Gaming Keyboard and Mouse Questions

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amythompson172

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I was on Amazon.com looking at the Logitech gaming mice and keyboards. In particular, this keyboard:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-920-...TF8&coliid=I3HFPICXO2YVFH&colid=3CXCNQ4RANJ32

And this mouse:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002J9GDXI

I've never owned a gaming mouse or keyboard before. So I am wondering what the benefits really are in gameplay. Starting off with the mouse, I can't recall what my Microsoft laser mouse DPI is but I'm sure it's nowhere near the 5700 of the Logitech gaming mouse above. How much difference does that really make say when playing a shooter? How does it affect gameplay? Is it easier to aim quickly and accurately? Does it help you to play better? There must be some reason people like them. I'd like to understand how beneficial they are. As for all the extra buttons I don't honestly see myself using them. Do people really find all those buttons on a mouse helpful? What for? What do people activate with them?

On to the Logitech gaming keyboards. The one I linked above I think is their entry level model. I like the backlit keys feature. That is pretty cool. Some of the other stuff seems pretty useless to me personally. The defining feature of this keyboard really seems to be the macro keys. So the question is, what are they good for? I'm trying to imagine what I'd want to macro in a shooter for example. What would I want to macro playing some RPG? What would I want to macro playing World of Warcraft? Once again, people like these a lot for some reason but I am honestly clueless about what specifically it is. So please enlighten the clueless!

Thanks a lot for any feedback on this stuff. I appreciate it.
 
Macros are pretty much a gimmick in terms of most genres. Im not sure about mmos as i dont play any. But sc2, you cant use them. Shooters, not really point in macroing anything, driving games, again not much point. Simulators like fsx for start up sequence etc may be good but takes the sense of sim away really.

That said, what you have picked there is solid. The g500 is very very highly rated, and logitech gaming keyboards are quite well recieved too. The only real improvement over either of those would mean a real increase in budget.
 
amythompson172 said:
I was on Amazon.com looking at the Logitech gaming mice and keyboards. In particular, this keyboard:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-920-...TF8&coliid=I3HFPICXO2YVFH&colid=3CXCNQ4RANJ32

And this mouse:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002J9GDXI

I've never owned a gaming mouse or keyboard before....
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Buying razer is the equivalent of buying a bottom shelf walmart mouse, painting it black and putting a name on it. The only reason it gained any ground is because (for whatever reason) when you slap the word "gaming" on it, people eat that shit up like hotcakes.

A local store here ordered 10 "gaming" network cards that cost something like $200 and they sold in 1 hour. This was last year. People are just stupid and buy anything labeled "gamer".

That said, logitech does have quality mice and keyboards. Their "gamer" stuff is well built for the most part. I imagine they label quite a bit of it "for gamers" because it just sells better that way.

You should stray away from "gamer" headsets, logitech included. There is better quality for less money to be had in other brands.
 
Just out of curiosity, do you own any gaming peripherals?

Steelseries make excellent equipment, as does M$, as does logitech. Razor, although lacking in build quality have excellent products. To me it looks like your trolling hard over a past experiance. At the end of the day theres a reason people dont buy 800dpi bottom of the shelf mice. And its because in a gaming scenario theyre not ideal. Razor's, ms's, logi's all have peripherals that are usefull in this scenario.
 
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really depends what kind of games you play. i got a G15 and not once have used the macro keys. well i once accidentally pushed one and it did some weird shit, like open a menu and select the third option down or something like that.

also, the logitech gaming software where you chose your profiles is slower than shit. i'm on a Q9550 with 8GB ram and since installing that program, my machine boots significantly slower. don't shut down anymore, just set it to sleep, so if you do the same, then it's a non-issue.

as for the mouse, the logitechs are ok, but my G5 was too thin and my hand would cramp up. i now use a microsoft sidewinder, it's nice and wide and you can chose dpi settings. supposedly for precision sniping, but i never mess with it.
 
Those are my exact mice and keyboard set-up.

The mouse isn't too big for my hands, I have average hands, and neither too small. It's the perfect fit, and I really like the shape because it feels natural.

As for the keyboard, the macros I only use to have as quick chat options, yes you can macro words to be typed with them, and it helps when I need something typed quickly.
 
I have that mouse.
It broke after 2 years of abuse... by broke I mean the smoothness was eroded to hell.
I liked to so much I went and bought the exact same mouse.
What does that tell you about what I think about it?

As for the keyboard, I have a G11. I used to have a G15... but I traded it with my friend for this one because I preferred the blue LED lights.
You'll never use the Micro Keys... I have 18 of them and they do sod all for me.

Logitech products are amazing. I highly recommend them.
I used to have a regular mouse and keyboard... but now I've used Gaming sets... I'd never go back to generic.
 
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