Best Gaming Desktop for Less than $1K? - Page 7

My opinion on peripherals: Mouse: Logitech G9X (I know you already have a mouse, but I would like to input this anyway) Mousepad: If you prefer hard plastic/mesh surface, the Steelseries 4HD will suffice. If you prefer cloth, then any of the steelseries QCK would be nice. If you're like me and care about looks as well as usability, I personally like the SteelSeries I-2 Experience. It's the old IceMat which is acid washed glass essentially Mousefeet - Mousetape.com, Hyperglide.com, or if you could find custom cut ones for your mouse, it will work fine too. It's just teflon so vendors may overcharge it when they specify for a certain mouse Keyboard - A lot of people tend to like Blackwidow, but I personally have found Razer stuff to be cheaply made and flimsy. Moreover, the Blackwidow is basically and old iOne mechanical keyboard if I recall correctly, and it didn't receive that many great reviews. Also, it's a blue switch Mechanical, meaning that it will be noisy. The steelseries 6gV2/7g is a black switch, for me, it's too "tiring" after a while, since you need to exert a lot of force when pressing down the keys. You really have to try out the keyboards yourself if you want to find the one you prefer. Blackwidow has the arrow pad cut out for tryout. Try going to local bestbuys and see if they would let you to try it out. I personally prefer Cherry MX-3494 and Filco Brown. But that's just me Monitor - If budget allows, I would try to get either 1.) 120Hz - everything would be smoooooth 2.) IPS (Dell most commonly) - Dell UltraSharp, for prettiness in display quality 24inch for both. 22 inch doesn't feel right imo Headset - I don't like the Razer headsets, they weren't that comfortable for me. The steelseries Siberia v2 isn't that comfortable for me either. The steelseries 7H w/ the Mock Leather padding feels pretty good, but I think it's quite expensive. I personally like the Creative Arena Sound Blaster, it's comfortable and 40-50$ when you meet a sale Hope it helped, again it has a lot to do with personal preference. I would really spend sometime in Bestbuy/Computer equipment stores to try some stuff out.

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