Roccat Elo X Stereo - the best cheap gaming headset.Logitech G432 - the best gaming headset overall.Now, onto those recommendations themselves. For maximum-quality chat, it might even be worth checking out the best gaming microphones as well, but generally we’ll only recommend a headset if its mic is at least decent enough for the job.

We also test for microphone performance, as no-one wants to sound muffled during a Discord argument. Action, horror, and racing games benefit particularly well from a richer, more intimate soundstage, though every flavour of PC game can be made to sound better with a headset upgrade.

Whereas the best gaming keyboards and best gaming mice grant you a more comfortable playfeel, quality headsets can shut out background noise and help you become ensconced. You can therefore be sure that when we say a headset has thick bass or lovely ear cushions, we mean it.Īnd, jokes aside, a good gaming headset really should be a key component of your hardware collection. All these headsets have earned their place by acing a series of sound and comfort tests conducted by either Katharine or myself: tests that involve hours of PC gaming use. I may have hobbled my audio enjoyment back then (and, more recently, overstated to you how fun that fact was), but now I’m making amends. Looking for more RPS recommended hardware?

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