Buying hardware and peripherals

[WereCat]

Hi, so I decided to do some upgrades for Chrismas with my PC. I am not sure where to post this because it doesent fall just into one hardware section like Audio for example.

 

I want to buy multiple things and I cant decide on some so I would like you guys to help me. Total budget is €500 but it doesent have to be used all and I would like to save some money if possible.

 

Microphone

 

I am looking for better mic than what I have currently - Creative Live! 720p HD web cam

 

So I was looking at several microphones and I am not sure if some of them are worth the invesment.

 

Blue Microphones

Snowflake €59

Snowball €69

Yeti  €129

 

I really dont like how the Snowball looks and from tests I heard it doesent sound much different from the Snowflake.

I like the Snowflake because it sounds fairly decent and is fairly cheap but I also really like the Yeti but I am not sure if I really want to throw €129 on a mic. Budget is not an issue there I just want to know if I can justify the price and I cant decide so thats why I am asking you there.

 

Then there is this option

 

Antlion ModMic

 

The issue there is that I would have extra cable going from my Headphones which I think would get in the way and it would be annoying.

 

If you have some other better suggestion then hit me with it.

 

 

 

Storage

 

I was looking to get some cheap SSD just for my games. I found these

 

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB around €155

ADATA SP550 480GB  around €145

AMD Radeon R7 480GB around €150

OCZ Trion 100 480GB around €145

 

of which the Samsung one looks the most appealing so I will probably go with it as it also offer 20GB more storage for barely any price increase. All the 512GB SSDs are starting at around €170 range of which the Crucial BX100 is the cheapest.

 

 

 

 

 

Peripherals

 

Ok. This is not a really big requirement for me as my current keyboard does still suffice me - Genius GX Gaming Imperator Pro. I mostly use it for games and I dont do any office work with it but the worst issue with this keyboard is that it is prety bad for typing. I often dont press key down enough so it just skips the letter and also some keys makes screeching noise when pressed under slight angles. For gaming it is still nice keyboard even though it is membrane.

 

I was looking at mechanical keyboard and I decided that I want something with Cherry MX Brown switches but I dont know which keyboard to go for.

Macro and media keys are not requirement but I would like to have volume buttons and NUM keys. Wrist rest is not requirement either since my keyboard has some really long wrist rest but I have really large hands so they sit on table anyways.

I dont care about RGB but I would like to have backlight.

 

 

I am still OK with my mouse Genius GX Gaming Gila so I am not looking to replace this one yet.

 

 

 

 

OS

 

I just got Windows 10 Pro x64 from REDDIT SoftwareSwap for $45. Today is the day I got my first original Windows after using PC for over 15 years.. Hi Microsoft!

 

 

 

Displays

 

I started topic where I wanted people to give me advice with displays but I changed my mind now and I decided to wait to next year and pick new monitor along with new graphics card.

[PlayStation 2]

For SSD, get the Evo. That's a damn good deal, especially in Euros.

[IPickle]

I have an 250GB Evo, as well as a 250GB Pro. Evo is a good investment especially if you are playing games. The level loading times are much faster to a HDD.

[IPickle]

As for mics. I have had the yeti for years and i have not had 1 issue with it. also the sound quality is exceptional.