Keyboard & Mouse

If you spend a long time sitting at your computer, fend off wrist pain with an ergonomic keyboard. They come with larger bases, the kind that is common in gaming keyboards. They let you rest your wrists and palms while you type, as opposed to uncomfortably hovering them over the keys. To cover your bases when it comes to comfort, getting an ergonomic mouse for your computer is a good call. Complete your ergonomic space with a gaming chair in a breathable fabric and support for your whole body.

If you like being able to operate your computer system from a distance or you're just not into having several cables lying around, wireless keyboards and mice are options that fit your preferences. For wireless mice, you have the options of Bluetooth and radio frequency (RF), with the average range for Bluetooth types being 30 feet. Sixty-feet options are also becoming increasingly common, and offerings are available with ultra-low latency for enhanced responsiveness. If you're looking to go all-wireless with your peripherals, a wireless keyboard and mouse combo can ensure that you get similar designs that work well together.

Most mice will have at least two buttons that serve as the right and left click functions, but others will also have additional buttons that you can map to whatever purpose you prefer. This feature is most common in gaming mice, which tend to have more of these customizable buttons. Other mice designed for professionals, students and casual users also have extra buttons. Map them to functions such as copy and paste, play and pause or anything else you usually use often and would appreciate as a quick-click shortcut to save time.

Manufacturers design gaming keyboards and mice with avid gamers in mind, hence the bevy of features that are particularly useful for engaging with complex PC games for hours on end. One of these is programmable keys, which let you issue macro commands with one or two keystrokes. Swappable WASD keys are another staple feature of these types of keyboards, and they allow you map the most used directional keys in gaming to the keys that are most natural and intuitive to you as a player. Anti-ghosting technology can improve your gaming performance if you're fast with your fingers and are capable of sending multiple keystrokes at once. Brightly backlit keys of gaming keyboards are useful for marathon gaming in low-light areas, and they are doubly helpful for all-nighters or working into the night.