peripherals-and-displays

[daring zenith]

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-v1-qmk-via-custom-mechanical-keyboard?variant=40026442367065

[tight pulsar]

and should the volume/100 on the pc be maxed and then just adjust the volume on the asgard to get the right loudness?

[rancid oxide]

Yeah... I would not be comfortable using that. I use my right shift a lot and my pinky hits the middle/right side of it on a normal keeb so I would have to retrain and I do not want to do that.

[daring zenith]

Eh

Right shift is interesting

[west hornet]

I usually keep pc volume on 50 or 100, on some software like mac recognizes it as a external sound output and locks the volume at 100 even

[daring zenith]

I don't think I use it for anything lol

[rancid oxide]

I suppose. It's just more natural for me to use it than the left shift. I actually don't even use the left shift unless in gaming and that is very rarely.

Otherwise I use left ctrl and alt

[neon root]

pc volume is at 100 and my magni is just hella low otherwise id blow out my ears

[tight pulsar]

i always use left shift

[tacit wing]

i would keep Windows volume at 100 to avoid some type of dynamic compression through the windows mixer, if you listen to your music through wasapi or asio then it shouldn't really matter

[rancid oxide]

for some reason I find it very hard to use the left shift. The only reason I use the left ctrl is because I can quickly hit it with the left side of my palm for quick access to grenades and stuff.

[tight pulsar]

tbh left control is the worst key to hit

[west hornet]

do you have on hi gain or low

[neon root]

low

[tight pulsar]

swapping caps and control was the best thing i've done for remapping

[rancid oxide]

Maybe I'll just link volume buttons to my Stream Deck, but I just really like the volume wheel

[west hornet]

lol

[neon root]

i have the heresy and i like the low for my iems than the high

[tight pulsar]

so is low just generally for iems

[neon root]

using kz though, i like the high vs low

actually just realized you meant gain since theres a high and low switch on the heresy

low gain, thing is loud

[west hornet]

ye xD

[neon root]

It’s basically in the off position

[tight pulsar]

also should it matter too much if the modi is on the vent or no?

[rancid oxide]

hm. $100 doesn't scream budget to me. lol. I know that's on the cheaper end, but I have the Z15 that I got for $60 and it's wonderful.

[neon root]

doesnt matter for the modi, thing doesnt get hot

[tight pulsar]

know asgard runs hot but thought people didn't have issues putting stuff on the vents

[neon root]

just have it like i do, modi bottom and whatever on top

for you asgard

[tight pulsar]

nah modi is not going on the bottom

[neon root]

yknow, i forget they have different sizes

[rancid oxide]

How so? I have no issue with hitting it with my palm. I learned very quickly that it was so easy when I was constantly hitting it when I was typing. for a while I had it disabled because it kept messing me up in discord and my browser.

[neon root]

that should be fine, its not directly over the vent

[rancid oxide]

now I've trained myself not to hit it near as often (still do once in a while) but gosh is it so easy when gaming to crouch or equip a grenade.

[neon root]

hol up wait, theres a right ctrl?

[tight pulsar]

don't really have to move for caps

[daring zenith]

Uh, palm...?

Uh

[tight pulsar]

also yeah palm just feels weird ngl

[daring zenith]

Yea nachos has normal looking grip

Palm shouldn't be hitting any keys

[tacit wing]

what

[daring zenith]

Um

[neon root]

why you so far up the keyboard like that

[rancid oxide]

idk, that's just how my hand rests.

[daring zenith]

Are your fingers good?

[rancid oxide]

yeah?

[daring zenith]

Why so curled

[rancid oxide]

because I can walk the board faster if need be.

I also utilize the F1-4 often

in my games.

so it allows me to get up there quick.

[daring zenith]

Extending out your fingers would let you reach f1-4 faster though

[tight pulsar]

pretty funky position tbh

[rancid oxide]

I can't play like that. I also can't type like that.

[tight pulsar]

ignore the background music

[daring zenith]

Wack

[neon root]

i forget people have their keyboards in a normal position

[rancid oxide]

I can't do it that way. I've tried, but it just doesn't work for me. I literally walk the board in some of my games and this is the best way I've found to quickly do that.

my board is slightly pulled towards me on the left side.

[tight pulsar]

ye that's normal

[daring zenith]

Oh right there's a v3 knob, thought it didn't have knob
https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-v3-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard?variant=40256628588633

[neon root]

Sideways gang

left ctrl easy to get to

you aint gonna like how i type though

well my right hand anyways

[tight pulsar]

yeah but caps just eaiser

easier

and lines up tab/ctrl/shift next to each other

[tacit wing]

this my resting while playing cs or siege, V is binded to utility so mu thumb rests there

scroll wheel jumper

[tight pulsar]

and doing ctrl+anything is so much better

[neon root]

why are you green and not promoted to mythical yet?

[tacit wing]

whats a mythical

[neon root]

rank in the discord

[tight pulsar]

wtf using headphones and then iems feels so weird on this

[rancid oxide]

I very rarely do ctrl+anything

[neon root]

scroll wheel jumping > literally anything else

[tight pulsar]

copy paste?

[tacit wing]

waht comes after vip

[neon root]

champion

mythical is the highest rank we have

[rancid oxide]

Like I said, very rarely. I do copy paste, but that doesn't require me to have my hand on my keeb like I'm playing a game. Otherwise, that's all I really use it for besides just have ctrl mapped to something I want super quick access to in games.

[rancid oxide]

Can this use Kailh Speed Silver switches? I like what I have already, I just need the board smaller.

[daring zenith]

It's hotswap, should take it no problem

[rancid oxide]

ok. I might just grab the barebones version then and save $20.

With knob.

It's not wireless is it?

[daring zenith]

It's not

[rancid oxide]

no biggy. current one isn't. Do you by chance know how long the cord is?

[daring zenith]

Keep in mind barebones no keycaps

It should list cable length somewhere

[rancid oxide]

maybe I'm blind, but I don't see it.

[rancid oxide]

I like my keycaps.

although they do feel a tad wobbly.

I'm not sure if that is normal though.

[queen sigil]

w scroll wheel jump

[tacit wing]

spent too much time in csgo kz servers to be a space bar jumper

its impossible tbh

[daring zenith]

Can't tell

[rancid oxide]

Ok. Does it have the feet on the back? I can't find that info either.

[tacit wing]

feet?

[daring zenith]

Like the rubber feet? It does have them

[rancid oxide]

that stand feet that make it raised in the back so the keeb is angled up.

[daring zenith]

Not sure, I know k8 has them

[tacit wing]

i knew what u mean bro i was just joking around

[rancid oxide]

man, I honestly never thought I would be looking at getting a tkl board yet here I am about to press buy on one lol

[tacit wing]

i think there's some Mode 80's in stock right now

[rancid oxide]

1 more question @daring zenith Should I go for the frosted black or the solid black version?

[rancid oxide]

What's this?

[daring zenith]

It lists 3.5 8.5 11 degrees so I assume that's the raised feet

[daring zenith]

It's just aesthetics preferences

Frosted looks neat though

[rancid oxide]

alright thank you. I was thinking frosted looked nice, I just wanted to make sure it wasn't sacrificing anything by getting that one.

[rancid oxide]

Did you see this? https://www.keychron.com/products/custom-badge-for-keychron-q-and-v-series?variant=40127274221657

[daring zenith]

Ye

[rancid oxide]

I wonder how they would put that on the V3 QMK

unless it's only for a regular V3?

oh it's a keycap I put on myself?

[daring zenith]

It's supposed to go where the knob goes

So you'd have to desolder the knob to put badge on

[neon root]

not a keycap, but just a piece of metal or plastic that goes there

so you essentially just lose a switch or knob if you decide to do a badge

[rancid oxide]

oh nvm. It apparantly can only go in the place where the knob is on the V3

any promo codes for keychron?

I'm gonna need to get a wrist wrest with this bad boy

way taller than the Z15 lol

[tight pulsar]

mode80 kinda meh

[rancid oxide]

What is more comfy.. Resin or Wooden palm rest?

[tacit wing]

i may or may not consider building my own keeb and i was looking for it to be a TKL. best TKL chassis for around ~$500 usd?

tons of mode 80 builds on YT so i thought it was good but i guess not

[wanton burrow]

Ask real people ln discord servers

[wanton burrow]

Is geon still doing good? Coz that's around his price range iirc

Seta's the only know who has a geon board (w1-at something)

But that's ofc not a tkl

[spare lotus]

best mic for like $50-75? Just for speaking and maybe recording sound from instruments

[tight pulsar]

geon stuff is pretty nice but a bit over unless you can get it at gb

i'd recommend waiting a bit for safa extras if you have time

[tight pulsar]

oh dang https://www.cherrymx.de/en/blog/cherry-mx-ergo-clear-switch-modification-by-enthusiasts-becomes-official-mx-derivate.html

[calm cobalt]

Between the Kraken V3, Kraken, or Kraken Ultimate, what would be the best option?

Or any other Razer headsets?

[magic adder]

Hyperx cloud II

[placid dune]

True

[pale cosmos]

PC38x

[calm cobalt]

Very pricey

[calm cobalt]

Another pricey headset

Hmmm, I'll probably just get the Kraken Ultimate while it's at $65

[magic adder]

Im looking at them online for $60

same price as all the other headsets you listed

[calm cobalt]

Hold up, one sec

[pale cosmos]

Kraken V3 can be pricey too

[calm cobalt]

It's $40 RN I think

[pale cosmos]

And hyperX cloud II is not pricey at all

Stay well away from old kraken or kraken ultimate

[calm cobalt]

It's the 2019 one

[pale cosmos]

Yeah no, not those especially

[calm cobalt]

Hmmmmm

[pale cosmos]

They're 40 for a reason

[calm cobalt]

Why do Razer products always have such mixed reviews

It confuses me

[pale cosmos]

Cos their mice and a handful of other things are good

But the rest have some obvious flaws

[calm cobalt]

I'm just kinda looking for a headset that's cheaper and has a functioning mic that's understandable

Which my BlackShark does a good job at

But, I kinda want to replace it

[pale cosmos]

Example their keyboards are loud which they still haven't addressed
The headsets are full of bass which seems to be their ongoing agenda
Their pc parts are way overpriced for basic stuff (Case with no airflow, generic iverpriced asetek aio)

Etc etc

If you have a blackshark of any kind rn then any kraken is a downgrade or sidegrade

Especially the 2019 one

[calm cobalt]

I think it's the V2 X

[pale cosmos]

Yeah that's a complete downgrade

It sounds worse

If you want some kind of Razer headset just stick with what you have rn

An upgrade would be to the other sets we suggested

[calm cobalt]

Well, it's kinda worn and I wanna replace it

Still works just fine

I just can't be bothered to try something else

Is the Kraken Tournament Edition anything different?

[pale cosmos]

Worse

Much worse

[calm cobalt]

Well, I really don't have an issue with loud keyboards and I do love the feel of the Ornata and Basilisk

I tried both of them at Best Buy

So I think I might get those and hold off on the headset

Are there any other issues with Razer keyboards other than sound?

I might as well consider a dedicated mic IG

Hmmmmm, hard choice

I'm not too picky about my mic, I just wanna be able to be understood, but if Razer headsets aren't that good I dunno

I think this may require some thought

@pale cosmos, what about Barracuda X?

[pale cosmos]

Sidegrade

[calm cobalt]

Hmmmm

[pale cosmos]

I just wouldn't do any of these lmao

[calm cobalt]

Yeah

I just kinda want a new headset and I'm already bothering with Razer Synapse with my keyboard and mouse already

But again I should focus my money on my new PC, so IG this can hold off

[magic adder]

Hyperx Cloud II

Cheap headset

I'm seeing one for $60 online rn

[calm cobalt]

I'll consider it

But like I said, dealing with Razer Synapse

So IG I'll just keep what I have now and think about it later

[pale cosmos]

I don't think the hyperx has any software?

[calm cobalt]

It doesn't?

[magic adder]

^

they don't

[calm cobalt]

Odd

[pale cosmos]

Lol.

[magic adder]

good ass headset

[calm cobalt]

Fair enough

[pale cosmos]

It is, even audiophiles rank it high despite being a gaming headset

[calm cobalt]

Well, one more question

Any decent budget Razer keyboards?

Noise isn't really an issue for me

I was considering the Ornata because I'm pretty sure I tried a similar keyboard like it while I was at Best Buy and I loved it

[magic adder]

You really are a razer shill huh

[calm cobalt]

I think it might've been Logitech or Corsair

[calm cobalt]

Blame my brother for getting me hooked on it

[magic adder]

check out keychron

or rk61

[calm cobalt]

I tried his Mamba Tournament Edition awhile back and I thought it was the best thing in the world

But again at that point I had never used a gaming mouse

[pale cosmos]

I second the keychron suggestion

Tried enough Razer keyboards in a store one day to know where they all fall

[magic adder]

You should be looking at a Hyperx Cloud II, Some razer mouse, and a keychron keyboard

Boom

[pale cosmos]

^^^

[magic adder]

All of the above priced pretty decently too

[calm cobalt]

I hate to say it, but brand mixing doesn't sit well with me

[pale cosmos]

Razer mice are good, I'm all for you picking one tbh

[magic adder]

i bought my keychron off of amazon

[magic adder]

ocd?

[calm cobalt]

Mhm

[pale cosmos]

Well you're brand mixing for like, 1% CPU savings

It's basically nothing

[calm cobalt]

I'll probably go to Best Buy this weekend, I'll try a few keyboards and decide from there

There was one Corsair mouse I did like for the large amount of macros

They come in handy for War Thunder key binds

[magic adder]

LOL

[calm cobalt]

I need my thermals and laser range finder 😭

NVG too

I also like to use driver's view time to time

[magic adder]

air player

cant relate

[calm cobalt]

I also use rocket salvo

[pale cosmos]

I would go with a razer naga over a corsair lol but the mouse guys might know more than me

[calm cobalt]

When playing air

[calm cobalt]

I tried it, macros seemed nice, but the feel wasn't for me

[magic adder]

deathadder v2>

[pale cosmos]

Fair enough

[magic adder]

great mouse if you have big hands

[pale cosmos]

DA V3 > DA V2 (sad they don't have a regular one yet)

[magic adder]

da v3 is soosooo nice

[calm cobalt]

I dislike that feel

I have it

[magic adder]

i have some v2 special edition

[calm cobalt]

Main reason I wanna get a new mouse

[pale cosmos]

What about viper

[magic adder]

ah yeah it's a hit or miss, really depends on your hands and your grip

[pale cosmos]

Or maybe basilisk style user

[magic adder]

i like the hump style grip

idk what you call it LMFAO

[pale cosmos]

Hump

Idk either

[calm cobalt]

I think I tried the Viper while I was at Best Buy

[pale cosmos]

[calm cobalt]

It was ehhh

I liked it a bit, but wasn't enough for me to be convinced to buy it

I had a Corsair Harpoon for a long time, I thought I'd never replace it

It was amazing

[calm cobalt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8uqC2rOyQA

Watched a video on it, the keyboard is good and all, but it just wasn't worth it when it was $100

But now that it's $50, I think it'd be a good option

[queen sigil]

youtube reviews arent always good

[tacit wing]

this ain't the Leyo I know when someone brings up a Razer keyboard

[queen sigil]

im convinced that some people cant be convinced

[gloomy iron]

is building your own keyboard hard?

[queen sigil]

no

[gloomy iron]

ive been thinking about doing it but i heard it was very time consuming for someone new doing it

[daring zenith]

lubing takes a ton of time

but if you don't lube, it takes like an hour

[wanton burrow]

If you ask for reccomendation on the right people no, it just takes time but is not complex at all

[daring zenith]

it's just like
screw in stab
put pcb and plate into case
put switches in
put keycaps on
profit

[rancid oxide]

Any of you have experience gaming on Keychron? Rtings say they are geared more for office use vs gaming.

[timber ridge]

they work fine as gaming keyboards

[rancid oxide]

Hm. Their latency seems to be a tad high for reactionary games though?

[timber ridge]

maybe in games like osu

[rancid oxide]

Or really any first person shooter? In perspective. The keychron has a latency of 7.7ms whereas my Z15 has a latency of 0.9ms

[timber ridge]

ye

aslong as you can aim you should be fine

i have friends who game on val with keychrons

[rancid oxide]

I suppose. What about weapon swaps and all that?

7.7ms is a huge jump from 0.9 lol

Actually. A lot of the keychrons are 10ms and above.

[timber ridge]

they have no issue but idk if they use scroll wheel or keyboard

[rancid oxide]

Its not just weapon swapping. Idk if you've ever played Apex, but there is a lot more to it than just swapping weapons with a scroll wheel. I think ill go with the Corsair k70. 1.5ms and has all the features I need.

[timber ridge]

with the k70, youre mainly paying for the brand alone

but if it works for ya, then there should be no issue

[rancid oxide]

Possibly. Idk now. It looks like corsair only has 1 keeb that's hotswappable.

[tight pulsar]

i mean human reaction time is 150+ms

[queen sigil]

rtings is horrid

for keyboard

[queen sigil]

tbh more for FPS, osu has has stuff like offset

[white flame]

They're great for monitors and TVs though

[queen sigil]

yeah i mean their keyboard reviews make 0 sense

what makes a keyboard good for gaming and what makes it good for office

[white flame]

Looking forward to LTT Labs publishing their standardized testing data

[queen sigil]

if it types it types

[daring zenith]

@queen sigil don't you have a keychron board? Have you used it for osu mania?

[queen sigil]

yeah

[daring zenith]

Z15 has the marketing 4000hz pulling rate, this stuff really doesn't matter

[queen sigil]

it was fine

[daring zenith]

I kinda suck at osu but my keychron board still feels fine

[tight pulsar]

if you suck at osu and have an okay keyboard a new keyboard will not help

[daring zenith]

But but but I got a kbd67 lite it's going to help me with osu right

[neon root]

time to buy wacom tablet and go pro in osu

[queen sigil]

ive played osu mania on everything from apex pros to 80g springs

just get something light

[west hornet]

New keeb or a battery grip

Oops sticker instead of emote

[neon root]

new keeb

[west hornet]

Hmmm

[steep pelican]

i got a 30 dollar drawing tablet

for osu

its pretty good

[west hornet]

https://i.imgur.com/dWE7l6w.png

I don't ever remember seeing this, nice though

ahh I use 2 wacom tablets, never used one for osu though

cheaper ones are usually decent though, you don't really need huge active area or precise pressure control

[rancid oxide]

I think I was looking more so at the latency. While I know our personal reaction time is much more, I just don't feel that going from 0.5 to 10.0 is going to feel good for me. I'm one of those people who notice slight changes in things even if ever so slightly. Like fps for example. I notice a difference between 144 and 165. I don't think most people really notice that, but I can.

[daring zenith]

You should try it and see if you find a difference then

but remember, if you go into it thinking you'll feel a difference, there would be a placebo effect

[rancid oxide]

I suppose. 10ms is still only 1/10 of a second so I may very well not notice it at all. I'll have to give it a hard thought. The keeb/mouse stuff is something I definitely think a while about before I grab. I appreciate your guys' insight. It definitely helps.

[steep pelican]

10ms is 1/100 of a second...

[west hornet]

There are 1000ms in 1s

[wanton burrow]

Keeb & mice are the things that are only considered to be good when it's an opinion based on their feel (and sound on keyboards)

You're bound to not know which is actually good if you don't know how they actually perform irl

[rancid oxide]

I missed a 0. Shoot me for it.

Jesus

My main point still stands.

[wanton burrow]

You can notice the change but bring used to something and changing is another thing. If it throws your games it's prob only for a while till you get comfortable with the board/mice that fits your preferences

Keychron still uses oem profile caps so i don't think it's too much difference from gaming boards anyways

[rancid oxide]

I see. If I went keychron I would only be going for barebones as I like my current switches and caps.

[plucky forum]

Great headset for gaming and music?

Budget about 200-400

[cyan basalt]

FPS or other games?

A lot of good headsets for fps's aren't good for music, so you kind of have to trade something, find an in-between, or have two headsets

Also, since you said headset, I'm assuming it needs a microphone

[rancid oxide]

I will butt in to this convo and ask.. what would be a good headset for fps with a mic? I have my 7.1 setup for my music/movies.

[cyan basalt]

With mic, I'd probably say the pc38x, but I don't have any experience with it. I just know it's one of the recommended headsets

But you can probably get better headphones for gaming

[rancid oxide]

And this would be good for hearing like footsteps and whatnot? Not overdone with bass or whatever?

[daring zenith]

Pc38x is great for music, good for gaming, for whatever reason

Like with these decent headphones it's not going to have bad issues like really bloated bass

It's just some headphones are better than others at imaging

Pc38x should still in general be better than cloud ii and therefore be the reigning champion for straight up headset at the budget afaik, but there should be headphones around this budget that do better at imaging.

[rancid oxide]

Imaging.. this is a new term for me in the audio world.

[daring zenith]

I thought about it and it can be a bit misleading to just say bigger sound stage is better, it could just be wide and you can't tell where things are, imaging is that criteria that's like how well you can tell what is coming from where.

[rancid oxide]

Ah I see. I think that'll help a lot because my 7.1 doesn't do so well with my pc and games. Works great for music and movies though.

[daring zenith]

Surround sound in general in games suck

Never use windows sonic

Just set it to stereo

[rancid oxide]

Is there by chance any iems of similar quality that are good?

[rancid oxide]

Yeah windows sonic makes my rear speakers have a wierd sound to it. Hard to explain.. white noise?

[daring zenith]

Imaging in general not great on iems afaik

Like music is great on iems

[rancid oxide]

Hm ok.

Idk that I want to spend $150 on a headset. Is there something cheaper? I know it'd be sacrificing the quality, but something that's.. er.. good enough? I guess

[daring zenith]

Pc37x

Wait for sale tbh

Pc38x was like 110$ on sale last time and pc37x was like 90$

[rancid oxide]

Will I need the pcv audio adapter this has an option to come with?

[daring zenith]

?

Oh the 2 to 1 thing?

If you need to use a combo Jack, if you're on laptop or smth, you'll want it, but if you're plugging into rear panel audio, don't need it

Oh and ofc grabbing a apple dongle helps with sound

With an apple dongle, you won't need the splitter in general, like you could plug mic into combo Jack, headphone into apple dongle into USB c

[rancid oxide]

Er.. I don't need a combo jack with apple dongle, but you are saying to plug mic into the combo jack while headphone into dongle?

Or did you mean mic into my rear panel?

I just got a little confused there.

Audio is def not my thing.

[daring zenith]

I was talking about if you had to work around a combo jack on a laptop or something

But you can either go headphone and mic into respective ports on the rear io

Headphone -> dongle -> usb-c
And mic -> rear io

[rancid oxide]

Ah ok. And the 🍎 dongle reduces hardware interference?

Or electrical interference?

[daring zenith]

Yes

Cleaner signal, or so I'm told

Too lazy to look at specifics

[rancid oxide]

Hehe ok. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my nooby questions.

[daring zenith]

You're welcome

[rancid oxide]

The PC37x looks to be on sale atm for 99

[vagrant abyss]

Anyone know good balance cables for headphones? I need to replace my ATH R70x ones.

Idk anything about good headphone cables

[plucky forum]

@daring zenith @rancid oxide @cyan basalt For me gaming in general, and it doesnt need to have a mic since i use a HyperX quadcast for mic. Since my Nari Ultimate has been RMA and also the replacement they game me which was the Kraven v3 pro was having issues. I was like "Nope f this, this feels like a downgrade". So I appreciate all of the feedback and will be looking into what you guys suggested.

Oh yes i forgot to add this. How about a wireless variant??

[gaunt forge]

Anyone know a good lightweight, wireless gaming mouse that isnt 100 bucks

im done using my logitech one

[cyan basalt]

How big are your hands?

[neon root]

pulsar x2/mini, pulsar xlite v2/mini, lamzu atlantis, fantech aria, ninjutso origion one x/ sora, fnatic bolt.

also depending on your definition of lightweight

endgame gear xm1r, razer viper/mini, razer orochi v2

that list is a mixture of ambi and ergo mice, wireless and wired

for the most part theyre around the $70~$90 range though

[cyan basalt]

Yeah, and definitely look into hand size and grip too

[neon root]

grip for the most part doesnt matter too much since ambi can accommodate for most, just a matter of hand size and how big of a mouse you want

[cyan basalt]

They need to make more mice for big hands

We need to go bigger

[gaunt forge]

Ive got pretty medium sized hands

good enough for claw grip

im curious if the vuper ultimate is good

[cyan basalt]

Viper Ultimate wasn't bad, just bit small for my hands

Battery lasts a long time

Also, if you can get it with the docking station it'll be better

[cyan basalt]

Check out the Sennheisers I posted in #tech-deals

Refurbished for $100, so if you don't like them, you can send them right back

I've heard they're pretty common for gaming, but also open-ear, so you'll hear everything around you and everyone will hear what you're listening to

@rancid oxide also if you haven't already ordered a headset, it's a decent deal. I didn't need them but I ordered them

[rancid oxide]

Looks like they might be exactly what I'm after. Good for gaming as well as listening to music.

The only thing is no mic.

[west hornet]

Would cost extra ofc but there is mod mic, or dedicated usb/xlr mics

[elder oriole]

anyone have suggestions on a 60% keyboard, ducky one 3 mini vs a gmmk from glorious gaming? also a good white breathable gaming mouse like hyper-x?

or a razer huntsman

[shadow bane]

Looking for a medium sized mouse, relatively light, palm grip

$60 budget

@cyan basalt mind if I bug you?

[cyan basalt]

@shadow bane xm1r

They have a discord too, I can't remember how long the warranty is though

[shadow bane]

Kk, ty

[cyan basalt]

I think it's 1-2 years, depending on the region

But if your cable starts having issues, they'll send you a new one

Top, side, and back views

If they matter

Blue is Gpro superlight
Green is xm1r

[queen sigil]

none of these are good options

[elder oriole]

What would you recommend for a 60% white with rgb and with cherry red or brown switches?

[queen sigil]

why cherry red or brown

[elder oriole]

I like a little bit of a click but not as much as a blue where it feeds back into your mic

[queen sigil]

rk61 or like a keychron v4 is probs the best option

unless you care about custom rgb or whatever but you'd be sacrificing alot by going for a "gaming" keyboard

[daring zenith]

You're probably looking for tactile switches in general

Which would also include gateron browns

[elder oriole]

The gmmk uses the gateron browns. Right now i am using a gamdias hermes that came with the package i got so either way it is honestly a step up anyway

I am not streaming so just was a gaming keyboard that gives some feedback without all the loud click clacks

[daring zenith]

Grab a keychron hotswap board, or like womier or royal kludge, and get nicer tactile switches later

[steep pelican]

only mouse that really fits my hand that ive tried is my deathadder v2 nothing else 😦

[cyan basalt]

Yeah, deathadder is a classic. I've had one since 2013.

[plucky forum]

how good is Sennheisers ?

[wanton burrow]

Depends which sennheiser

But iirc the hd6xx line gets most of the spotlight

[west hornet]

He is talking about the hd560s

[wanton burrow]

Good thing then. Not really knowledgeable about hps that much but i'm seeing some local peeps here who use some zishan dac/amp or topping stack with the 560s, seems balanced enuf

[pale cosmos]

I use those with a topping dx3+ pro (I think that's the name)

Really, really like the result

[cyan basalt]

Have you tried the Zowie Ec1-c? I ordered it just to try it out.

[steep pelican]

no

ive only tried like basic razer and logitech mice

[neon quartz]

Felix Fortuna#1618 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[plucky bolt]

I accidentally had the USB receiver of my gaming headset in the bios flashback port of my motherboard while doing a bios update, did i just screw up the receiver.

[pale cosmos]

Uh, no

More importantly does your computer still turn on??

[white flame]

It'll be fine. It only uses the flashback port during flashback so if you updated through bios it didn't even access the device. If you tried to use flashback it would immediately cancel the operation once it detected that it wasn't a storage device.

[floral lake]

^

[unique blaze]

aggregation is not currently supported in mixed lan motherboards with 2 ports as far as i think. dual 10gethernet lans on ws board has no reall advantage if aggregation is only 2gb speed. Anyone have an idea for how to describe 10gbps modem docsis 3.1 reach that speed with no multi-gigabit ethernet port and only aggregation ports x2 1 and 2. 10gbps is reached via the coaxial. So the difference Coaxial between the Gig Ethernet is a mystery. also the link aggregation is only like nas storage or something but its maxed out at 2gbps speed I think. But then their are claims it works the same as multigig ethport thats setup not work out of the box plug in multigig and it works. also gigabit ethports are not variable speed since there is no lac local access control protocol to shift variable speeds like stick shift in your car it can reach up to 1gbps speed or a 10gbps speed with no where in between. I dont quite understand...

[analog bloom]

do u guys know why my hyper x mic keep dying whenever i shutdown my pc and i have to unplug and plug it again to work

[rancid oxide]

Usb? Drivers.

[analog bloom]

@rancid oxide I already updated and usb is intact

[rancid oxide]

Uninstall them then reinstall them.

Do you have fast boot turned on in bios?

@analog bloom

[analog bloom]

i dont think i have any fast boot never bother with the bios setting other than xmp profile but thats about it

[analog bloom]

might try them tomorrow

[rancid oxide]

Ok, also see if you have fastboot in your bios, if so make sure it's off.

Since you have an 11700k, I'm willing to bet you have fastboot.

[gaunt forge]

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Wireless-Latency-Headset-Built/dp/B095VKNN6D/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1WIM0YMB2XHFY&keywords=razer+opus+wireless&qid=1666597497&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIzLjAzIiwicXNhIjoiMi4yNiIsInFzcCI6IjEuNTAifQ%3D%3D&s=electronics&sprefix=razer+opus+wireless%2Celectronics%2C123&sr=1-3&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.d977788f-1483-4f76-90a3-786e4cdc8f10&tag=coa_us_g-20

yall know if these are good headphones?

rtings rates them real high and I'm sus

[analog bloom]

fast boot are disabled

[white flame]

In both windows and the bios?

[analog bloom]

bios are disabled and not really sure where to find it in windows

[rancid oxide]

In your windows power plan settings. It's known as "Fast Startup"

[ivory fable]

this is really interesting https://youtu.be/Sbzs5IFCoMQ

[cyan basalt]

I wish he would've switched up mousepads as well, maybe match them up with brands and see if the dpi is "correct"

[ivory fable]

That's a job for you fatal 😛

[cyan basalt]

I'm waiting for the LGG saturn mousepad to come back in stock

Razer gigantus v2 is alright, but the side is starting to fray already after about a month

[grizzled granite]

anyone have any recommendations for a headset under $100, wireless not required

[daring zenith]

Cloud ii is chill

[rancid oxide]

So, I bought those HyperX Cloud Stinger that were on sale for $19.. I've never used a headset before and can't figure out how to make them work. I have the aux plugged into the adapter and then the 2 aux on the adapter plugged into my PC, but they don't show up in my sound settings on my PC to select them as the input for voice and output for sound.

What am I looking for or what can I do?

[daring zenith]

take a picture...?

[west hornet]

On most motherboards it is just “high definition audio device”

[rancid oxide]

I have that selected, but the sound is still coming through my sound bar via optical. I'm not home atm though so I won't be able to do any troubleshooting.

[rancid oxide]

I will when I get home. Tbh, the aux jacks are kinda loose in the ports. Definitely does not feel like when you plug an aux into your phone or stereo in your car.

[west hornet]

Front or rear io

[rancid oxide]

Rear

[rancid oxide]

So I was able to figure out how to get the mic and sound working however now I'm trying to get the spatial audio to work. I can only hear things in a frontal cone of the way my camera is facing in any game I play. I can't seem enable the sonic spatial audio option in the sound settings. I downloaded the dtsX program that came on a card in the box and is had a spatial mode, but it doesn't seem to be working even though I set the headset option to what I have.

[west hornet]

Personally I avoid those spatial audio software. Good stereo imaging or proper surround > virtual surround

Also not to mention many games don’t have great audio engines or are just not designed for surround

[cyan basalt]

Just got my 560s, these things are brand new

[daring zenith]

Nice

[cyan basalt]

Not sure why they were sold as renewed, still haven’t listened through them yet 🤞

[daring zenith]

Probably manufacturer refurbished

[cyan basalt]

Oh wow

clamping force is a little tight lol

I have a pair of 598's and they're nowhere near this tight

[west hornet]

Idk about those but I know some people put the headphone on a speaker or something for a while to stretch them out

Probably not the best idea if it is a plastic mechanism

[rancid oxide]

When I was looking up reviews on this when Fatal posted them, this is exactly what people suggested lol

[tight pulsar]

i think some people used the box for 6xx

[cyan basalt]

Yeah, I think they're already looser from what they were when I first opened the box

They were sitting outside for like 10-15 minutes, so I wonder if they were just stiff from being cold

Not sure about long term, but they're not painful, just noticeable

[solar raft]

Buddy is looking for a new headset…he wants it to have a floating handband type thing preferably, but I think he’d be down for anything as long as it’s comfy and sound quality is good + has a mic

Any suggestions??

[queen sigil]

well thats all basically subjective

[wanton burrow]

Best thing to do is to find an audiophile store that most likely has a Sennheisers, topping or ifi stacks, and sony daps in stock and in common pricing

That's where you know you're in the right place to actually try out hps or iems

Or tbh a sony wh-something can prob work as well, if not an hopefully easily driven hd560s is also a no brainer choice

Dont think either of what i said has built in mics tho

[calm cobalt]

why in the world would you get these specific wireless headphones

For headset use

The sony ones

They don’t have mic enabled when plugged in anyways

[west hornet]

You should never really get a headphone designed for wireless use at a computer desk especially for gaming

[solar raft]

Yeah, I realize now how subjective my message could be taken, lmao. All he’s going to be doing is gaming & he’s not a super audiophile, so I just think a generic “best all around” would be good for him if there is such a thing. The Razer headset he has currently is giving him migraines cos the headband is broken and presses down on his head lol

[rancid oxide]

https://www.razer.com/gaming-mice/Razer-Orochi-V2/RZ01-03731200-R3U1
@neon root must.. resist..

[neon root]

damn, new color wave and one that they dont do too often and yet the pricing is still at msrp

take notes logitech

freaking raising the price of their g pro superlight because its red

[main halo]

have yall tried using a scrub daddy to clean a mouse pad?

[neon root]

wouldnt really recommend it

[main halo]

ic

[neon root]

if you were to use a sponge, youd want to use the softer side of the sponge and not a really abrasive one

[main halo]

so the yellow side

[neon root]

ye

[main halo]

are there any better alternatives?

or is that the best ive got

[rancid oxide]

what about just soaking in a sink full of mild detergent for 15-20 min and squeezing it here and there to get the ickiness out?

[main halo]

ive tried it before and it didnt really get much out

im trying to look for a better alternative sponge

[rancid oxide]

that's what I do with my MTG mats and they come out looking new

[neon root]

if you were to scrub, pretty much just about anything kinda soft mainly the yellow side of the sponge. if you were to use detergent, then powder would be best if you were to just let it soak

[main halo]

cause when i used the yellow side it didnt really clean much and i had to clean my mousepad again like 2 weeks later

[rancid oxide]

I mean soaking for maybe a couple hours might be best here

[main halo]

ill try mixing both

soak then scrub

[neon root]

rinse, soap, scrub, rinse, pat dry, sit out to dry and cover with another tower

[main halo]

alrighty

[neon root]

also for drying, i wouldnt recommend having it rolled in any way or hanging, just flat on a towel

[main halo]

[tawdry phoenix]

[cyan basalt]

@neon root what do you think of custom curve pro vs raw accel?

[neon root]

the wut

[cyan basalt]

I just saw your status

It's basically mouse acceleration software

[neon root]

povohat mouse accel

if its called raw accel then ye that one

[cyan basalt]

I tried it out for a bit, nothing wrong with it

But like custom curve better, even though it's paid, but it has a mouse movement recorder where it tells you your max dpi and average

To help you get a good curve going

[neon root]

eh, i just use mouse accel to help me do 180's better

400dpi and low sens i kinda need mouse accel

[cyan basalt]

Same, I basically have it 0.6 sense (csgo) and just triples it if I need to do a 180

[neon root]

i just do a pretty linear line for my accel on povohats

works out for me

[cyan basalt]

I'm still trying to fine tune, but this is what works for me

[cyan basalt]

I'll have to try it out lol

[neon root]

however i am using a pulsefire haste wireless rn

i tend to have to tweak the post and accel at times depending on the mouse

[past quest]

Any good noise cancelling headphones? My budget is $100-150 and I would like them to be white.

Ty

[rancid oxide]

What? Software to do what with your mouse?? I just have dpi set to 6000

[rancid oxide]

Huh. I wonder what I would need acceleration for.

[cyan basalt]

From what I've heard, windows acceleration is garbage because it has two humps, if that makes sense

You can fine tune acceleration with 3rd party software to your play style

So for people who use low sensitivity, you can set it up so that if you need to do a 180, it takes less movement

But it'll still be low sens when you're playing normally

[neon root]

povohats mouse accel which should be that what rommy linked. windows mouse accel is garbage not because of the 2 humps, but because they are humps, curved which really isnt what you want and is what makes it feel so funky

povohats is based off of what quake does which is a linear acceleration instead of a curve

also, you arent gonna need mouse accel with 6k dpi, reor

lol

[rancid oxide]

Yeah I didn't think so. I have no issues doing my 180s

@neon root, you knowledgeable with keycap profiles?

[neon root]

with the help of google, yes

lol

[fresh sparrow]

what corsair mouse should i get? idk much about mice but im looking for one with a few extra buttons, not to pricey, and not to small

[shadow bane]

I would specifically not get corsair

Do you use palm grip or claw grip

Do you want wired or wireless

How much do you want to spend

And would you like it light or heavy

[fresh sparrow]

Why is that?

Palm/claw, wired/wireless don't care really, anything up to $150 aud I'd say

And idk about heavy or light as I have no knowledge about mice, I have a $20 rgb gaming mouse from kmart lol

[placid mulch]

Hello everyone,
I have a pair of Sennheiser 58x that I really like but i would like a pair of closed backs on hand with a detachable mic.

I've seen alot of good things about the Coolermaster mh751/752 but I am also very interested in the Epos H6pro closed backs (like new openbox h6pros are $100 on Amazon so roughly close in price after that).

I am having a hard time deciding between the Cooler master 751s and the epos h6pros..does anyone have experience with both?

[shadow bane]

Corsair makes very low end mice with price tags higher than they're worth

I'd look at pricing on the orochi v2, xmr1

If those don't fit your budget bc aud pricing is pretty bad at times, you could ask Wolfgang or freak

They know more about peripherals than me

[floral lake]

Anyone got reccs for cheap headphones with more of a bass focused tuning? My ears doesn't like treble, and most options so far seems to have sharp highs. I got a budget of about 30-40 bucks

[timber onyx]

does anyone know a good ortholinear keyboard that is full size to near full size that I don't have to build preferably?

[neon root]

if possible, i think theyre expensive over there, but try to see if you can go for something like a razer mouse like a razer viper, orochi, or basilisk. again i think theyre fairly expensive over there but check out their pricing. logitech as well with some of their mice if its within your price range

[neon root]

supposedly finalmemes keyboard came out and their groundbreaking keyboard is just having a screen across the keyboard that you cant even see because you still need to put keycaps over it

8k hz is cool but like, its fairly useless

i just dont understand why people still frantically go after finalmemes products

[daring zenith]

Imagine if it doesn't have qmk or smth

[neon root]

its suppose to have a cpu and gpu in it, i assume just a cpu with integrated graphics in order to run the screen but like, youll need a power cable to power that keyboard and then have a usb to plug it to the pc in order to use it if it doesnt have bluetooth and then that crap is gonna get pretty warm as well

imagine your keyboard needing some sort of cooling system, "groundbreaking"

[daring zenith]

Ono don't give ek ideas for a keyboard custom loop

[neon root]

finalmeme x ek monoblock for your keyboard that requires molex

[daring zenith]

Finalmouse x noctua

[warm herald]

Question ❓

Explain

[daring zenith]

Explain what

[warm herald]

Is this 9 GPUs?

[daring zenith]

Looks like it

[warm herald]

For what

[pale cosmos]

9 things

[daring zenith]

Server things, ask the guy who took the photo, there's a lot you can do with GPUs

Rendering, AI, simulation, who knows

[warm herald]

Mmm

[neon root]

watch 9 8k videos

one gpu per video

[warm herald]

Got a site on what GPUs can do

[daring zenith]

It's more what GPUs can't do tbh

GPUs can be made to accelerate anything should the software gone through the trouble to allow it to be GPU accelerated

[warm herald]

Oh?

Tho it's not the first time I'm seeing a 9 GPUs stack
I'm trying to save for 1 gpu and this person has 9?

[warm herald]

And I ges so I have come across this interesting 🤔 thought

[daring zenith]

Businesses can easily afford to spend that money if it helps them do what they do

[warm herald]

Well I got pinged by Qura site and well I wasn't interested in knowing but something about this person having 132 GPUs and it's a gpu farm making money 💰

It's a PC that's built in the room that's solving problems
And gpu was the most iv seen in my life

@daring zenith

[daring zenith]

At its core, all the GPU does is math, math that gives you graphics, math that gives you solutions to problems

[warm herald]

So I continued on reading and same pictures

[daring zenith]

Mining is also just solving problems

Doing math until you find the prime and "mine" a block

[warm herald]

😵‍💫 that's exactly what it sounds like I was reading

Interesting in a way

[daring zenith]

Everything goes back to the GPU doing some math

[gaunt forge]

https://pwnage.com/products/ultra-custom-wireless-ergo?base=black&buttons=black&dpi=black&top-cover=black&cover-type=comb
Yall think Pwnage makes good gaming mice? they've got a pretty good deal for a wireless lightweight mouse

[neon root]

they aight

[gaunt forge]

looks like it has similar dimensions to my g703

so unless I keep lollygagging and searching for more mice, I'm gonna hold on this mouse

[cyan basalt]

Expert mouse man @neon root

What brand is this?

[cyan basalt]

Got the superlight, so far feels decent

[neon root]

g-wolves

they make decent mice. their qc is ehhh. questionable at times

but spec wise on paper theyre good

[cyan basalt]

Ah okay, good to know

Time to just research and not buy anything else

[neon root]

this is their latest release i believe

https://www.amazon.com/G-wolves-Wireless-Gaming-Reporting-PAW3399/dp/B0BHSX73N2

the normal hati s was what i planned on getting but never got around to it and i wouldve gotten that one that i sent but im waiting for viper mini v2 in december

I do want to try this mouse though from them
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NDHYGCQ/

[cyan basalt]

Is their QC better or worse than Glorious? lol

I have a Model D that I bought a couple years ago, but I don't use it

[neon root]

its ehhh

glorious really only has qc issues with their first~second batch and then they get it fixed and worked out

g wolves has qc issues with the first~second batch as well but after that its like hit or miss

well its like 75% hit but thats still a good chunk that can have issues than you would want

[tropic portal]

https://a.co/4okY8aA

https://a.co/6UuzhfS

Are these good keyboards I know the K70 is popular and is used by some valorant pros

[gaunt forge]

Hey uh, what's everyone's biggest gripe about Logitech gaming stuff?

[neon root]

ghub

[gaunt forge]

so i just discovered an alternative made by Logitech

[neon root]

and them raising pricing on stuff that doesnt need to be raised

[gaunt forge]

Onboard profile editor

and its just a quick edit software

idk if this is news or not, but its a perfect alternative to Ghub so I'll take it

[white flame]

The switches. Double clicking after 7 months of MMO gaming...

[neon root]

finally got my corepad skates and grips, time to cut out more of the base of my viper mini

[bleak ember]

Switches in my G305 sometimes act up but seemed to have gone away so far, I have had this mouse for at least 2 years.

[neon root]

More cutting

More if the base a cut but don’t have a dremel on me to make more holes

[west hornet]

Nooooo

No holey mice

[neon root]

theres two mice behind it without holes

[cyan basalt]

...yet...

[wanton wagon]

I think VR counts as a peripheral?

My VR just stutters a lot lol

Like I think it runs well and I’m using an official quest cable

But there’s an occasional frame stutter at least once every 5-10 seconds and it makes it completely unfun to play

No clue why

[cyan basalt]

What headset and what GPU?

[wanton wagon]

Oculus quest 2 using link cable and radeon 5700 XT

[cyan basalt]

Is HAGS on?

Only if you have Windows 11 though

I heard it causes issues with VR, but I don't remember if it's been fixed in recent versions

[wanton wagon]

What's that?

I have windows 11 and if it's on by default maybe IDK

[cyan basalt]

Look up graphics settings and then 'change default graphic settings' at the very top

[wanton wagon]

Not there. Just variable refresh rate so IDK

[cyan basalt]

I wonder if it's an Nvidia thing then

That's odd

[wanton wagon]

Maybe

The stutters don't change when I lower my graphics in game is whats weird to me

Running max settings vs lowest has stutters

[white flame]

What cpu and memory?

I know slower memory can cause frame stability issues too

[wanton wagon]

Ryzen 3600 and uhhh g skill 3600 16 gb

[white flame]

Hmm 3600 should be good

[wanton wagon]

Oh wait lol

In task manager it says 2133

Idk why

[white flame]

Oops lol

You need to turn on XMP in bios

That'll do it

[wanton wagon]

I updated my bios a few days ago maybe that turnt it off lmao

[white flame]

Yeah it resets to defaults when you update

[wanton wagon]

Oh lmao ok that makes sense

[cyan basalt]

@neon root just got my mm720, this thing feels good so far, but I have to hold it a little further back

Glides really well too

Not bad for $24

Also 49 grams

[gaunt forge]

First off, wow people actually do this. Second, I CAN DO THIS?

Don't answer that, that was a statement

[neon root]

ye if you can cut up the insides and base of the mouse and a bit of the shell if you wanted to but if youre specifically doing it on the razer viper/mini, you need to be careful with where you cut

theres only 2 screws in the mouse since i took out the rest of the screws and its being held together by the clips so if you accidently cut off one of the clips, it pretty much doesnt go back together unless you use the screws

[calm cobalt]

What’s a good website for custom keyboards? (Keycaps, chassis, etc)

[neon root]

id suggest taking a look at some keyboards and switches as to what you actually want and like since theres really no 1 website thatll have everything that you want/need if youre looking at a bunch of different parts for a keyboard but here's this for a bunch of different sites for said parts

https://www.mechmap.tech/

[calm cobalt]

Ty :)

[zinc otter]

I need a good chair under 300

Any recommendations

[queen sigil]

staples flexfit hyken mesh

[cyan basalt]

Bonus of having a 3d printer, you can try out mice shapes before you buy them

Printing out a hyperx pulsefire haste right now

[shadow bane]

Opinions on this headset? https://us.creative.com/p/headphones-headsets/creative-sxfi-air#buy

[ivory fable]

Ikea Markus

[cyan basalt]

Indistinguishable

[west hornet]

Why buy a mouse

Diy

[cyan basalt]

lol

I was going through etsy and looking at all the hexagon bottom plates

But I don't think I saw any for my mice

mostly g305's and the superlight

[shadow bane]

I like my mice like I like my cars

Not working

[neon root]

most are going to be for super popular mice or mainstream shapes/mice

tj exclusives has some others for the viper lineup

dont remember if they have anything else

superlight, g502 i think

their website isnt loading for me rn, rip

loaded and ye i was right, viper lineup, g502 and g pro/superlight

[cyan basalt]

I'll hold off, it's not like anyone even notices under 70 grams

[gaunt forge]

You just gave me a brilliant idea, my engineering teacher has some spare printers

[cyan basalt]

https://www.printables.com/model/113133

It's only up to date as of January 22 though

[cyan basalt]

Printed out XTRFY M42, too skinny

Pulsfire Haste feels good in the hand

Not sure about the Vaxee NP-01, the right side kinda curls my ring finger weird

[gaunt forge]

How much filament is used per print?

[cyan basalt]

Let me check

It's not much, I'm guessing around 30grams

But I'll check

Pulsefire was about 42g on 10% infill and low quality 0.28mm

[gaunt forge]

I hope the interiors have holo structures

probably safe to assume they do but

[cyan basalt]

It depends, a lot of these scans have hexagons, so you need some sort of support or it'll just spaghetti

[gaunt forge]

That's pretty cool and brilliant though

[cyan basalt]

Yeah, I saw it a while ago, never really thought I'd use it lol

Before I head to bed and hopefully it comes out okay

[analog bloom]

why does my hyperx mic not working when I boot up my pc and i have to plug it in again to make it work?

[cyan basalt]

Is it set as your default mic?

I know sometimes my monitor sets itself as default if I don't disable it

[sweet ore]

I've had my monitor get set as default for sound before. It's a pain.

[hasty quail]

since i do not use the monitor speakers i just go in and disable the audio for them in Device Manager, then they do not get detected as audio devices

[analog bloom]

yes it is but i have to plug it in back just to make it work

[gaunt forge]

Ok quick question, yall think the Deathadder mini is better bought used or new?

theres like a 6 dollar difference thanks to black friday deals

[white flame]

Personally I prefer new because you don't know how many clicks they did

[gaunt forge]

Darn it, amazon sells the mouse for 3 dollars less than a used one NEW

also thanks

[cyan basalt]

Yeah, for $6 I'd go new every time

If you're saving $20-30, that's a different story

But if it's Amazon Warehouse, chances are someone didn't like the size or feel of the mouse

[white flame]

Which is fine

[cyan basalt]

Oh boy, I'm having a tough time with the g303se

It weighs the same as the xm1r, but my xm1r feels so much lighter

This thing feels like a brick

Maybe it's the weird shape

[gaunt forge]

Logitech makes heavy mice dude, that and the skates on that one look pretty large

[cyan basalt]

I swapped out my mousepad for a faster one and it feels better

I've been trying to go through on Aim Labs and test each mouse that I have and see which one consistently gives me a better score

I did like 5 runs per mouse

Top four so far

My Kone Pro Air was supposed to come in today, but now it'll be tomorrow, when I'm out of town.

[neon root]

the bigger mouse skates play a factor in feeling/speed

the superlight feels slower compared to something like my viper mini/ultimate or even my pulsefire haste because of that big ass skate in the front of the superlight

[pale cosmos]

@neon root what's swapping to glass skates feel like from ptfe?

[queen sigil]

it feels like float

if u also got a good mousepad

[neon root]

depending on your mousepad, it can either feel like a really smooth glide that requires very little force to move, or it can feel like youre on an air hockey table just moving fast everywhere

id more so recommend glass on a cloth pad, but if you got money to burn and dont mind damaging the mousepad, you can do glass on glass

[pale cosmos]

Glorious stealth

[queen sigil]

i dont know man glass skates on my bruhmat didnt change anything

💀

[neon root]

bruhmat really aint a mousepad meant for performance though 💀

[pale cosmos]

So more floaty feel? That's kinda what I'm hoping for tbh

[queen sigil]

but i think 2 months with vancer ice with glass skates and theres def a speed difference

[neon root]

again, depends on the mousepad

[pale cosmos]

So no good with glorious stealth?

[neon root]

idk what the glorious stealth is in terms of performance

[pale cosmos]

It's a cloth pad and iirc it's more on the control side

[neon root]

probably not really floaty but just feels a bit faster

or at the very least more responsive

[pale cosmos]

Ye ok

I might give it a try then

[neon root]

depending on what mouse you have, lethalgaminggear still has their glass skates in stock at $8 instead of going with something like pulsar who has them at like $20+

[pale cosmos]

Deathadder V3 Pro

[neon root]

they dont have skates for that, sadge

[pale cosmos]

Ah

What about superglides?

Oh wait those are pulsar

Nvm

Ye those were what I was looking at, like $25 on Amazon

[neon root]

ye theyre good, just that itd wouldve been better to have saved the money and gotten $8 glass skates vs $25

[pale cosmos]

Ye I did have a look when you mentioned it

Ah well

[gaunt forge]

There needs to be a store that lets you test mice, I would love to get all these mice but the money

[neon root]

i mean, places like best buy, micro center and other stores might have some mice out on display that you can mess with. obv you cant truly test it but at least you get a feel for them

[queen sigil]

just buy on amazon and return if you dont like

[gaunt forge]

good point...im just lazy on returning stuff

plus it feels weird buying a 90 dollar mouse and returning it later, it feels risky for some reason idk

[neon root]

if its from amazon, they could care less

sold and shipped from amazon, not a third party

its basically no questions asked and they accept whatever the return is

[neon root]

@rancid oxide so razer updated the naga

but razer also made it expensive

https://www.razer.com/gaming-mice/razer-naga-v2-pro/RZ01-04400100-R3U1

[gaunt forge]

...wow they did a lot to the mouse. Would you be willing to waste 179 on it though...

[neon root]

ye if its a mouse i want

i already have a $380 mouse

[placid mulch]

Hello everyone, I have a pair of Sennheiser 58x that I really like but i would like a pair of closed backs on hand with a detachable mic.

I've seen alot of good things about the Coolermaster mh751/752 but I am also very interested in the Epos H6pro closed backs (like new openbox h6pros are $100 on Amazon).

I am having a hard time deciding between the Cooler master 751s and the epos h6pros..does anyone have experience with both?

[rancid oxide]

smh.. 30k dpi... not enough

[rancid oxide]

Did they fix the double click issue?

[neon root]

it has the gen 3 switches so should be fine

[rancid oxide]

That's what I was thinking.

[pale cosmos]

newer better stonker

[rancid oxide]

Might be a mouse I'll pick up when I get the profit share check in a month

[pale cosmos]

harder faster zoomier

I like the wireless charging puck that it has

you could embed that in a desk

[rancid oxide]

I mainly want for the 12/6 button. I have the Orochi for the 2 button

[rancid oxide]

wut?

[pale cosmos]

embed it in the desk for invisible wireless charging

[rancid oxide]

the puck goes into the mouse?

[pale cosmos]

ye

[rancid oxide]

how do you embed what goes into the mouse.. into the desk?

[neon root]

it allows for wireless charging

like a phone

so the puck is inside and allows the mouse to do wireless charging

[rancid oxide]

You don't need the dock?

[pale cosmos]

sorry, bad interpretation, you can do it with a qi charger

[rancid oxide]

can use a wireless pad?

[neon root]

probably

[pale cosmos]

stick that in a desk yes

then it charges like a phone

[rancid oxide]

I just woke up, so my thinker isn't quite thinking either. Sorry.

[pale cosmos]

but under the mouse pad/desk so invisible

[pale cosmos]

all good I'm not speaking well either I see it

my bad too

[rancid oxide]

I always have trouble with wireless charging with my phone. Especially when my s view case is on.

[rancid oxide]

it would work through something like a thick pad?

[pale cosmos]

depends on the qi charger ig

some are ok with some disparity, some arent

it's a neat new idea tho, now you have the versatility like a true wireless mouse

[neon root]

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/gaming-mouse-pads/powerplay-wireless-charging.943-000109.html

could also just do the powerplay mousepad

[pale cosmos]

yea it's like powerplay

or the razer mouse, uhhh

mamba hyperflux?

always used power from the mousepad

[neon root]

if you wanted to as well, you could just do something like this and have under the mousepad in the corner or something so when you get off for the night then you can just place the mouse over it

https://www.amazon.com/KPON-Invisible-Wireless-Distance-Furniture/dp/B092VLFPDX

[pale cosmos]

yea, exactly what I was tryna say for 5 minutes

me and my bad english

[rancid oxide]

you must be struggling today. I don't think I've ever had any trouble understanding what you were trying to say before.

I kinda want a wireless charging mouse pad, but way to expensive for what it is tbh.

[pale cosmos]

you can use it for the phone too tho, that's what would make it neat

[rancid oxide]

yeah, if I had actual dedicated internet that'd be cool, but as it stands I'm plugged in for the tethering anyways.

[pale cosmos]

rip

@neon root https://lethalgaminggear.com/products/corepad-skatez-razer-deathadder-v3-pro ?

yes?

oh no they're ptfe

rip

nvm

[rancid oxide]

what's wrong with ptfe?

[neon root]

he wants to try out glass

[rancid oxide]

oh

Is it super humid where you live?

[pale cosmos]

can be sometimes

[rancid oxide]

they suck in humidtyy

[pale cosmos]

[rancid oxide]

anything really above 50% and you'll start to exp sluggishness

[pale cosmos]

well I have AC

[neon root]

rn his only option is pulsar since lgg doesnt have any for the da3 and pulsar skates are pretty expensive

[rancid oxide]

anything 65% and above and you'll really hate that you got glass skates

[pale cosmos]

hmmm ok

[rancid oxide]

you could get them and try the ceramic coating trick that people do in humidity.

but at that point it seems.. why not just get ceramic skates.

[pale cosmos]

[analog bloom]

hi guys i was wondering if u guys know how to change the sound location of google?where rn its coming from my headset and wanted it to my speaker and everytime i change the audio location only google doesnt change location

[feral pulsar]

I have a pair of wireless earbuds that I would like to use as a mic but nothing seems to work

[west hornet]

If its bluetooth you can’t activate the mic at the same time on all devices and the ones that can the output quality will be greatly diminished and possibly only work on mono

[feral pulsar]

Strangely it works on my work laptop

[white flame]

What's the bluetooth version of each device? Mixing versions sometimes causes issues on cheap stuff like the ones that come with desktops

[feral pulsar]

4.0 on the adapter

5.0 on the earbuds

[white flame]

The adapter that you're trying to use on the computer? 4.0 doesn't have the required feature sets

[feral pulsar]

Oh

So that probably explains why I can't use the mic

[white flame]

Yep, 4.0 is from 2010 lol

[feral pulsar]

Mm

So I have to get a 5.0 adapter then lol

[white flame]

5.0 ideally, you'll get better battery life

And better range

But 4.2 might work too since it supports the newer large packets

[feral pulsar]

We're talking about adapters. Because like I said the adapter is 4.0 and the earbuds is 5.0

[white flame]

Right, and the 5.0 adapter supports a lower power protocol that will save battery life on the earbuds

[feral pulsar]

And assumingly will let me use my earbud mic

[white flame]

Yes

[feral pulsar]

Huh. I had no idea. On that note it probably explains why I could do so on my work laptop

[gaunt forge]

um...how bad is a frayed cable? not the cable itself the cloth around a cable

oops, gaming mouse wired

[neon root]

depends on how bad it is and how quickly it frayed to evaluate the quality of it

if its frayed out a lot in a certain area, then you can just carefully cut it or take something like a lighter to it and hope it shrinks back

[dim folio]

Anyone know of a good low-back mesh desk chair under $200?

[dim folio]

I mean I already have a Target brand desk chair but I don’t really like the build quality of it. Is the Amazon one well-built?

[west hornet]

there is the staples hyken that a lot of people light. Though the mesh is a little loose for my taste. you can also go to a staples and try it out they usually have a lot of display

I might be able to find the mesh chair someone in my office uses around that price but i gotta dig through the invoices to find

or never mind lol they got a bit more expensive

but besides something like the hyken the build quality doesn't really get much better until you hit the 500usd+ range in chairs imo

[calm cobalt]

Hey anyone know a good way to make a 3070ti FE PCIe wiring look better? Like some other GPU have horizontal Pcie look waay better and mines vertical, Or is that just how it’ll look like lol

[pale cosmos]

That's inevitably how it'll look

You don't want to play with things like 90 degree or 180 degree adapters cos they will melt

You can get custom 12 pin cable extensions though

Those are nice

[calm cobalt]

Yee I was thinking of getting custom ones. They look really clean. I bought Antec Sleeved extensions on the way, to see how it’ll go but if they don’t look good I’ll probably buy custom ones on etsy or something

I do appreciate your help either way @pale cosmos

[pale cosmos]

Np

I trust asiahorse or cablemod, ezdiyfab is good too

I used to trust cooler master but I've seen those melt sadly

[calm cobalt]

I appreciate the recommendations. I’ll definitely look into them.

[pale cosmos]

[cyan basalt]

If anyone needs an ergo, not ambi, wireless mouse, Kone Pro Air gets the fatal thumbs up

I just wish it came with an extension cable for the usb, but it has usb-c

[gaunt forge]

is kone budget friendly though?

or comparable to the Deathadder

[neon root]

i mean, budget friendly as in above $60 and below $200

then yes

budget friendly

custom painted kone aimo

looks nice ong

[pale cosmos]

https://tenor.com/view/0000-cg-exs-gundam-transformation-gif-12510328

My first thought lol

Looks cool tho I agree

[cyan basalt]

I got my kone pro air for around $70 refurbished off their site

I've heard good things about the new deathadder though (v3)

I haven't personally tried it besides the 2013 one

[pale cosmos]

I love the new deathadder

Yes I have one lol

[gaunt forge]

I'm having a hard time figuring out which ergonomic mouse to get

My options are glorious model D, deathadder, Pwnagr Ergo, Now Kone Pro Air

[magic adder]

deathadder is chill

[steep pelican]

I mean if you aren’t trying to spend huge cash the death adder v2 is pretty good and fairly cheap

[ivory fable]

endgame x1mr and logitech g403 are nice

[elder current]

any reccomendations on wireless gaming keyboards under 100 and also what are the wrist rests for them ive seen a lot but is it just better to grab a towel to use as a wrist rest?

[queen sigil]

no

[open oracle]

im looking at maybe getting the Sennheiser HD 560S does anyone have a recommendation for an amp to get perferibly not to expensive.

[cyan basalt]

Maybe something like a fiio e10k?

Pretty cheap and portable, but I'm not sure if it's outdated at this point

[open oracle]

Ok thank you

would the Fosi Audio Q4 Headphone Amplifier work as well or should I look for something better

[steep pelican]

@west hornet my family finally got a real piano let’s go

[west hornet]

Ayyy nice, what did ya end up getting

[ivory fable]

Would recommend going wired, keyboards dont benefit from being wireless like the freedom of moving your mouse

[ebon gyro]

I'm looking for a really good keyboard and mice
Mice ideally $50 or less
Same for keyboard

Please ping me

[ivory fable]

I'd probably go with something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Ussixchare-Mechanical-Keyboard-Percent-Swappable/dp/B09995GJGB/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L4LRCXN/

[ebon gyro]

What's the difference between g403 and g502 hero ?

[white flame]

https://www.rtings.com/mouse/tools/compare/logitech-g502-hero-vs-logitech-g403-hero/1612/14698?usage=8876&threshold=0.10

Mostly the buttons and weight

[ebon gyro]

I like the 61% keyboard but not a fan of the colors

[neon root]

if youre more into ambi smaller mice, theres also the razer viper mini which is $20