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NZXT Capsule Elite microphone on a blue Cyber Monday background

At just $50, our favorite midrange microphone is practically a budget choice in the Cyber Monday sales

By James Bentley published

Cyber Monday Testing. 1 2.

Cyber Monday
Amazon Basics Condenser Microphone

Amazon's own-brand condenser microphone blew us away this year, and it's now just $20 in the early Black Friday sales

By James Bentley published

Deal Sounds good.

Deal
Amazon Basics gaming microphone on a wooden desktop

I think this $23 Amazon Basics USB desktop microphone should make more expensive models a little nervous

By Andy Edser published

Budget or bust It sounds surprisingly good for the cash, and no one's happier about that than me.

Budget or bust
The Shure MV6 gaming microphone and the Amazon Basics USB Condenser Microphone on a silver background, with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right

Best microphone for gaming in 2025: from streaming to podcast mics, these are my top picks

By Andy Edser last updated

Mouth Noises Make your voice heard with the best microphones for streaming and gaming.

Mouth Noises
HyperX Quadcast S microphone on a pink background

If you like your gaming mics just dripping in RGB LEDs the half-price HyperX Quadcast S is the Prime Day deal for you

By James Bentley published

Prime Day This deal sounds good.

Prime Day
The HyperX SoloCast 2 USB microphone outside amid some foliage, with its base tilted

HyperX SoloCast 2 USB microphone review

By Andy Edser published

Score: 82% It's the simple things.

Score: 82%
The Shure SM4 home recording microphone attached to a boom arm, in front of a monitor

Shure SM4 Studio Kit microphone review

By Andy Edser published

Score: 83% A step above for creativity, but possibly a step too far for some.

Score: 83%
The HyperX FlipCast and the HyperX SoloCast 2 on a blue gradient background

The new HyperX SoloCast 2 looks like a return to gaming microphone simplicity, whereas its bigger brother is covered in all the bells and whistles you could think of

By Andy Edser last updated

News Chalk and cheese.

News
The Amazon Basics USB condenser microphone on a desk

It's time to get over the brand snobbery because this $26 Amazon Basics model is the best budget microphone you can buy today

By Andy Edser published

Budget banger Seriously, it's that good.

Budget banger
The Amazon Basics USB Condenser microphone on a wall

Amazon Basics USB condenser microphone review

By Andy Edser published

Score: 86% It's really hard to argue with this sort of audio quality for the price.

Score: 86%
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