Ok so lately I've been seeing alot of people buying and recommending shit pc gear, So here i am making a thread for all you people who are wanting to get a new keyboard or mouse with the birthday money you just got from your parents.

Basically I'm going to list the _ONLY_ mouse/keyboard/headset/mousepad you should be buying, if you buy anything else, know that you're wasting you money and that I'm laughing at you.



[MOUSE]

Logitech MX300
Logitech G1 Optical
Logitech G3
Logitech MX518
Logitech G9/G9x
Logitech G400

Razer Deathadder

Microsoft Intelli Explorer 1.1a
Microsoft Intelli Explorer 3.0

ZOWIE EC-1
ZOWIE EC-2

Steelseries Xai

STAY CLEAR OF: Logitech G5, ALL THERMALTAKE mice, SteelSeries Kinzu, all razer mice other than Deathadder, Logitech G500, Sidewinder mice.

[KEYBOARDS]

Right so you're sick of your shitty little HP keyboard and are on the market for something 'gaming' right?

Steelseries 6GV2
SteelSeries 7G

DAS Keyboard

Filco Majestouch 1 & 2

Topre Keyboards

Sidewinder X4

STAY CLEAR OF Logitech Gaming Keyboards, Razer keyboards.

HEADPHONES
I'd say blanket ****off to all gaming headsets but i know that's impossible so...

SteelSeries Siberia V2's

SteelSeries 7H

Sennheiser PC360

Otherwise head over to headphones.com.au and get a pair of Audio Technica AD700's or w/e

Easily better than every gaming headset out.

STAY CLEAR OF All other Steelseries headphones, All Logitech headsets, All Thermaltake headsets, All Razer Headsets

MOUSEPADS

Soft:

SteelSeries Qck+

SteelSeries Qck Heavy

Razer mantis

Razer Goliathus XL

Puretrak Talent

ZOWIE GEAR G-TF

Steelseries 5L

Hard:

Steelseries S&S

Steelseries 9HD

Steelseries SP

Razer Destructor

Razer Scarab

STAY CLEAR OF Every other mousepad


Well that's most of it, probably missed a few bits and pieces but this should cover most of it and help noobs out so they don't buy crap.

This is mainly aimed for FPS players, so i understand if you play SC2 for example and don't want a Qck+.

GLHF and don't buy crap like the G15

Also, inb4 scrubs saying that they really like having a little screen on their keyboards to see whose talking on vent.

Mate, dat shit helps me frag

Thermaltake mice are really good mate, just not for FPS & SteelSeries Siberia V2 is really quite the worst - perhaps you should have taken input before making a definitive and largely narrow-minded list?

am i reading something wrong?

If they aren't good for FPS what are they good for lol?

Good effort and great selection, but people have made these threads before, to no effect. Still, this one has a very eye catching title ;D

I personally think that Siberias are a total waste, and I haven't heard anything good about the 7Hs, so I'd still say that the only headsets worth buying are the Plantronics 367 and 377s, purely because they are of around the same build/sound quality of those more expensive ones (i.e. shit quality), but are half the price.

You forgot Ducky and Leopold keyboards.

lucky i've got a deathadder (:

Whats wrong with razer keyboards :/

I put in the Siberia's because they are cheap as shit and sound marginally ok for the price, The 7H's sounds ok ingame and come with Closed earcups and Open Earcups which is a nice edition.


@relapse, i missed quite a few brands of mechanical keyboards, i just didn't list them because they would be hard to get for the average joe gamer on CG. The ones i listed are all available from popular online stores such as pccasegear, auspcmarket.

logitech g110 keyboard there is nothing wrong with it had it for a year......kenji@needs more knowledge next time

I think that if you were looking at one of those, this list doesn't really apply to you, because it is for idiots.

They're generally bad build quality and overpriced - but of course, you're sponsored by them so that doesn't matter coz they can just throw infinite keyboards at you for free ;D

good bait ...wait... you're serious huh? Technically there's nothing bad about it compared to other 'gaming keyboards', but for its price, and what it offers, it is a rip off, and therefore can be considered a waste.

Fair enough, last I checked the Siberias were hard to get for under $130.

Edited once, 4/7/11 - 9:24pm.

yeh 45bucks from msy must be overpriced... LOL >_<

If you've only used standard KB's and have gone to razer they will feel 'good', but after owning alot of KB's like me and delving into the 'mechanicals', I realized their build quality is pretty bad, not to mention alot of driver problems they have ( most notably the lycosa )

wat
www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=2838

If you want an el cheapo gaming keyboard with crap build quality and rubber domes, grab the Sidewinder X4; it doesn't have the 2KRO problems that the G110 (and basically every other 'gaming keyboard' has), which (along with its price) makes it the best gaming keyboard.

^ probably the worst keyboard you can buy.