Best Gaming Mouse and Keyboard

Azza · 08-09-2005 11:15pm #1

Any recommendations for a really good mouse, keyboard and mousemat for gaming?

jesus_thats_gre · 08-09-2005 11:18pm

I have the Mx510 mouse and the first gen IceMat.. Rretty nice combination. The mx510 is nice and light. I also have the new MX1000 wireless mouse but its too heavy for gaming in think.

Azza · 08-09-2005 11:26pm

I hear the icemats can be difficult to keep clean?

djmarkus · 08-09-2005 11:48pm

I Reccommend A Logitech TrackMan, very precise and you dont run out of desk with it!

jesus_thats_gre · 08-09-2005 11:51pm

Azza wrote:

I hear the icemats can be difficult to keep clean?

Difficult? A damb kitchen towel does the job..

gizmo · 09-09-2005 8:47am

As my sig suggests I'm using a Razer Diamondback with a Razer eXactmat and I love them both. They're absolutly unreal when it comes to FPS'ing and indeed any other genre in general.

As for the keyboard I'm using a Saitek Gaming Keyboard, now to be honest a keyboard doesnt make THAT much of a difference but I just saw this one and had to have one. It looks class, is really solidly constructed and feels really really nice, plus you get the extra command pad which you can program multiple keypresses into one button, overall a quality piece of kit.

Khannie · 09-09-2005 10:52am

Logitech MX518, Logitech G5 or Razor Diamondback for the mouse. I have a 518 myself. Very good mouse.

Mat: I got a steelpad that was plastic (was expecting steel but pleasantly surprised). Found it feckin' great. It's a rough plastic surface. No keeping it clean. Mouse glides over it. I got it on komplett, but they've stopped stocking it. You could defo get it on ebay.

For the keyboard, check out the nostromo N52. Once you go there, there's no going back.

superfly · 09-09-2005 10:57am

PCgamer were saying that the Diamondback was the best, but they reviewed a new mouse this month and said it was way better than the Diamondback

koneko · 09-09-2005 11:00am

razor diamondback

This keyboard is probably pretty good, but look at the price. Yeah right!

The new logitech mice is meant to be good, there is a new microsoft one on the way, and the new razor one (copperhead?) will be out next month i think.

Nukem · 09-09-2005 11:48am

djmarkus wrote:

I Reccommend A Logitech TrackMan, very precise and you dont run out of desk with it!

Second that - swear by my one.
Excellent for FPS games and especcially sniper rifles!

Nukem

masteroftherealm · 09-09-2005 1:40pm

G5 anyone know who sells it I cant seem to fing it!
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Ebonyks · 09-09-2005 3:05pm

I'm lovin this combo:
Mouse: Razer Diamondback
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse
edit: MousePad: Func Surface 1030

Recently though Microsoft released some new stuff, including laser mice. Here's some pics;

angelofdeath · 09-09-2005 3:09pm

mx518 and the steelpad or icemat2, depends on whether you can live with the high maintenance icemat or not

BopNiblets · 09-09-2005 3:11pm

I'm waiting for this baby to come out, the Logitech MX5000 desktop set, bluetooth 2.0

Although I heard laser mice aren't good for gaming?

Does MS have a blutooth 2.0 coming out with a laser mouse?

BloodBath · 09-09-2005 3:46pm

I'm with angelofdeath on this one. Go with the s&s steelpad. It's the best mat i've ever used, low maintainance, grips to any surface and isn't cold or noisy as hell like the icemat. You can't really go wrong with the logitech 518. They have been making the best mice for years imo.

Khannie · 09-09-2005 4:42pm

That's the one.....s&s steelpad. Quality. Couple it with the 518 or G5 and you're boxed off.

jozi · 09-09-2005 10:07pm

S&S Steelpad, and a mx510 here, smooth as f00k. Got a nostromo, as khannie said there's no going back once you have used one

The Logitech G5 is getting good reviews also.

Jozi

duridian · 09-09-2005 10:34pm

MX510 is my main mouse. For a mousing surface I use those black reinforceing plastic sheets that you get in the bottom of those canvas shopping bags. (You know the kinda strong ones that all the supermarkets started selling after the plastic bag charges came in). Laugh if you will, but with strips of double sided tape, on the underside attaching these sheets to a computer desk keyboard/mouse tray, it makes the nicest mousing surface I have ever used. Simple to clean (it is just a smooth sheet of plastic) One thing i would say though is that some of the bags have a type of plastic sheet with a kinda diamond/checkerboard/hologram effect on one side of the sheet. This side although it looks nice does not work well with optical mice and the other side should be used instead.

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