The gaming peripheral recommendations thread

Whenever I buy new HDDs, I always buy them in pairs or more. The reason is redundancy.

Losing 12TB of data is unthinkable. My HTPC has two 12TB HDDs on RAID 1, my main PC has four 4TB HDDs on RAID 10, and my NAS has six 10TB HDDs on RAID 5.

It's an expensive solution, but it's necessary.

WD black or WD gold is currently there best options, the caviar drives went over to the old toshiba/fujitsu plant about a decade ago (mostly there meant for those cheap elements portable units) 

honeslty though the price of gold drives is enterprise level expensive...

they are still generally the best drives on the market for spinner s though, seagate is still making the platter killers as standard...

and no drive will last for ever, if power fluctuations are your biggest issue then you should be running your devices off a UPS (although those cost more than a pc for "good and reliable" the relativly cheap unit that ive been using for the last 5 years is dying but thanks to my country being on a reactive flow grid its been getting a lot of work to deliver stable power to my hardware (when the input fluctuates between 49 and 51 Hz before the substation breakers kick in, and the voltage changes between 210 and 250 on a nominal 240v supply before the substation drops the power) its noticable only in how fast gear breaks) if you dont use a ups then those fluctuations will be going to all the hardware your running off your psu (unless you have an 80+ platinum or titanium certified psu) thats a lot of damage over a relatively short space of time 

I've got a Logitech G500s that I've had for 5 years. I love this thing! It's got enough buttons (and a clickable wheel), you can adjust the scroll speed and mouse sensitivity, and it comes with a set of weights for customizing. I have little hands so it fits me perfectly (heel of hand to tips of fingers) so it might be a little small for you behemoths out there. The only thing I don't like about it is the braiding on the cord, which wouldn't be a problem if my configuration were different but with it hanging off the back of a cheap pressboard keyboard tray it's frayed and has been unraveling slowly for years.

As for keyboards, I have my giant MS ergonomic keyboard so I only keybind my left hand and drive with my right on the mouse. If only everyone let me move and turn the camera with the mouse buttons like SWTOR...

You clearly need a new keyboard.

Went and changed my PC case. Had the Fractal Design Define R4



Went for the not so new Fractal Design Define R6



Good cases, do recommend Fractal for a pretty silent build. Love the TG. Does get a little warm, though.

If the rumours are to be believed, 3090 will go up to 400w TDP. Nice and toasty. I have an electric grill that has the same output.

I got a notification from EVGA about my queue and they had the RTX 3090 Ultra FTW3 available. So I decided to just buy it instead of waiting for the RTX 3080.

After the 10% EVGA Associate Code discount, it came to $1710 with $134 tax and shipping.



The card is actually roughly the same size as my Zotac GTX 1080 AMP Extreme, so my current case has no clearance issues. Which is really surprising.





It uses three normal 8-pin PCIe power plugs. Good thing I already had a 1000-watt EVGA (Superflower) PSU in my PC, so I didn't have to change anything. Just plugged in the card and everything worked perfectly.

So far it is just as quiet as the Zotac, but it surely runs very hot on full load. You'll definitely need AC when you game in summer.

www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-24ud58-24-3840x2160-4k-ips-60hz-freesync-widescreen-led-gaming-monitor-black-mo-14b-lg.html

Good budget 4k monitor for both work and gaming. 24 inch which means it can scale down and play 1080p games without looking bad but 4k at 24 inches is high pixel density, games look really good on it.

Only 60fps but even most modern graphics cards struggle to hit 60fps on every modern title

Well, not Razer if you ask me. Last few mice I tried from them went belly up between 2 weeks and 3 months after purchase. They are great when they work, but when they don't...

It forced me to try Logitech for the first time actually. The G600 is going strong with zero issues for two years now I think.

I haven't tried other brands yet.

So my dear PC hasn't gotten any new hardware in over 5 years. I'll probabyl have to replace most of it once I decide upgrading anyway. Question is: When? Is the GPU market still completely nuts? I've been out of the loop for a while.

To quote DA: "Well, shit". Suppose the old workhorse will have to do for a while longer.

Is it a good idea to buy DDR3 RAM used? I thought about doubling mine at least.