Recommend me a keyboard and mouse! - Page 3

On April 03 2012 14:15 Jibba wrote:
Cooler Master's keyboard and the Black Widow. I got my Black Widow for $50, right now I think it's around $70, but that's still $30 cheaper than SteelSeries/Das/Filco/Rosewill.

I have both a 6gv2 and a Black Widow btw, and I prefer the Black Widow. The 6gv2 has an irregular layout and I don't like the cherry black switches very much. I would sometimes inadvertently double tap. The Black Widow has an annoying glossy finish and useless macro keys, but I prefer the blue switches.

On April 03 2012 23:59 Jibba wrote:

That's really not true.

There's a set list of a dozen mice people should choose from, depending on what size their hand is, how many buttons they want and how they hold the mouse. A lot of crap that Razer and SteelSeries make like the Imperator and Kinzu are crap and should be avoided, because they cost more or provide less than the mice in that list.

The problem is that any time people make threads about mice, they don't provide any useful information about how they use a mouse. They just say "tell me what to get?!" which generates discussions as in depth and useful as on Yahoo Answers! ie. completely unhelpful. The problem is that most buyers feel a strong desire to defend their purchase, without doing proper research about it or its competitors, so we get a whole bunch of "this is what I got and teh best!"

DeathAdder
Abyssus
Xai
G9x/G500
G400/MX518
G300
Zowie EC1/2
Mico
AM
CM Storm Spawn
Roccat Kova+

There's a few others from Mionix and the like not on that list, but basically after you choose shape/buttons, there's only 4 or so mouse sensors worth considering. Razer's laser mice are crap, and the Sensei is an overpriced Xai with useless drivers and worse grip. That list should accommodate 99% of gamers.