£90 keyboard and mouse

stulid · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:09

Cookeh said:
Cursor? I use them in driving games and RTS, but everything else is WASD. Imagine its the same for all our (sub 20's) generation.

I have a friend (well, acquaintance) who's 28 now, and can't game using WASD because he grew up using cursor arrows xD

And if you use the arrow keys, do you also use some of the surrounding keys for other functions? namely the 0/1/4 numpad keys?

Cookeh · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:10

stulid said:
And if you use the arrow keys, do you also use some of the surrounding keys for other functions? namely the 0/1/4 numpad keys?

Yup! "0","1","2","4","5","SHIFT","/" and ","

anuraj · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:11

Now all that's left is a £60 keyboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-180-LG&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1258 this
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-046-SK&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1258 or this.

stulid · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:12

Cookeh said:
Yup! "0","1","2","4","5","SHIFT","/" and ","

thats exactly why I sold my X6 keyboard, you couldn't use the numpad keys without taking your hand off the arrow keys, due to the increased distance away they are over a normal keyboard because of the detachable mechanism.

Cookeh · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:14

anuraj said:
Now all that's left is a £60 keyboard

Do you -have- to spend all £90?!

An X4 will be brilliant, X6 is barely even step-up.

A Razer Lycosa is £62 and very good, if not overpriced.

A Roccat Arvo also has very postive reviews and is priced a bit more sensibly.

Cookeh · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:15

stulid said:
thats exactly why I sold my X6 keyboard, you couldn't use the numpad keys without taking your hand off the arrow keys, due to the increased distance away they are over a normal keyboard because of the detachable mechanism.

Hmm, won't be getting an X6 then.

You're using the X4 now? Is that better?

stulid · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:17

I am using a G11 I got from the MM, its perfect, the X4 should be perfect too.

Schizo · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:17

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18241554

anuraj · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:23

So sidewinder x 4 would be great

Schizo · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:29

just get a logitech set up and be done with it.

anuraj · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:32

schizo220168 said:
just get a logitech set up and be done with it.

The combos aren't completely for gaming.

Schizo · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:40

g15 or g11 (there is a few still for sale on the web)

Logitech MX518

£83 for a g15 and a 518.

413x · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:56

i quite like the g15 keyboard, shame it isnt red [i think id miss the lcd display on it]

im stuck on a mouse also, problem for me is im now used to 7 mappable buttons, and no mouse ive found has that many which is good that also has a dpi, was looking at the mamba, but the fail for me was that you cannot charge it without the PC being on!!

angela · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:56

G11 are great, I use deathadder, very comfortable mouse, but not enough of buttons for me.

shannowdr · 13 Feb 2011 at 17:16

Cyborg V5 paired with a deathadder.

or for a little more than £90 a Black widow + g500..