Corsair's latest gaming headset won't break the bank at $40

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Corsair announced today a new budget gaming headset that is lightweight in design at just 250 grams—and certainly light on the wallet. The new HS35 only costs $39.99.

Despite the aggressive pricing, Corsair claims its HS35 "provides excellent sound quality," courtesy of a pair of custom-tuned 50mm neodymium speaker drivers. As such, it is capable of "catching a wider range of in-game sounds that headsets with smaller drivers may miss," Corsair says.

We have not had a chance to test that claim, though the use of 50mm drivers is notable for a budget headset. 40mm drivers are more commonly found in this price range.

This is a wired headset, so obviously wireless range and battery life do not come into play. It connects to PCs (and consoles) via 3.5mm, and has on-ear controls for volume and mute. The headset also sports a detachable unidirectional microphone.

Memory foam lines the earcups and headband. There is no RGB lighting (or lighting of any kind), though Corsair does offer different memory foam color options: black, green, blue, and red.

We'll reserve judgement until we've had a chance to sample a pair. In the meantime, the HS35 is available now direct from Corsair. 

Paul Lilly

Paul has been playing PC games and raking his knuckles on computer hardware since the Commodore 64. He does not have any tattoos, but thinks it would be cool to get one that reads LOAD"*",8,1. In his off time, he rides motorcycles and wrestles alligators (only one of those is true).

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