3.5mm or usb 7.1headset for gaming?

[Kogumaru]

Hi again and sorry for my terrible english.

 

I know, I know this is an old question but im new with desktop pc ( I play years with gaming laptops), so I read on a lot of forums about the 3.5mm audio headsets and the usb 5.1 or 7.1 headsets, some people say with a good audio card the 3.5mm its better and other says the USB are more powefull.

 

My MOBO have an good audio card ( ASUS MAXIMUS IMPACT VII https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-IMPACT/ ) or so it says on the website. So can this sound card can defeat a good 7.1 headset?

[samcool55]

First of all, you have 2 ears so you need 2 speakers. The 7.1 surround stuff is BS.

Anyway, the rest depends on your budget. You can easily get a decent pair of headphones for 150-200 bucks that can be powered by the on-board audio.

However if you want to improve your audio experience even further get a dedicated AMP/DAC. Schiit has good stuff (yes that's spelled correctly)

[Dackzy]

those "5.1" and "7.1" are pure BS, they are either using software to give you virtual surround sound or they have a lot of crappy drivers that are WAY too close to your head to give surround sound.

 

I have yet to find a USB headset where the soundcard is good or even decent. Get a pair of headphones that are normal 3.5mm and add a mic if you need one.

[MrJarhead]

if i was you i would get some proper headphones, believe me when i say this, the difference is extreme, my £90 audio technica ad700x absolutely smoked every headset i ever owned, and i dropped £200 on my astro a40s.

 

the only headsets i would buy is the sennheiser g4me one and hyperx cloud.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Surround sound headphones are practically snake oil at best. The "proper" way to do surround sound with headphones is to use HRTF, but the only company that really pushed this this was bought out in the late 90s and the purchaser pushed their crappy environmental audio effects. I mean, this was available in the mid 90s:

 

Everything else now won't have the quality or butchers the sound so much it's awful. So yeah, get a pair of quality 3.5mm stereo headphones and use a lapel mic for voice input.

[intelCore]

A good soundcard can make way more of a difference than 3.5mm vs USB surround headsets. Since you have a pretty good sound card I'd just get a decent 3.5mm one and you're good to go.

[Kogumaru]

The HyperX Stinger are a good 3.55mm headset?

[nicobombai]

12 hours ago, Kogumaru said:

The HyperX Stinger are a good 3.55mm headset?

Okay, sounds veiled and kinda reserved imo, cloud core will be a better option..

 

BUUUUUUUUUUT if you're willing to wait get these:

https://www.massdrop.com/buy/massdrop-x-sennheiser-pc37x-gaming-headset

$120, great price for the performance provided..