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[Zed Clampet]

While I was spending enough money to float the US government for...uh.... .00003 seconds (that's a lot of money), I decided I might as well go nuts with it. Everything in my desktop is Gigabyte. Now I have SteelSeries: mouse, keyboard, headset.

I decided I liked their mouse and software so much that I would toss them yet more money.

Here's the keyboard and the lights go perfectly with my PC's RGB

Here's the headset which comes with its own DAC/AMP. Sounds better than my other headsets with microphones. Good enough for everyday use, though I'll probably switch over to something else when I binge some music.

Here's the mouse which has weird CSGP picture on it, but it's the only style left.

 

[Colif]

I did think about getting a Apex Pro Gen 3 but at the time their asking price here was stupid... I think it was over $500.

https://steelseries.com/gaming-keyboards/apex-pro-gen-3

the closest I got to one of the photos on the website is my mouse

https://steelseries.com/gaming-mice/aerox-5-wireless

only problem I have with mouse is sometimes I can't find its cursor. Not sure it wakes as fast as I would like.

headset? Um, I have a pair of these but they haven't been used in years.

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[Zed Clampet]

I did think about getting a Apex Pro Gen 3 but at the time their asking price here was stupid... I think it was over $500.

https://steelseries.com/gaming-keyboards/apex-pro-gen-3

the closest I got to one of the photos on the website is my mouse

https://steelseries.com/gaming-mice/aerox-5-wireless

only problem I have with mouse is sometimes I can't find its cursor. Not sure it wakes as fast as I would like.

headset? Um, I have a pair of these but they haven't been used in years.

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I like how that mouse looks, but it doesn't have enough buttons for me. The keyboard is nice, too. Not sure what the difference is between that one and the one I bought, but I definitely don't need more than I have. It reads like it's designed for competitive play, which I don't do. The difference between a millisecond and 2 milliseconds would be a total waste of money for me.

Love that Diablo headset. I threw out all my headsets from back then. The tech is just better these days, but yours is basically a collector's item with the Diablo branding.

 

[Colif]

Not sure what the difference is between that one and the one I bought,

I could guess before I looked but its the switches, the Pro Gen 3 uses optical switches meaning you can adjust the point where it registers. It might even let you set two commands to same key with different activation points, I know some keyboards can do that now.

OMNIPOINT 3.0 — More than just fast, our newly redesigned Hall Effect Switch have 20x faster actuation and 11x quicker response time, with 40 levels of adjustable actuation.

also has an oled display but that wouldn't be a reason to buy a KB

I didn't want to have to deal with adjusting it to my exact preferences.

Love that Diablo headset. I threw out all my headsets from back then. The tech is just better these days, but yours is basically a collector's item with the Diablo branding.

its only 13 years old. I rarely got to use the headset

 

[Zed Clampet]

I could guess before I looked but its the switches, the Pro Gen 3 uses optical switches meaning you can adjust the point where it registers. It might even let you set two commands to same key with different activation points, I know some keyboards can do that now.

That's a big "heck no" from me. If you can assign two things to the same keypress or adjust when it registers that means the keys have more room to be pressed farther, which is a type of keyboard that I'm not going to use. Talk about delay? Every millimeter farther you have to push the key is worse than any sort of keyboard lag. And I don't want to set it to go off before I hit the bottom, that would be incredibly awkward.

 

[Colif]

its so you can make the keyboard ultra sensitive. Good for shooting games I guess, you can turn kb into a controller in a way.

Funny thing is Hall Effect is already old

You can set exactly how far you press a key before it registers.

It was a complication I really didn't need.

 

[Zed Clampet]

You can set exactly how far you press a key before it registers.

That wouldn't work for me. I've been typing since the early 80's. I press down until I hit the bottom whether it registers immediately or not.

 

[Colif]

I didn't need to know how a keyboard worked until I saw my 1st computer in college in 1982 and knew I needed to learn how to type. Still learning that lol but I know where all the keys are now and can type most of a paragraph without looking... like i just did. But not very fast and missing keys happens often

I don't need it as I am happy with how my keyboard is now. I don't think I try to bottom them out, i don't slam the keys as such. I went for a more quiet keyboard compared to most of the OEM ones.

Post 12000 lol

 

[Zed Clampet]

I didn't need to know how a keyboard worked until I saw my 1st computer in college in 1982 and knew I needed to learn how to type. Still learning that lol but I know where all the keys are now and can type most of a paragraph without looking... like i just did. But not very fast and missing keys happens often

I don't need it as I am happy with how my keyboard is now. I don't think I try to bottom them out, i don't slam the keys as such. I went for a more quiet keyboard compared to most of the OEM ones.

Post 12000 lol

I learned to type on an actual typewriter, so I had to bottom them out with a bit of force or the ink wouldn't transfer to the page. But last time I did a speed test I was at about 75 words per minute, which is alright. Can't say I have a use for typing that fast anymore, and my setup isn't conducive to getting max speed anyway.

The first printer I had was a Brother printer. When you told it to print, it worked just like a typewriter and did one letter at a time. Of course it was rather quick about it, but it would be otherworldly slow compared to any printer today. I don't remember exactly, but it would take about 30 to 45 seconds or something to type up a page for you

But you know what? That printer was the most reliable printer I've ever had. It worked all the time every time. Paper never got jammed. Nothing. I'd use it now if I still had it. I'll take waiting awhile over the crap I have to put up with on my HP printer.

 

[Colif]

i learned 1st time on a typewriter myself. I did a typing class in college, I was the only guy in it. I have tried to learn a few times but its hard to convince self not to look at keyboard. I don't know why I can do it now... maybe i just know this keyboard better. Only key I mess up is the print screen button. That and I really don't use half the keys.

I never bought a printer, they hate me and feeling is mutual. They just there to sell ink now. Hence they really cheap. Shame the ink isn't. Mum has a HP herself. I just use it if I need print outs.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Only key I mess up is the print screen button. That and I really don't use half the keys.

I only count the alphabet and the relevant keys around it. If I have to hit print screen, then I have to look for it, especially since it's in a different place on every keyboard.