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product_id: 662563376
title: "SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5X Wireless Gaming Headset Multi-System Xbox PC Magnetic Neodymium Drivers Over 100 Audio Presets 60H Battery Life 2.4 GHz or BT ClearCast Gen2.X-Mik White"
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price: "$280.94"
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# 100+ game-specific audio presets Quick-switch 2.4GHz & Bluetooth 5.3 wireless 60H battery life with USB-C fast charge SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5X Wireless Gaming Headset Multi-System Xbox PC Magnetic Neodymium Drivers Over 100 Audio Presets 60H Battery Life 2.4 GHz or BT ClearCast Gen2.X-Mik White

**Brand:** steelseries
**Price:** $280.94
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎧 Elevate your game with sound that wins and battery that never quits!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5X Wireless Gaming Headset Multi-System Xbox PC Magnetic Neodymium Drivers Over 100 Audio Presets 60H Battery Life 2.4 GHz or BT ClearCast Gen2.X-Mik White by steelseries
- **How much does it cost?** $280.94 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- steelseries enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted steelseries brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Marathon-Ready Battery:** Experience up to 60 hours of uninterrupted playtime with rapid USB-C charging—6 hours of power in just 15 minutes means less downtime, more domination.
- • **Game-Optimized Soundscapes:** Unlock 100+ tailored audio presets for top titles like GTA V & Call of Duty, delivering pinpoint audio cues that keep you ahead in every match.
- • **Crystal-Clear Communication:** ClearCast Gen2 retractable mic with 2X clarity and high-bandwidth chipset ensures your voice is heard loud and clear, perfect for pro-level teamwork.
- • **Seamless Multi-Device Connectivity:** Effortlessly toggle between 2.4GHz wireless for gaming and Bluetooth 5.3 for calls or media with a single button—stay connected without missing a beat.
- • **Lightweight Comfort Meets Pro Control:** At just 266g, enjoy all-day comfort with soft ear pads and intuitive on-ear controls for power, mute, volume, and quick wireless switching.

## Overview

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5X is a premium wireless gaming headset designed for Xbox, PC, and multi-platform use. Featuring over 100 customizable game audio presets, a powerful 60-hour battery with fast USB-C charging, and dual wireless modes (2.4GHz gaming and Bluetooth 5.3), it delivers immersive, high-fidelity sound through custom Neodymium drivers. The ClearCast Gen2 retractable microphone offers enhanced voice clarity, while lightweight design and on-ear controls provide comfort and convenience for extended gaming sessions.

## Description

From the manufacturer 100+ Xbox Audio Presets at Your Fingertips Get the best audio EQ presets without a PC, in real-time - no need to leave your game. Hear What Others Don't Enhance footsteps, bomb plants & potion drinking for a powerful audio advantage with custom presets. Two Save Slots Keep separate EQ profiles for gaming and Bluetooth audio, which are saved and switch automatically. Quick-Switch Wireless Switch from gaming-grade 2.4GHz wireless to Bluetooth in a flash; take a call or listen to audio. Rise Above Console Wars The compact USB-C dongle takes you to your preferred platform: Xbox, PS, PC, Switch, or mobile. Shortcuts at Your Fingertips Toggle Quick-Switch Wireless, Power on, mute, adjust ChatMix and volume whenever. 60-Hour Battery Life Got your gaming planned for the week? Our battery's got you. With a full charge lasting up to five-times longer than other headsets, you can go 8 hours a day for a full week. Plus, USB-C fast charging brings 6 hours of charge in only 15 minutes. Neodymium Magnetic Drivers Hear everything with an ultra-detailed soundscape: crystal clear highs, pinpoint mids and deep bass. 360° Spatial Audio Experience sound from every direction for full immersion and 360° awareness. ClearCast 2.X Microphone 2X the bandwidth, 2X the clarity with our ClearCast mic featuring a new high-bandwidth chipset. Fully Retractable Mic Completely retract the mic for elegant comfort anywhere with a lightweight design (265g/9.5oz). Headsets, Keyboards, Mice, Mousepads Get the Gear of the Pros SteelSeries offers game-winning gear to complete your setup. Alias Microphone Gaming found its voice with Alias — say bye to generic mics, say hello to Alias. Apex Pro TKL Wireless Infinitely customizable, stupidly fast. All in ergonomic TKL format. Aerox 3 Wireless Onyx Radiant RGB design. Ultra-lightweight shell. AquaBarrier protection. What's not to love?

Review: Not perfect, but very good for the price - EDIT: If you're using this headset on PC there's a little switch on the back of the dongle, change this from XBOX to USB and you will now have the option for Discord Certified inside the Discord audio/video options, this avoids all the issues I had in the beginning. I've been using the AN5X for a few days now, which replaced my broken Blackshark V2 Pro 2023 and overall I prefer it over the more expensive Razer headset. I'll get the bad out of the way first though, and that's the microphone, it's slightly above average for a wireless headset but it's a noticeable downgrade over my Blackshark, it's not even in the same league. I also had major issues with it on Discord, all of my friends commented on how awful I sounded, but when I recorded myself it sounded fine, after a lot of frustration I discovered that I needed to disable noise gate and noise suppression built into Discord, as they seem to conflict with the Sonar software, after doing this my microphone improved 100x, but as I said earlier, it's still not amazing. I would also advise enabling compressor in Sonar and maxing it out, otherwise you'll be extremely quiet on Discord even at 200% volume. I would like to see Steelseries and Discord work together to add the AN5X to the certified list, this would remove the frustration I initially went through. Now onto the good, the headset is very comfortable, the ear pads are extremely soft and even with my big head they fit perfectly with almost no clamping force at all. I can game all day without any ear or head pain at all. Sound quality is good and bad, out of the box they're okay but luckily the Sonar software has the best EQ I've ever used, you can very precisely customize the sound and really bring out the potential of the headset. I would highly recommend that you check out the Youtube channel GadgetryTech, his EQ settings for music made a massive difference, music went from sounding decent to incredible, it was truly night and day. You can also switch between Bluetooth and wireless with a press of a button, so you can use your headset on PC or console and instantly switch to your phone for a call or to listen to music, this works much more seamlessly than on the Blackshark. The Sonar software is very competent and feature rich (on PC at least, you get far less features if you're using the headset on Xbox), and the AN5X comes with over 30 pre-installed EQ presets for different games, with some hits, and some misses. I personally use the Diablo IV, Call of Duty and Fallout 76 ones and they've all been great. I would recommend leaving spatial audio off though, as with all fake surround sound it just doesn't sound right, turning it off keeps the audio pure. I would also increase the clearcast AI noise cancellation to 75%, as my friends could hear me doing stuff in the background at the default 50%. I can't speak to the build quality or durability as I've only had the headset a few days, but it does feel very cheap as it's almost all plastic, which does make it very light (which is a positive in my book), but I cannot say if it will hold up to the test of time, my advice would be to treat it like a newborn baby. One last thing is noise isolation, this is personal preference whether it's a positive or a negative but it doesn't have the best noise isolation, so you can hear yourself speak and other noise around you, which I personally prefer, but if you want full isolation this isn't the headset for you, that being said it does cancel out a decent amount of background noise, just not all of it, and noticeably less than my Blackshark. I think it's the perfect middle ground, where you're not hearing every little thing but you can still hear someone speaking to you or the doorbell ringing. Overall for the price it's a great headset, you could make an argument for a high 4/5 or low 5/5. With a better microphone it would be an absolute slam dunk 5/5. I would have preferred it to retail at £150 MSRP with a better mic, but I'm very conscious of how my mic sounds so I don't become the "bad mic" guy on Discord.
Review: Decent lightweight headset for Consoles. - Great lightweight headset, works flawlessly with my Xbox Series X. Comfortable to wear, decent battery life and a good selection of volume controls and application features. Connects via Bluetooth and 2.4. Not as good as my Hyper X Cloud Alpha wireless with it's 300 hour battery, but I needed a decent lightweight headset for playing on the console lay down so this headset doesn't get in the way or make my head/ears really sweaty. It's not the most premium quality but it feels durable enough, only time will tell. Not sure if the microphone is replaceable if it breaks which is a negative if not, I do prefer detachable microphones. The receiver dongle is atrocious quality and a very strange shape, would be much better if it was USB-A and shaped like the usual stick receivers, that way it could plug directly into the console, not sure why they picked USB-C. The receiver is extremely flimsy and feels like it won't take much at all to snap it. I have mine plugged into the back of an RGB console stand and I've not noticed any audio delay or reduction in quality over running a cable from the Xbox and plugging it into that.

## Features

- 100+ GAME AUDIO PRESETS — Unlock tailored audio presets for top games like GTA V, FIFA, Call of Duty, and more, with the Arctis Nova 5 Companion App
- 60-HOUR BATTERY — Play longer than ever with the next-gen battery. Go 8 hours a day all week; plus with USB-C Fast Charge get 6 hours of use in just 15 minutes
- QUICK-SWITCH WIRELESS — Toggle between 2.4GHz gaming and Bluetooth 5.3 with a tap of a button to take a call or listen to media; notification beeps keep you posted on incoming calls while gaming
- HIGH-FIDELITY AUDIO — Custom-designed Neodymium Magnetic Drivers create an ultra-detailed soundscape of clear highs, pinpoint mids, and deep bass
- NEXT-GEN MIC — Our upgraded, fully retractable ClearCast 2.X microphone has 2X the clarity with a high-bandwidth chipset supporting 32KHz/16Bit audio
- CROSS-PLATFORM — Easily swap between Xbox, PC, PlayStation, Switch, Meta Quest, phones or tablets with a compact USB-C Dongle
- ON-EAR CONTROLS — All the buttons you need are right on the headset: Power, mute, volume adjustment, and Quick-Switch to tap into Bluetooth

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0D78DB44V |
| Age Range Description | Teen, Adult |
| Antenna Location | Gaming |
| Audio Driver Type | Dynamic Driver |
| Battery Average Life | 60 Hours |
| Battery Charge Time | 15 minutes |
| Best Sellers Rank | 101 in PC & Video Games ( See Top 100 in PC & Video Games ) 3 in Xbox Series X & S Headsets 3 in PlayStation 4 Gaming Headsets 3 in PC Gaming Headsets |
| Bluetooth Range | 10 Metres |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.3 |
| Box Contents | Headphones, Cable |
| Brand | SteelSeries |
| Brand Name | SteelSeries |
| Cable Features | Without Cable |
| Carrying Case Color | clear |
| Colour | White |
| Compatible Devices | Gaming Consoles, Desktops, Laptops, Tablets, Telephones, Smart Speakers, Televisions, VR Devices, Handheld Computers, Mobile Devices |
| Control Method | App |
| Control Type | Volume control, call control, media control |
| Controller Type | on-ear controls |
| Country of Origin | China |
| Customer Package Type | Rigid packaging |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 652 Reviews |
| Ear placement | Over Ear |
| Earpiece Shape | Circumaural |
| Enclosure Material | Plastic or light metal |
| Form factor | Over Ear |
| Frequency Range | 20 Hz - 20,000 Hz |
| Frequency Response | 100 Hz |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 05707119058018 |
| Headphone Form Factor | Over Ear |
| Headphone Jack | No jack plug |
| Headphones Ear Placement | Over Ear |
| Impedance | 36 Ohms |
| Is Autographed | No |
| Item Weight | 266.7 Grams |
| Manufacturer | SteelSeries |
| Model Name | 61677 |
| Model Number | 61677 |
| Network Connectivity Technology | Wireless |
| Noise Control | None |
| Noise control | None |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Product Features | Adjustable Headband, Fast Charging, Microphone Included, Surround Sound, Volume Control |
| Product Warranty | 2 Year |
| Sensitivity | 102 dB |
| Series Number | 61677 |
| Specific Uses For Product | Gaming |
| Style Name | Modern |
| Subject Character | no subject character |
| Theme | Video Game |
| Unit Count | 1.0 count |
| Water Resistance Level | Not Water Resistant |
| Wireless Technology Type | Bluetooth |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** SteelSeries
- **Colour:** White
- **Ear placement:** Over Ear
- **Form factor:** Over Ear
- **Frequency response:** 100 Hz
- **Headphone jack:** No jack plug
- **Impedance:** 36 Ohms
- **Model name:** 61677
- **Noise control:** None
- **Sensitivity:** 102 dB

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## Available Options

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not perfect, but very good for the price
*by S***E on 7 June 2024*

EDIT: If you're using this headset on PC there's a little switch on the back of the dongle, change this from XBOX to USB and you will now have the option for Discord Certified inside the Discord audio/video options, this avoids all the issues I had in the beginning. I've been using the AN5X for a few days now, which replaced my broken Blackshark V2 Pro 2023 and overall I prefer it over the more expensive Razer headset. I'll get the bad out of the way first though, and that's the microphone, it's slightly above average for a wireless headset but it's a noticeable downgrade over my Blackshark, it's not even in the same league. I also had major issues with it on Discord, all of my friends commented on how awful I sounded, but when I recorded myself it sounded fine, after a lot of frustration I discovered that I needed to disable noise gate and noise suppression built into Discord, as they seem to conflict with the Sonar software, after doing this my microphone improved 100x, but as I said earlier, it's still not amazing. I would also advise enabling compressor in Sonar and maxing it out, otherwise you'll be extremely quiet on Discord even at 200% volume. I would like to see Steelseries and Discord work together to add the AN5X to the certified list, this would remove the frustration I initially went through. Now onto the good, the headset is very comfortable, the ear pads are extremely soft and even with my big head they fit perfectly with almost no clamping force at all. I can game all day without any ear or head pain at all. Sound quality is good and bad, out of the box they're okay but luckily the Sonar software has the best EQ I've ever used, you can very precisely customize the sound and really bring out the potential of the headset. I would highly recommend that you check out the Youtube channel GadgetryTech, his EQ settings for music made a massive difference, music went from sounding decent to incredible, it was truly night and day. You can also switch between Bluetooth and wireless with a press of a button, so you can use your headset on PC or console and instantly switch to your phone for a call or to listen to music, this works much more seamlessly than on the Blackshark. The Sonar software is very competent and feature rich (on PC at least, you get far less features if you're using the headset on Xbox), and the AN5X comes with over 30 pre-installed EQ presets for different games, with some hits, and some misses. I personally use the Diablo IV, Call of Duty and Fallout 76 ones and they've all been great. I would recommend leaving spatial audio off though, as with all fake surround sound it just doesn't sound right, turning it off keeps the audio pure. I would also increase the clearcast AI noise cancellation to 75%, as my friends could hear me doing stuff in the background at the default 50%. I can't speak to the build quality or durability as I've only had the headset a few days, but it does feel very cheap as it's almost all plastic, which does make it very light (which is a positive in my book), but I cannot say if it will hold up to the test of time, my advice would be to treat it like a newborn baby. One last thing is noise isolation, this is personal preference whether it's a positive or a negative but it doesn't have the best noise isolation, so you can hear yourself speak and other noise around you, which I personally prefer, but if you want full isolation this isn't the headset for you, that being said it does cancel out a decent amount of background noise, just not all of it, and noticeably less than my Blackshark. I think it's the perfect middle ground, where you're not hearing every little thing but you can still hear someone speaking to you or the doorbell ringing. Overall for the price it's a great headset, you could make an argument for a high 4/5 or low 5/5. With a better microphone it would be an absolute slam dunk 5/5. I would have preferred it to retail at £150 MSRP with a better mic, but I'm very conscious of how my mic sounds so I don't become the "bad mic" guy on Discord.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Decent lightweight headset for Consoles.
*by K***D on 24 May 2025*

Great lightweight headset, works flawlessly with my Xbox Series X. Comfortable to wear, decent battery life and a good selection of volume controls and application features. Connects via Bluetooth and 2.4. Not as good as my Hyper X Cloud Alpha wireless with it's 300 hour battery, but I needed a decent lightweight headset for playing on the console lay down so this headset doesn't get in the way or make my head/ears really sweaty. It's not the most premium quality but it feels durable enough, only time will tell. Not sure if the microphone is replaceable if it breaks which is a negative if not, I do prefer detachable microphones. The receiver dongle is atrocious quality and a very strange shape, would be much better if it was USB-A and shaped like the usual stick receivers, that way it could plug directly into the console, not sure why they picked USB-C. The receiver is extremely flimsy and feels like it won't take much at all to snap it. I have mine plugged into the back of an RGB console stand and I've not noticed any audio delay or reduction in quality over running a cable from the Xbox and plugging it into that.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5x wireless headset review
*by A***R on 12 January 2026*

Really happy with this headset. - I like how it works on Xbox Series consoles and PlayStation 5 as I play on both of them. - It’s over ear so your ears fit nicely inside making it comfier. - Light build but isn't flimsy. - Very good battery life. - Audio quality is very good and can hear everything games have to offer (footsteps and bass for example). - The steelseries arctis companion app is great as you can set audio presets for whichever game you play and gives the best audio quality for that specific game. Overall I’d say this headset is good for the price and I’ve had no issues so far (had for a few months).

## Frequently Bought Together

- SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5X Wireless - Xbox Gaming Headset - White - 100+ Audio Presets via App - Neodymium Magnetic Drivers - 60H Battery - 2.4GHz / BT - Gen2.X Mic - Supports PC, PS, Switch, Mobile
- SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5X Wireless - Xbox Gaming Headset - 100+ Audio Presets via App - Neodymium Magnetic Drivers - 60H Battery - 2.4GHz / BT - ClearCast Gen2.X Mic - Supports PC, PS, Switch, Mobile
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