rickhamilton620
has a fetish for terrible cars
Ok, I'm trying to take advantage of the deals this weekend and buying the rest of my build.
I am hung up on the keyboard and mouse, so much so that I've spent 2 days combing Amazon reviews, lifehacker posts, etc. I've just been out of the desktop game forever. Seeing the pricing on peripherals today also gives me pause...I was about to drop 40 bucks on a mouse....a fucking mouse!?!?
Anyway, I'll be using the computer mainly for general computing (Office, Web browsing/IRC, etc.) with some beginner gaming mixed in on occasion.
It seems that the direction in mice and keyboards is going toward wireless but I have concerns about wireless drops, lag, etc. especially due to my wireless setup:
My apartment (more like row home split in two) has not one but two routers (don't ask...) and those serve both our apartment and the one downstairs. One (the landlord's) is 2.4 and 5 GHZ, the other (a tenant's downstairs) is of unknown frequency. At it's worst 6 or 7 people could be online simultaneously all over Wi-Fi.
Most of the wireless keyboards and mice I've seen tout a 2.4 GHZ connection. Have any of you with wireless keyboards and mice experienced issues like that?
Some key things I'm looking for/thinking about:
* Media keys (volume up/down/mute)- I have these on my laptop now and would miss them as I use them 99% of the time to control volume.
* Reasonable price (if i'm too cheap and it turns out that yes, i should be spending 30-40 bucks on a keyboard and/or mouse, then let me know)
That's it really. I really don't think I need a bells and whistles gaming keyboard that's huge with a ton of keys that I'll likely never use. Backlighting would be nice but is definitely not required since I'm a touch typist.
As far as game playing goes...I'm torn between getting a "normal" keyboard + a controller or going for "gaming" peripherals. It seems like a lot of the latter have extra stuff that I wouldn't use on a daily basis though.
Thanks in advance!
I am hung up on the keyboard and mouse, so much so that I've spent 2 days combing Amazon reviews, lifehacker posts, etc. I've just been out of the desktop game forever. Seeing the pricing on peripherals today also gives me pause...I was about to drop 40 bucks on a mouse....a fucking mouse!?!?
Anyway, I'll be using the computer mainly for general computing (Office, Web browsing/IRC, etc.) with some beginner gaming mixed in on occasion.
It seems that the direction in mice and keyboards is going toward wireless but I have concerns about wireless drops, lag, etc. especially due to my wireless setup:
My apartment (more like row home split in two) has not one but two routers (don't ask...) and those serve both our apartment and the one downstairs. One (the landlord's) is 2.4 and 5 GHZ, the other (a tenant's downstairs) is of unknown frequency. At it's worst 6 or 7 people could be online simultaneously all over Wi-Fi.
Most of the wireless keyboards and mice I've seen tout a 2.4 GHZ connection. Have any of you with wireless keyboards and mice experienced issues like that?
Some key things I'm looking for/thinking about:
* Media keys (volume up/down/mute)- I have these on my laptop now and would miss them as I use them 99% of the time to control volume.
* Reasonable price (if i'm too cheap and it turns out that yes, i should be spending 30-40 bucks on a keyboard and/or mouse, then let me know)
That's it really. I really don't think I need a bells and whistles gaming keyboard that's huge with a ton of keys that I'll likely never use. Backlighting would be nice but is definitely not required since I'm a touch typist.
As far as game playing goes...I'm torn between getting a "normal" keyboard + a controller or going for "gaming" peripherals. It seems like a lot of the latter have extra stuff that I wouldn't use on a daily basis though.
Thanks in advance!
