The Razer Tiamat 7.1 headset is available for an average of £140 or 180 euros. The build quality and surround sound are very good, but if you also plan on listening to stereo then this headset isn't the best choice. The slight hum also doesn't help the final verdict.

As more and more PCs move from the dusty corners of your house into the living room, their multimedia capabilities combining with our high-definition outputs to become the centrepiece of our entertainment.

The Razer Tiamat is a gaming headset of epic proportions. It comes in a humongous and thoroughly magnificent box, it is humongous itself and the name's borrowed from a middle-eastern dragon that represents the very essence of chaos.

The futuristic styling of the Razer Tiamat Elite makes for a breath of fresh design air after the conservative - to the point of being boring - look of the Razer's Carcharias Professional PC gaming headset (review) .

Impressive volume; decent bass response; excellent audio quality; eye-catching design; comfortable to use over long periods

Not the most portable of headsets; and expensive

Everyone wants to be on the gaming peripheral bandwagon these days and we're being bombarded with overly fancy gaming headsets. But what if you don't care for the bling and just want something functional, easy to use and compatible with multiple devices

Wide compatibility

Slightly small

The Razer Electra V2 analog gaming headset is Razer's newest value-minded headset option. The slightly smaller brother to the Razer Electra V2 USB, the Electra V2 analog is ten dollars less.