Do you need expensive peripherals?

[Charlie Clarke]

I recently bought a $4 wireless mouse off ebay and it works great for gaming. Then just today I bought this really good keyboard with about 2 meters of travel in the keys and a nice sound for $15 (called the genius kb-110) and it raises the question, do you have to spend $400 on gaming peripherals? Obviously spending a bit of money on a nice 1080p monitor is good, but keyboard and mouse? Also what keyboard and mouse do you use?

 

EDIT - If i was going to spend a lot of money I would get an expensive mechanical keyboard

[Octavialicious]

ya, I didn't at first but once you use them it's hard to go back

[SuperPug]

i usually buy midrange gaming mice and the cheapest keyboard i can find... since i have a tendency to occasionally smash my fist down on it

[QueenDemetria]

I recently bought a $4 wireless mouse off ebay and it works great for gaming. Then just today I bought this really good keyboard with about 2 meters of travel in the keys and a nice sound for $15 (called the genius kb-110) and it raises the question, do you have to spend $400 on gaming peripherals? Obviously spending a bit of money on a nice 1080p monitor is good, but keyboard and mouse? Also what keyboard and mouse do you use?

No, its more of a preference. I use a Gigabyte Aivia M8600 mouse and CM Quickfire Rapid for gaming, and an OEM Acer mouse and K70 for web browsing(and what not).

[SimpleG]

RGB led's are nice. Other than that - if you have large palms, you'll need to spend a bit more $$$ on a mouse

[W-L]

I recently bought a $4 wireless mouse off ebay and it works great for gaming. Then just today I bought this really good keyboard with about 2 meters of travel in the keys and a nice sound for $15 (called the genius kb-110) and it raises the question, do you have to spend $400 on gaming peripherals? Obviously spending a bit of money on a nice 1080p monitor is good, but keyboard and mouse? Also what keyboard and mouse do you use?

 

Not really after a certain point it's more of the brand and some bling they have, but there does come a certain comfort/ergonomics with better designed mice and keyboards, not to mention better quality components inside which usually just give more adjustability better tracking and accuracy.

[elecxonica]

I don't think it's a quality thing as much as it's a "why not spend "50/60/70/80/90/100/whatever on a device that'll last me a few upgrades" thing. Especially when mechanical keyboards can last almost anything other then having water spilt on them, it kind of make sense to perhaps invest a little (if you're ok with mechanical keyswitches or whatever. For all I know, the cheap stuff could be the best in the world according to you).

 

As for what I use, a Ducky Shine Zero with MX brown switches that I very much love, and a Logitech G700S which is OK.

[vlado88]

what you need =/= what you want

Yes you could game with 4$ mouse.... but you can make the same argument about everything in life, and start living like a monk.

[XTankSlayerX]

I have a G502 and soon a K70...

 

So... Yeah...

[Guest]

No, but a G500 mouse with customizable weights and a RGB K70 with Browns sure make everything better

[TheMcSame]

Do you need to? No.

 

Do I want to for the sake of something that is built better and feels better to use (imo)? Yes

 

As someone already mentioned: What you need =/= What you want.

 

As for my KB/M

 

KB: Corsair K70 MX Blues.

M: Cougar 700M

[Charlie Clarke]

what you need =/= what you want

Yes you could game with 4$ mouse.... but you can make the same argument about everything in life, and start living like a monk

But unlike a new gpu, it wont give me better fps if i spend $400 on a mouse with rgb lighting adn 1ms response time

[vlado88]

But unlike a new gpu, it wont give me better fps if i spend $400 on a mouse with rgb lighting adn 1ms response time

 

No1 said 400$, my mouse is 30$ and I love it. I use to have 5$ before that and I can defensively see the difference.

Also good mouse can give you some advantages if you are a competitive gamer.

 

Its hard to draw the line, where you start paying for useless things. If you pay 50$ only so that your mouse colors match the rest of your build is a bit extreme, but "gaming" on a 4$ wireless mouse and saying its good...also kinda extreme.

[Mush Brain]

So long as it works.

[DIV1D3]

I've progressed all the way up the ranks in peripherals, from a membrane keyboard in my laptop along with a tiny ass wired mouse, to a cheap Cherry MX Red keyboard and wireless Logitech mouse that was really ergonomic, to now a K70 RGB with Cherry MX Browns and a Func MS-3 R2 which is eve more ergonomic with more buttons and a better texture to it. 

It's not a necessity, and won't boost your K/D by anything dramatic, but there will be those times where it will be the reason as to why you win a gun fight, or just makes it that much easier to play a game because of the extra buttons, variable DPI, macros and keyswitches. 

[Toddwjp]

honestly once you go mechanical you never go back.

[Guest]

Then just today I bought this really good keyboard with about 2 meters of travel

 

That must be the tallest keyboard ever

[Wheelgamers]

I pay for a trust in a well known brand and quality in the gear i use 

[NeatSquidYT]

I LOVE my G402, and I probably don't NEED it, but the optical sensor is nice for 400DPI

[NeatSquidYT]

That must be the tallest keyboard ever

[minibois]

I really want a mechanical keyboard, since this one sucks

Dont care a ton about mice though (using a 13 year old mouse at the moment)

[theodoro]

I want the best peripherals  
That doens't mean they are the most expensive (but usualy are)
I want nice monitor(s), nice mouse, nice keyboard, nice headphones, nice desk and nice chair. Even if i had the best computer in the world, it wouldn't be pleasurable to use it if i hadn't nice peripherals

Also, peripherals doens't need "upgrade" (or at least you don't need to upgrade them often)

[jslane21]

I use cheap logitech stuff, cleaning the keboard is easy. All you have to do is bang it on one side until the shit comes out.

[IMPERIUS]

No, you don't NEED expensive stuff. Also, how can a keyboard have 2 metres of travel distance? You probally mean 2 MILLIMETRES (mm), right? I like to buy a mid-high end stuff but nothing crazy. My keyboard is the CM storm Quickfire tk (80eur) and the mouse is a logitech g502 (72eur) but you can use some random 10$ keyboard as well but for the mouse I like to spend something more for the ergonomics and maybe 2 side buttons

[IMPERIUS]

I really want a mechanical keyboard, since this one sucks

Dont care a ton about mice though (using a 13 year old mouse at the moment)

 

Pics pls? I'm really curious