New peripherals

robin7 · 3 Jul 2013 at 13:06

So contemplating a new monitor, mouse and possibly some headphones.

I play fps only.

Current keyboard is a Razer Blackwidow stealth.

Setup is:
Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce
i5-3570K (at 4.4)
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Z77
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

Was looking at:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus VG248QE 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor - Black £299.99
1 x Razer Abyssus Mirror 3500 DPI Optical Gaming Mouse £34.99
Total : £473.65 (includes shipping : £115.56).

Although the review of the monitor wasn't great, and not sure if my setup would even make use of it in games like crysis 3 etc? (I obviously game on very low).

Also picked the mouse based on pro quake players using it... but I'm not a particularly good player lol, so if there's better options let me know?

Thanks

robin7 · 3 Jul 2013 at 15:57

I should point out I wasn't even aware the monitor I spec'd was 3d... lol.

I was more sold on the 144hz and 1ms response time. Just trying to find something that's ideal for fps gaming really. 3D is something I wouldn't use much, however I guess I'd probably try out Skyrim in 3d (assuming it's fine with amd cards, since I only seem to see stuff about nvidia ones?) if I had one.

It's not essential however.

Also I really like that corsair mouse, it's probably my favourite choice but wondering if the extra buttons would annoy me?

I only have the razer as someone was selling it locally, really don't like the green lights lol.

robin7 · 3 Jul 2013 at 15:58

Oh and yeah my shipping costs are huge due to where I live haha. So I'll be comparing ocuk prices and my local prices. Usually ocuk is still cheaper, however all together it's probably going to be £100 or so in shipping.

robin7 · 3 Jul 2013 at 16:39

Why is that this on is cheaper? Same brand, same specs, but 144hz not 120... and cheaper?

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
Total : £319.28 (includes shipping : £57.78).

robin7 · 4 Jul 2013 at 17:21

Ok so currently looking at this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x BenQ XL2411T 24" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £249.95
1 x Corsair Vengeance 1500 Dolby 7.1 Professional USB Gaming Headset £63.59
1 x Corsair Vengeance M65 Laser Gaming Mouse - Black (CH-9000022-EU) £54.95
Total : £381.98 (includes shipping : £11.25).

Also thinking about getting a larger SSD and re-installing windows since my little 60gb one that I thought would be fine just can't hold any games.

So what's a good 200gb + SSD that doesn't break the bank?