Peripherals advice - help needed

[Elliott B]

Hey All,

I am looking to get new peripherals. Specifically keyboard, mouse and headset. I use all 3 a lot.
I'd love advice on wireless peripherals.

For Keyboard, something big size wise but ideally quiet when typing.
Mouse - just a solid mouse, bigger in size i suppose.
Headset - I use this a lot, good microphone and sound quality.

Price isn't super important in recomendations.

Cheers

 

[SpyderTracks]

Hey All,

I am looking to get new peripherals. Specifically keyboard, mouse and headset. I use all 3 a lot.
I'd love advice on wireless peripherals.

For Keyboard, something big size wise but ideally quiet when typing.
Mouse - just a solid mouse, bigger in size i suppose.
Headset - I use this a lot, good microphone and sound quality.

Price isn't super important in recomendations.

Cheers

We'll need a budget, what you consider not important may be peanuts to the next person.

 

[Elliott B]

Ok total budget perhaps £300 max?

 

[SpyderTracks]

Ok total budget perhaps £300 max?

The budget is quite restrictive believe it or not for what you're asking for. I'm going to go slightly higher, but hopefully you'll understand why.

A quiet mechanical keyboard is quite a niche area, the keyboard I would recommend would be the Apex Pro by Steelseries as it uses omnipoint switches which use magnets rather than physical connection to register keystrokes. Problem is that it's £200

STEELSERIES Apex Pro Mechanical Gaming Keyboard

OmniPoint switches; RGB backlit keys; Fully programmable keys; Anti-ghosting; OLED display

www.currys.co.uk

For the mouse, a firm favorite of mine which is remarkably cheap for how good it is, even at competitive levels is the Xtrify M4 at around £45 to £60, comes in loads of different colour options:

XTRFY , XG-M4-RGB-TOKYO Tokyo Ultra-Light Gaming Mouse (Limited edition), Pixart 3389 Sensor, Xtrfy EZcord® Pro, Glossy White - White/Black/Red : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Buy

www.amazon.co.uk

Or the Razer Deathadder V2 at around £60:

RAZER DeathAdder V2 Optical Gaming Mouse

8 programmable buttons; Up to 20000 DPI; RGB LED lighting; Designed for right-handed users

www.currys.co.uk

Headset is quite a tough area to recommend as it's such a personal experience. There was a really good roundup video of headsets in the £100 price area, both wireless and wired, and goes into really good depth on everything including mic quality, that may be worth a watch:

Gaming Headset Roundup

Hi all Just a really good video on a large selection of affordable gaming headsets, both wired and cabled at around the £80 to £100 mark

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[Elliott B]

Thank you very much

 

[Martinr36]

Another vote for the Xtrify M4, just changed mine for a corsair M65 Elite, I've got a corsair HS70 Pro headset as well

 

[SiAdams]

Yep! Another for the M4. I got one recently and it’s a decent mouse for the price. I like the fact you can change the speed on the mouse it’s self.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Thank you very much

Just another thing to add, if you do go for the Apex Pro, they've just restocked, they were out of stock for quite a while, they sell pretty quick, so I'd get in there sooner rather than later.

 

[Steveyg]

Another vote for the Xtrify M4, just changed mine for a corsair M65 Elite, I've got a corsair HS70 Pro headset as well

Second the Corsair HS70 Pro. Sound quality is hard to beat in it's price range