How much do peripherals matter?

[Staind]

I've heard people say nice peripherals are nice but are not required.

So my question is how important are nice peripherals and if they are important how much should I spend.

(By peripherals I mean just Mouse and Keyboards.)

[SAV1OUR]

its always nice to have good quality stuff but in the end not that much 

[Jogostar]

a lot, for me.

[DarkEnergy]

I usually look for good speakers and a good mouse. Other than that it doesn't matter much to me.

[WoodenMarker]

Depends on the person.

[ttam]

Mice - These won't make or break anything. It really does fall down to how it feels in your hand and comfort. I use a Logitech G400s and I game a lot. It's comfortable as hell and does the job.

 

Keyboard - Once again, personal preference and comfort. I use a Ducky Shine and it feels good to type on and I have no problem switching back to a normal $10 Logitech keyboard at work. 

 

Do they make me any better of a gamer? No. The mouse helps a little bit by having a decent sensor and what not but yeah.

[Wats]

it's something you're always holding and looking at. make it nice for a better experience with your new pc.

 

Monitor, keyboard, mouse, pad, case, chair, desk, ect, EDIT: headphones. don't skimp.

[TheRetiredSlave]

In my opinion, good "gaming" peripherals don't make you play better, but really crappy peripherals can make you play worse.. I generally wouldn't recommend going out and spending $200 on a KB/M set for the purpose that you think it's going to make you play better, but I think it's a worse decision to skimp out and just get some $20 KB/M combo pack because the unreliability of cheap stuff can be frustrating.

[wng_kingsley7]

I've heard people say nice peripherals are nice but are not required.

So my question is how important are nice peripherals and if they are important how much should I spend.

(By peripherals I mean just Mouse and Keyboards.)

If you're a professional it'll probably matter but for us casual users not as much. Then again I'm talking from an open minded perspective although I do have a mechanical keyboard + gaming based mouse.

[Hoppa]

I believe Audio and Visuals have to be pretty decent quality.

Whereas, keyboard and mouse doesn't have to be good "quality". If they have good functionality then who cares if it's made of aluminum or plastic?

 

But the whole mechanical > membrane is another issue. (if you're satisfied with a cheap $10 keyboard than so be it.)

[wng_kingsley7]

@Staind btw a generic optical sensor mouse from microsoft is pretty standard although I think having a back and forward button for browsing the internet is pretty nice. For example the Logitech m705.

[Excon]

I prefer good quality stuff, it makes the experience more enjoyable.

[terrytek]

@Staind btw a generic optical sensor mouse from microsoft is pretty standard although I think having a back and forward button for browsing the internet is pretty nice. For example the Logitech m705.

The M325 is like that, but cheaper.

[Toby]

A cheap car will get you where you need to go just as a good car will, but the ride in a good car will be nicer and you won't have to worry as much about it breaking down. It'll also probably look nicer and come with features that a cheap car wouldn't.

 

How much does a good car matter?

 

I will say you can get the best mice for less than you can get the best keyboards.

[wng_kingsley7]

The M325 is like that, but cheaper.

The size of it which I just google searched looks too small for my hands. I normally claw grip my M705 or claw/palm my razer mamba.

[jezza39]

Peripherals are the method to interact with your PC, why spends loads on fancy GPUs when your monitor sucks, your keyboard is laggy etc

[luke094]

I think in order of importance, it is:

 

Monitor, headphones, mousepad, mouse, keyboard

[unraw]

I think peripherals are almost the most important part of your pc. (as long as you dont have a really crappy system) They are after all, the connection between you and your computer. 

 

If I were to build a system again, I would definitely put more money towards peripherals right away. I used a crappy mouse and keyboard combo with my $3500 computer for almost a year before I bought decent ones. 

[MRL]

I'd say, I can't skimp out on mouse. Cheap mice tends to make me throw it to the wall... At the office I use cheap Logitech G100S which is much better compared to cheap HP mouse bundled when I first joined the company. I use the mouse on my old spare Vespula that I have at home after replacing it with Goliathus, now I have 0 complain about my pointing device.

 

As for keyboard, I can use cheap keyboard at office. I think most cheap membrane keyboard is ok anyway (with exceptional few like my previous OCZ Illuminati) but I highly prefer mechanical. If it's not because it's too expensive to get mech keyboard I would have get one for my office too.

 

Headphone, I used to use Phillips and Edifier earbuds to entertain me while doing my work. Now I bring my old Carcharias that I have spared at home. I can use it for my online meeting as well

 

so, yeah... peripherals are important for me... they determine how comfortable I am with my system.

[Maxibonbits]

Comfort is obviously the most important.

 

If you are going to be using something a lot, than I would pay the extra money for a good quality product.

 

I don't think anyone really needs expensive peripherals though, you can get used to using anything if you try hard enough.

[Silent_Xaxal]

They don't matter that much. Though they can make things more comfortable. I like using the side buttons on my Rival for jump and reload. Makes things easier to have common controls on one hand.

[LogicalDrm]

For basic and office use you don't need that much. Most times those are something cheapish, medium comfortable with some options. Like for #d stuff you would want accuracy and comfort over other features. For keyboards, well not even so much. Personally I like something between soft and tactile feel. So not laptop.

 

For personal use it different. Like said, I need keyboard to be something between tactile and soft. I need it to have media keys and volume control. Currently I also need numpad to be there and to be on left side. Otherwise I don't really care. As for mice, I need left side buttons, profiles for games and desktop with different sensitivity and button bindings. That basicly means gaming grade mouse. And since I use it daily and long periods it needs to be comfortable.

 

So yes, for me having bit more expensive stuff over basic makes difference. At one point I thought about having own mouse for work since what I had there was so terrible to use.