZRT