nice peripheral?

thingemajib · 12 May 2010 at 17:21

bit of an odd one:

Got a friend who turning 18 soon, and he absolutely loves his computers, so i was thinking about getting him something computer related, except he seems to have ... well everything. can someone think of a nice peripheral or something computer related in the region of £20-40 that would go with:

dell XPS 630 (q6600, 4gb ram, 2x 500gb raid, SLI'd 8800GT, sound card, 20" monitor, 2.1 speakers, dell keyboard and mouse)

custom built 17" laptop (core2 2.6ghz, 4gb ram, 320gb hdd, 8600gt, logitech mx air mouse, nice seinheiser headphones).

he mostly uses them for gaming (oddly enough, he uses the laptop much more than the desktop), and i believe some light programming. he hates apple...

thingemajib · 12 May 2010 at 17:30

mrteabag said:
Logitech MX518

possibly ... he does already have the mx air for his laptop, which he spent a small fortune on and really likes, but it would be a good replacement for the desktop.

thingemajib · 12 May 2010 at 21:03

RynceWynd said:
Depending on how much desktop space he has a "gaming" surface

he does have a biiiig desk for the desktop, but the screen etc, is in the corner. i cant really go round and start measuring the desk up without raising suspision, but i actually quite like that idea. ill have a look around for something similar

Cycrow said:
if he takes pride in his pc

i believe he already has a cleaning kit of some description :/

thingemajib · 12 May 2010 at 23:23

Cookeh said:
This?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=KB-007-BE&groupid=702&catid=23&subcat=1258

wow. that thing looks mental. dunno how much he'd actually use that (he is into the whole RPG scene, which it appears to be made for), but thats definatley a strong contender, cos im sure he'd appreciate the sheer crazyness of it.

not too crazy about the fridge thing. like the idea, but ive always found minifridges to not work that well. ie, open it up and stick your hand in and its barely any colder.