New Keyboard and Mouse

kylejudd · July 17, 2013

Hey guys. I'm in the market for a gaming keyboard and gaming mouse. I'm wondering what are some good options for around $50 each? I also would like to know your guy's opinions on switches. Which are your favorite and why? I know everyone is different but I'm very curious to know. Finally, since I am unexperienced with gaming peripherals, is there anything specific I should look for when finding a gaming keyboard/mouse? How about any bad brands? I'd gladly take any advice. Thanks!

albino_enchilada · July 17, 2013

First off, I love blues because they soud great and provide a good bump for great typing and they are pretty good for games too. They are a little light for me, but I havn't been able to try greens. For $58 you can get blues from mono prie, cheapest mechanincal you will find regulary Mouse is a littl more personal. Do you claw grip or palm grip? How big are our hands? Do you like a lot of buttons or few? MMOs and rpg or twitch. I lovmy g600, more than my old dathadder for twitch even. I alm grip and have medium ands on amazn thats about $60.

jaypro · July 17, 2013

If you're looking into switches as in mechanical switches, a $50 budget may be hard to find. Your best bet would be Cooler Master Quickfire Rapids. They are tenkeyless, if you don't mind that and they often go on sale for $60-70 with $15-20 rebates.

If I were you, I'd budget ~$70 for keyboard and ~$30 for mouse.

Mouse is harder to recommend because it is all about feel/grip. Pretty much any gaming mouse has a good enough sensor, the DPI count on sensors is just for marketing, because 10,000 DPI is just silly to begin with.

GamerDude · July 17, 2013

Look for the Monoprice mechanical KB, it's between 50 to 60USD IIRC. Or, a CM Quick Fire Rapid Cherry Blue for 70USD with rabate card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=coolermaster+quickfire+rapid&N=-1&isNodeId=1

As for mouse, well, as long as it has 2000dpi and higher, it should be fine. Something cheap and good, a CM Xornet which I'd gotten for my 3rd rig, I play faced paced FPS with it, like UT3, and it's perfectly fine.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826570014&Tpk=coolermaster%20Xornet&IsVirtualParent=1

This is not definitive, wait for suggestions/recommendations from others....and please, do try totry out the various switches, like Red/Black/Blue/Brown before deciding.