The Best Cheap Gaming Microphones

It is the most complete cheap kit here. It comes with a metal boom arm and shock mount, works with PC, Mac and PS5 without drivers, and has controllable RGB. It shares a button mute control with the FDUCE M160 and MRSDY; the Amazon Basics mic goes with an one-tap mute control.

It plugs straight into a USB port and needs no interface. It was the highest-priced of the 6 picks at the time of writing, so the case for it rests on what it adds over the FIFINE A6V and the rest.

It samples at up to 192kHz. Its RGB cycles through seven colours, and a shock mount with rubber bands absorbs keyboard taps. It works with PS4, PS5, Windows and Mac without extra software.

It won an iF Design Award and records at up to 192kHz. You also get a gain knob. It plugs straight into a USB port and needs no interface.

Before buying, weigh one limit: costs more than the FDUCE M160 at the time of writing. Its price falls between the TONOR TC310+ and the MAONO DGM20S, based on our last check.

The arm keeps it off the desk. Tap the top to mute, long-press to dim the RGB, and it comes with a boom arm. A tap mute control is unique to it among these picks, while the FDUCE M160 uses a button mute control.

A boom arm kit in the box is unique to it among these picks, while the Amazon Basics mic uses a stand with shock absorber in the box. It plugs straight into a USB port and needs no interface. On price it sat fourth of 6, between the cheaper Amazon Basics mic and the pricier FIFINE A6V, at the time of writing.

A USB-C adapter is in the box. You get a USB (USB-C adapter) connection here, which sets it apart from the TONOR TC310+ and its a USB connection. Like the MAONO DGM20S and MRSDY, it has a button mute control, while the TONOR TC310+ uses a tap mute control.

A headphone jack headphone monitoring is unique to it among these picks, while the MRSDY uses a 3.5mm jack headphone monitoring. It also comes with RGB lighting. It plugs straight into a USB port and needs no interface. No other pick here cost less at our last price check, and the MRSDY was closest.

It has RGB lighting. A 3.5mm headphone output gives latency-free monitoring of your own voice. Noise cancelling cuts typing and clicks, and the RGB lighting can be switched off.

Like the MAONO DGM20S and FDUCE M160, it has a button mute control, while the TONOR TC310+ uses a tap mute control. You get a 3.5mm jack headphone monitoring here, which sets it apart from the Amazon Basics mic and its a none stated headphone monitoring. It is the only pick here with a stand in the box; the TONOR TC310+ has a boom arm kit in the box instead.

It plugs straight into a USB port and needs no interface. It was priced above the FDUCE M160 and below the Amazon Basics mic at the time of writing.

It is a plain cardioid USB mic. A condenser (14mm) capsule is unique to it among these picks, while the MRSDY uses a condenser capsule. You get an one-tap mute control here, which sets it apart from the MRSDY and its a button mute control.

You get a stand with shock absorber in the box here, which sets it apart from the FDUCE M160 and its a tripod in the box. It plugs straight into a USB port and needs no interface. Before buying, weigh one limit: costs more than the FDUCE M160 at the time of writing. Its price falls between the MRSDY and the TONOR TC310+, based on our last check.