Keyboards, Headsets, and Mice: Worth upgrading, or not?

SPAMr54

I've been thinking about getting a gaming Mouse and Keyboard and Headset. Are they reall worth it? Nick and Brian both have sweet ones, but i'm wondering what impact these have...please help

Bleu

A nice gaming keyboard is always cool, with backlit keys, and programable marcos... here are some keyboards you might consider (all retail prices):
1. Logitech G15/G11 if you dont want the LCD - $100/$70
2. Saitek Eclipse, has 3 diferent colors of backlight - $70
3. Razer Tarantula - $100
4. Ideazon Z-board - $50

I think gaming mice are the most important of the 3 perhipeals you mentioned... here are some I like
1. Razer Copperhead 2000 dpi - $70 (but i got mine off woot.com for $30)
2. Logitech G5 2000 dpi - $60
3. Fatal1ty Gaming Mouse 2400 "cpi" - $60
4. Ideazon Reaper 1600 dpi - $40

As far as headsets go, I dont really think these are that important... you can just use your speakers, and buy a $5 mic. at radioshack if you want... But if you really want one Altec Lansing makes some really ones, but for around $50. My headset is a $30 logitech one and I like it, but i only use it late at night after my parents are alseep muahaha

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And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts."

- William Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

P-diddy

I say that the keyboard is definitely worth it....It just looks cool and has those lil features that make gaming just so much easier...About the mouse, idk...If you have a somewhat new mouse i don't really think it matters. Unless ur really keen on getting a few extra buttons on the side of the mouse and a pretty light, you don't really need it. And i completely side with brian on the headsets, they cost so much when you can just get just as good as a mic for 5 dollars...

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he then slowly pulls a lever
which sets off a mechanism
which does nothing whatsoever
but the nothing that it does
negates the everything we know
because it's screaming "Just because!"
because it's neither friend or foe
and so we label it a menace
or a grandiose work of art.
From its finale to its genesis
we slowly pull it all apart.
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Bleu

yeah I completely agree with what PJ just said... some stuff on gaming keyboards is helpful, and unless your mouse sucks, you dont really need one

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"All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts."

- William Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

Mondu · Moderator Number of posts: 404 Age: 16 Registration date: 2007-06-01

Well, just for that comment on not relaly needing mice, my dad said he would upgrade my computer for my brithday, and he seemed very keen on getting me a new mouse, so im either getting a logitech G5 or Razor Copperhead, lol. The best gaming mouses out there, im so excited geek

Bleu

I think the G5 is only for right handed people... but idk cuz I have a copperhead. I think its hard for ppl to realise how much faster a good mouse is until they actually use one... it dosent seem like it could be that much diferent but it is

_________________

"All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts."

- William Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

Mondu · Moderator Number of posts: 404 Age: 16 Registration date: 2007-06-01

Is the copperhead really good tho brian? apparently it has an inside memory to customize the extra seven buttons for each game, it sounds pretty sweet geek

Bleu

ITs freaking sweet! there are the main 2 buttons and the scroll wheel, but then there are 2 other buttons on each side. All of the buttons are customizable... you could switch around the right and left click buttons if you felt like it lol. You can use maros too. You can have 5 diferent profiles for the buttons, and the speed of the mouse set. You change the profile via a little button on the bottom on the mouse. You can tell what profile number it is on, because the lights on the mouse flash the number of the profile. I really only use 2 proflies, one for gaming thats fast and one for other stuff that isnt as fast.

_________________

"All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts."

- William Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

Mondu · Moderator Number of posts: 404 Age: 16 Registration date: 2007-06-01

Its amazing how advaced we r now, technologically i mean, compared to even just a few years ago. Amazing.

Bleu

I know really, even recently I've gotten a lot more knowlegdgeable about the diferent kinda of RAM, and other internal stuff like motherboard SATA and IDE ports

Also, I found a cheap mouse with even higher (2400) dpi!
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=10&subcategory=223&product=15161

_________________

"All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts."

- William Shakespeare's "As You Like It"

Mondu · Moderator Number of posts: 404 Age: 16 Registration date: 2007-06-01

That mouse looks sweet, i want it now, darn greed, lol, thx. The price is low tho, which is really good for a kid who lives off alowance, lol

P-diddy

Bleu wrote:

yeah I completely agree with what PJ just said... some stuff on gaming keyboards is helpful, and unless your mouse sucks, you dont really need one

My mouse sucked, I was using a Dell PS/2 ball mouse from 2003 with dirt and yuck, it was pretty darn horrible, I recently (today) got a good Logitech LX3 with 1000 DPI and a scroll wheel that goes left and right too, I'm happy! woohoo no more sucky stuff!

Actually all I need now to fulfill my technological leap (from integrated sound/graphics, ball mouse, sucky keyboard, gigantic monitor that weighed a ton, and 3 seperate pairs of speakers hooked up using headphone splitters TO new 512mb videocard, 5.1 surround sound with sound card, new 19 inch widescreen monitor, and new mouse!!)
HERE I COME G19 KEYBOARD

MAD WITH power!

_________________

Lost in solipsism
he then slowly pulls a lever
which sets off a mechanism
which does nothing whatsoever
but the nothing that it does
negates the everything we know
because it's screaming "Just because!"
because it's neither friend or foe
and so we label it a menace
or a grandiose work of art.
From its finale to its genesis
we slowly pull it all apart.
That's the beauty of it--
It doesn't do anything.