Ideal Gaming Keyboard & Mouse?

Rice1985 · 4 Sep 2011 at 09:44

What would you guys recommend me getting? (Steering away from wireless) Also preparing for BF3!

Brands I've looked at - Razer, Logitech, Saitek, Tt and Microsoft.

Rice1985 · 4 Sep 2011 at 10:08

i'm willing to spend up to £99 for the keyboard and £50 for the mouse!

Rice1985 · 4 Sep 2011 at 20:24

CreMafia said:
You should choose the x4 over the x6, everyone says that. Then there is a wide variety of good mice on the market. If you get the x4, then you will have lots of money to spend on a mouse and the rest you can save (or upgrade your pc )

Lol! Ive just spent £1600 on my new system which I'm building in Afew days.. What do you guys think of the Logitech G510 and G19.

Rice1985 · 4 Sep 2011 at 21:37

Right so far for the keyboard its gonna be either Logitech G510, Saitek Cyborg V7, Razer Black Widow and Microsoft X4.
Mouse i've chosen Logitech G500 (Palm grip) and Roccat Kova+

What do you think, should i change it around or choose another?

Rice1985 · 4 Sep 2011 at 22:22

Tweaker said:
What type of games are you going to be playing?

The blackwidow uses blue Cherry MX switches, they are a great switch, but some people don't like how loud they are. The TT eSports MEKA G1 keyboard uses black switches, which are quieter and is in your budget.

The X4 is probably the best Value for money keyboard on the market right now, has a cool anti ghosting technology, so means you can mash your keyboard and not worry about input lag. If you don't want a mechanical keyboard, get the X4.

Playing CS: Source, BF2, Black Ops and the list goes on.. I'm mainly a FPS kinda person. is the X4 backlit?

Rice1985 · 5 Sep 2011 at 00:32

Tweaker said:
Yes, a red back light with 3 brightness levels. The X4 seems like the right keyboard for you, FPS games and the X4 go well, most other keyboards allow 5 or 6 key pushes, the X4 has over 20, so you can wasda to your hearts content.

Technically, it is mouse correction, and whether the correction is high or low. Logitech calls it angle snapping on mice such as the G500, you can turn it off in the software. But at the same time, I know that this is not off, rather the lowest comfortable setting that Logitech feels it should be. Steelseries are actually about to launch a new mouse that eliminates the prediction all together,or so they claim, they also have the Xai, which uses the same sensor as the G500. The difference between something like the Xai and the Microsoft Intelli is so small, that most people cant actually distinguish between them.

Skipping is again, something that people will call mouse companies out on, but the G500 sensor, for example, has a decent top speed, which if your mouse doesn't, it will stop tracking or spaz out. Optical mice generally have good top speeds in this area, though something like the MX518 is limited to 125hz, so you will need to change that to 1000hz in order to get the best tracking and lowest level of prediction, the Zowie EC2 is a good example of this in action, that is the closet you can get to a Intelli without being one.

High DPI to a point is just marketing, but adjustable DPI is used but a lot of top gamers and has real benefits, having a low in game sensitivity and high DPI is common place.

Thanks Tweaker! Will be ordering the X4 tomorrow, so dya think i should go for the G500? any other recommendations before i decide.