SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5
Comfortable wireless headset with good mic monitoring and long battery.
Tracked 2026-10-19. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 is a wireless gaming headset with a 60 hour battery and two connection modes, for long stream days. At a tracked $113.99 it sits at the bottom of its $113.99 to $129.99 range since June 2026, so there is no reason to wait.
The listing offers 2.4GHz for games and Bluetooth 5.3 for calls or media, with a button to switch. A fast charge gives 6 hours of use. The retractable ClearCast 2.X mic is listed with a 32kHz sample rate. More than 100 game audio presets are available through the companion app. A USB-C dongle works with PC, PlayStation, Switch and phones. Rated 4.2 across 1,556 retailer ratings.
- 60 hour battery with fast charge
- 2.4GHz and Bluetooth 5.3 in one headset
- At the bottom of its tracked price range
- Rated 4.2 across 1,556 retailer ratings
- Game presets depend on the companion app
- Headset mic is for comms, not a main stream mic
Where it fits in a build
Monitor your audio. Closed-back headphones (no mic) are the pro pick if you mic separately; a headset adds a mic for comms or casual use. See every headphones / headset pick
| Type | Wireless headset |
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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5
$113.99Tracked 2026-10-19
Buy links are affiliate links: we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Prices are tracked estimates, not live prices. Full disclosure
We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.