Looking for a 3.5mm microphone (<$30)

[Kingo64]

My old microphone died this week suffering from an internally severed audio cable and I'm looking for a new replacement. I'm looking to spend between $0-30 seeing as I am not looking for a huge professional microphone.

- 3.5mm is necessary, that way I can use my sound card to filter out audio feedback from speakers
- I don't use headphones so a clip-on microphone may not be suitable
- Preferably able to be placed on desk in front of me to speak
- Preferably small and non-obstructive
- Audio quality is not shit

So does anybody have some suggestions?

[fpro]

I bought a pair of these: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826193076[/url]

They were $9.99 when I bought em. Not the most comfortable, but the sound quality is great.

[edit] :suicide:

[Kingo64]

Alternatively, is there any software available that allows you to cancel out speaker echo/feedback from USB microphones? Realtek audio drivers have an option called 'Acoustic Cancellation' that works perfectly to remove speaker feedback but only for microphones plugged into the motherboard (3.5mm)

[kaze4159]

[url]www.amazon.com/Plantronics-AUDIO-Desktop-3-5mm-Microphone/dp/B000GCFN72/[/url]
Got this for $12 about 6 or 7 years ago, works perfectly, quality is great through my Xonar DG

It comes with two bases, one sits on the desk, other one sticks to the side of a monitor / case
Has a little mute switch on the front, and it's about the size of your hand

[editline]1st June 2013[/editline]

I also drilled a hole in the base of the monitor stand to turn it into a ghetto camera mic
[img]http://imgkk.com/i/wkpv.jpg[/img]

[culexor]

[URL]http://www.amazon.com/Labtec-Verse-504-Microphone-Voice-Access/dp/B000053VYB/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1370099796&sr=8-8&keywords=labtec+microphone[/URL]

I have a [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Labtec-Desktop-Microphone-600/dp/B000O7K4LO/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1370099962&sr=1-2&keywords=logitech+600"]logitech rebranded version[/URL] of this mic and it works just fine. I paid somewhere around $8 for it.

[Sigs367]

I have the same as culexor, as do most of the friends that I game with. When on Skype, there's almost no static in the background. I get more static just from my headphones. The audio quality is even better than the mic on the Siberia V2 headset, which is a pretty nice headset.