Sound interface advice needed

My setup is a PC with a M-Audio 2496 soundcard hooked up to a Behringer mixer.  I connect mics to the Behringer for input.  Drive two pairs of monitors from the output and also use the Behringer for headphone outputs.  My Behringer is dead- good riddance.  But I now I am trying to decide what to replace it with.  My options:

- get a better mixer.  However I only play alone and I need to input channels at most.
- get a USB interface such as Focusrite Saffire 6.  But my M-Audio 2496 would gather dust (does that even matter?)

Wondering which way you would lean and if there are any specific interfaces or mixers you would recommend.

I only need 2 inputs XLR with phantom power.

munmun

If you use input echo to monitor what you're recording, I'd suggest staying with a PCI interface if you can. They tend ot have lower latency figures than USB.

On the other hand, my UA-101 does sound better than my previous Delta44....

If you're looking for a mixer at without spending a fortune and don't need many inputs, I'd suggest something like a Soundcraft Notepad or better, (though for more money) one from the Mackie VLZ or Onyx series. Either would be a huge improvement on Behringer.

The Roland Capture series has great drivers with very low latency.

I get 24/44.1 at 1.1ms and 48 samples. I could get 24/96 at 1.0ms I did not chech the samples at that rate. A very good AI.