Gaming headset

Matthew Sheridan · 26 Feb 2018 at 19:32

Hi,

i have just got into PC gaming and quite want a good headset as am just using JBL headphones at the moment, to start with i looked at HyperX cloud II's but then someone suggested the Beyerdynamic MMX 300 version 1's. I watch Jacksepticeye quite a lot and liked the look of his pair of headphones (Philips fidelio x1's) but have found the X2's used on ebay for £150 or best offer. Is that a good deal? The only thing with that is it doesn't come with a mic but i could always get something like the mod mic or a blue yeti snowball. Would the x2's with a mod mic 5 be a good setup? I would use razer surround pro which i have with them, would that give me good spacial awareness for something like rainbow 6? If you have a cheaper alternative which is equaly as great i would appreciate that as still need a decent monitor as well as i am just using crap one which someone gave me which is a square and has hundreds of dead pixels so not ideal.

Thanks

Matthew Sheridan · 26 Feb 2018 at 19:33

also would i want a soundcard / external DAC and AMP down the line if i get such high quality headphones?

Matthew Sheridan · 28 Feb 2018 at 22:17

EsaT said:
Again if you want maximum competitiveness for nitpicking details

I want something that will be good all round, movie watching, music listening and gaming but i don't need the best of the best, i have around £100 atm so i could try and get the X2's cheaper from the ebay one and just buy a like £5 lav mic untill i have enough for something like a mod mic 4 or 5, would that be a good option? And then my birthday is coming up soon in may so i could probably stick with my crappy square monitor for a while and then get that for my birthday as think i want an ultra wide.

On another note which of these would be the best option for a monitor setup for future? (like max budget~£300)
A) 1 big 1080P 144Hz monitor

B) 1 big 29 inch 2560 x 1080p 60Hz ultrawide

C) 2 1080p monitors

Or any other recomendations you have

Matthew Sheridan · 1 Mar 2018 at 20:09

EsaT said:
and doubt you'll find Fidelio X2 for as good price as Beyer DT990 Pro.

The X2's are on best offer so could try and bring them down to around £120 or something, would that be a good deal? I just think they look awesome.

What did you mean when you were talking about a mic? I don't need super details i'm not an expert i just want to know if what i said last time would be a good idea or not (get X'2 and cheap Lav untill i have enough for mod mic)