Gaming keyboard for £20-£50

Speedlink Ultra is the Keyboard I have stuck with over the years.
Ally so heavy & doesn't shift about. Flush lappy style keys so your fingers don't get caught in between them when you thrash about on FPS. Very precise & in use the amount of pressure needed is Perfect, They just feel right.
Compliments my beloved five 18 like easter egg chocolate over a shaven haven.
 
No need to buy an expensive keyboard, all this about £50, absolutely pointless. A keyboard is a keyboard, and as an FPS all that matters is that you can hold down 5 or 6 keys in a row.

Personally, without tooting my horn, I'm a fairly high level CS player, and knowing other 'professional' cs players, all seem to just use a standard microsoft multimedia keyboard, normally available for about £15 tops.
 
stalin said:
No need to buy an expensive keyboard, all this about £50, absolutely pointless. A keyboard is a keyboard, and as an FPS all that matters is that you can hold down 5 or 6 keys in a row.

Personally, without tooting my horn, I'm a fairly high level CS player, and knowing other 'professional' cs players, all seem to just use a standard microsoft multimedia keyboard, normally available for about £15 tops.
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Agreed. I don't buy mice and keyboards for their "gaming performance". Some people do, and I won't begrudge them that, but improving on your reaction times will do a lot more than buying a gaming keyboard or mouse. Unless, of course, you're some sort of gaming god, who has perfected their reactions, in which case, you should be able to frag using anything.

Personally, after switching to wireless keyboards and mice, I couldn't do without. I've tried gaming mice, and I personally can't see any hugely discernible advantage. I have to admit, the Razer Mamba DOES look very nice, but not due to it's "1ms response time". I like the idea of an ergonomic mouse that can be wired and wireless, and it looks nice too, but the price is a 'tad' too high for me.
 
For FPS gaming, the keyboard is almost irrelevant. The only thing I can think of is having enough 'binds' for buying certain things in certain games. So long as you can hold down 4 or 5 keys together and it registers them all it's fine.

With regard to other peripherals, a mouse CAN make a big difference, as you get to know it's precision, and suit your game and sensitivity around it.

A mousemat again makes a difference, I went from an icemat[solid] to a razer mantis speed and the difference is amazing. My IME is so much smoother going over it.

The MX518 was a good choice by the way.

And lastly a headset can make a difference, but you need to be buying 100 quid headsets to get the most out of it. A £20 will tell you left from right, but a £100 will let you hear footsteps from miles away.
 
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