FIRST ADD THESE...
ONE
UGREEN NEXDDE 140W WALL CHARGER
Fast-charge your beloved ROG Phone 7 and set its AeroActive Cooler to 'frosty' with this three-port power pumper. With zippy 140W charging from one USB-C port, 100W from the other and 22.5W from the USB-A, you can fuel up a pair of headphones and a MacBook Pro as well as your phone, all while gaming at full pelt.
£120/ugreen.com
TWO
NACON MG-X PRO
It's a crying shame the BackBone One doesn't fit the ROG Phone 7... or is it? The Nacon MG-X Pro is a more versatile controller with USB-C and Bluetooth wireless playback. It's perfectly optimised for Xbox Game Pass and Nvidia GeForce Now; download the PSPlay app (see panel) and it'll even work with PS Remote Play.
£129/nacongaming.com
THREE
SHURE AONIC 3
Take advantage of that headphone output and enjoy some latency-free listening- and superb sound isolation - as you blast your way to victory with these wired earphones. They're light and comfy, the mic ensures call quality is on point, and the inline controls save you from having to pull out your phone when you want to skip a track.
£209/amazon.co.uk
NOW TRY THIS...
1 CRACK THE CRATE
Your Asus handset's most powerful gaming tool is the Armoury Crate app. Open up this toolbox to access all your games, manage what the shoulder buttons do, switch between performance modes, swap out what your ROG Vision theme is, manage your AeroActive Cooler, and find games optimised for the display's super-slinky 165Hz refresh rate.
2 TUNE THE TONES
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