Help - Gaming Keyboard and Mouse recommendations

[Nutty66]

I'm getting confused with all the jargon ref gaming mice and keyboards. Do i want/need an Optical/Mechanical/Analogue Mouse?
Which is best? Wireless or Wired? and as far as keyboards go, again do i need Optical or?

Price not an issue, i just want the best of each for gaming.
Razer maybe? Corsair? Steel Series?



Thanks

 

[Raymond Lin]

They are all very personal devices, how they feel is very important, there is no "best" but there are what is popular.

I like razer mouse personally, the Blackadder v2 (just got replaced with v3) is great and cheap.

Keyboard wise, I just fell into the mechanical keyboard world and making my own. Linear switches, aluminium frame, picked my own keycaps. It's kinda fun!

 

[hornetstinger]

Since it's a personal thing it's not like comparing ATI versus Nvidia GPU.

I could say a a keyboard with switches with 1kg spring weight and a clack so loud you hear it three doors is the best.

You have different keyboard sizes
Then you have iso and ANSI
Key switch linear, tactile, and clicky
Then spring weight
And different feel of each type purple does not feel the same as brown despite both being tactile
Then you have fixed switches or hot swap
The different brands of switches
Material, plastic, aluminium
Regular, partial backlighting or full rgb
Fixed cable orfremovable
Abs or obt switches
Mechanical or membrane
Mechanical contact or optical activated

And I've only put a few hours into reading I never new keyboard had this much choice for me way back a keyboard is a keyboard

Then mice different size and shape
Extra buttons and location
Ability to put weight in mice
Wired or wireless

 

[clone]

Mouse wise I use the logitech g502 wireless, battery has a long life as I can go about a month before I charge it.

 

[Joe Jones]

Just picked up a Logitech G502 Hero from the rainforest for £20 the other day and so far really like it compared to my faithful Logitech G5. Feels a bit better in the hand.

The side buttons are in a good spot and all the buttons have a good clicky feel. Quite liking the onboard memory management tool that allows adjustment of the button assignments without having to install the full management apps.

 

[EsaT]

First of all wired has always the least chances for issues and lag.
Even if lag has been pushed down, wireless is vulnerable to some other device interfering.
And pretty much everything wireless uses same 2.4GHz frequency area.
Also wired doesn't have batteries to worry about.


In keyboards far biggest factor is what kind keyboard you're used to.
Being familiar with feel and able to use keyboard in relaxed way without thinking how to press button/avoid accidental presses beats some claimed technical advantages.
If you're used to slimmer keyboards, most mechanical keyboards differ in notable bigger thickness.

And out of "mechanical" switches light non-linear "tactile" switch would be good starting point with some resistance before going down to point where press is registered:
Unlike in standard membrane/rubber done switches, mechanical switches detect press half way down the travel.
Hence light linear switches with very little initial resistance for downward movement could cause accidental presses.

Another aspect of mechanical switches is their systematic failure to give damn about noise.
Standard mechanical switches have hard plastic parts smashing hard into each others both in downward and upward movement.
(latter amplified by rattle of keycap, because of spring kicking stem up fast)
And some switches even have extra sound effect mechanism for mechanical typewriter like ruckus.
So if you care about avoiding unnecessary noise, only few mechanical switches have damping for ends of travel, or design trying to minimize noise.


For mouse its feel/familiarity of shape in hand once again beats technical differences and is the most important factor.